Topic: Trump
US amassing firepower in Caribbean, what it means for Cayman
The Compass takes a closer look at the biggest US military deployment in the Caribbean in three decades and asks what's behind it and what it means for Cayman and its regional partners.
Brexit, Trump topics of focus for Cayman Economic Outlook 2018
Last February’s Cayman Economic Outlook conference focused on how economic nationalism has been a rising trend in many countries, and how Cayman may be affected by the growing sentiment.
Infrastructure plan could power economic stimulus
President Trump has announced a plan to privatize and modernize the nation’s air-traffic control system, as a down payment on his $1 trillion campaign promise to update the nation’s infrastructure.
The next financial crisis
Animal spirits are running high.President Donald Trump’s promises to repeal Obamacare, cut taxes, and roll back regulations have supercharged stock prices and business optimism.
Gauging who would gain from Russian interference
Are you shocked that the Russians might have had an interest in who won the U.S. presidential election? Nations have always had an interest in who rules the nations they deal with – both opponents and friends – and that they often try to influence the outcomes should come as no surprise.
Trump presidency: An economic report card
The bottom line is that we didn’t know before the election whether Trump wants to limit the burden of government, and we still don’t know today. My guess last year was that we’ll get the wrong answer, though I confess that the jury is still out.
Hype-driven disasters
It can be dangerous to believe one’s own or others’ hype. A couple of weeks ago, 180,000 people living downstream from the nation’s highest dam, the Oroville Dam in California, had to be evacuated because the dam’s main and emergency spillways were damaged due to heavy rainfall and runoff.
Trump and the ‘Madman Theory’
Every member of Trump's team – the heads of State, Homeland Security, the CIA, and most especially Defense Secretary James Mattis and national security adviser H.R. McMaster could fit in a Cabinet put together by, say, Hillary Clinton.
The case of the cover-up in search of a crime
It’s a Watergate-era cliche that the cover-up is always worse than the crime. In the Mike Flynn affair, we have the first recorded instance of a cover-up in the absence of a crime.
The travel moratorium: A hopeless disaster
Stupid but legal. Such is the Trump administration’s travel ban for people from seven Muslim countries. Of course, as with almost everything in American life, what should be a policy or even a moral issue becomes a legal one.
Trump’s greatest deal ever
People should not doubt Trump’s ability to get this done. For over a year, so many people laughed throughout his magic show. So many people doubted him so often, and in each case he proved them all wrong.
Scorecard: Bulk of Trump’s ‘Day One’ promises unfulfilled
As a candidate, Donald Trump set a sweeping "Day One" agenda. As of Monday evening, the vast majority of his promises had gone unfulfilled. At rallies and in speeches over the course of his campaign, Trump vowed to move swiftly to overhaul the country's approaches to trade and immigration.
Donald J. Trump versus dysfunctional institutions
President-elect Donald Trump swept into office promising what President Barack Obama failed to deliver – prosperity and personal security – to an America fallen prey to reckless globalization.
EDITORIAL – Finding your voice in 2017
We have found that the best antiseptic for a social illness is exposing it to sunlight. Airing issues in the pages of the Compass is a shortcut to solving problems, skipping over back-room wrangling, back-and-forth arguments and interminable judicial proceedings. Put something in the newspaper – and things happen.
A New Year of great possibilities … and no need to fear Trump
We here in Jamaica and the Caribbean are about to embark on a New Year, one which offers extraordinary opportunities and possibilities for those who dare to dream big. I would like to encourage all of our countrymen to reach out with both arms stretched wide for a future filled with hope.
The Trump Cabinet: Bonfire of the agencies
Democrats spent the first two decades of the post-Cold War era rather relaxed about Russian provocations and revanchism. President Obama famously mocked Mitt Romney in 2012 for suggesting that Russia was our principal geopolitical adversary. Yet today the Dems are in high dudgeon over the closeness of secretary of state nominee, Rex Tillerson, to Vladimir Putin.
Margolis: Trump opens doors for China in Latin America
Since November 8, free traders around the world have been in a lather, not least in Latin America. After all, U.S. president-elect Donald Trump had stumped to scrap regional trade deals, build a wall on the border with Mexico and deport undocumented immigrants, up to 3 million of them right away.
Ritholtz: Trump’s win can help make us better investors
One of the best things to do when confronted by a major surprise is to see what there is to be learned from the experience. I always try to identify what sorts of lessons can be gleaned from non-market events. You would be surprised at how often there are rules and insights to be had about investing.
EDITORIAL – Let the election campaign begin (not a typo)
As always, our news pages will remain neutral and objective, and our opinion pages will contain well-researched and strongly articulated viewpoints on matters we believe are important to our readers and our country. Overall, our coverage of the elections will be balanced, robust and focused on issues — not personalities.
Rahn: Wild charges over hacking of the DNC
If Putin wanted to help a candidate, he would choose Hillary
