Victoria Derbyshire and former Trump ambassador Carla Sands clashed on BBC Newsnight over allegations that the UK jails people who speak out, with Sands claiming more are imprisoned in the UK than in Russia. The debate also touched on US relations with Russia, with Derbyshire questioning the US administration’s approach to Russia’s aggression in Ukraine. Sands, now with America First Policy Institute, emphasized the need to end the conflict in Ukraine, despite concerns about US concessions to Russia.
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'Very, Very Bad': Former US Government Economist Makes Bleakest Trump Prediction
Former Obama-era Department of Labor economist Jesse Rothstein warns that the United States is on the brink of a severe recession due to massive government job cuts and pullback from contracts by the Trump administration. With over 200,000 federal jobs eliminated, Rothstein predicts record job losses in the upcoming March 2025 employment report. Additionally, economists have raised concerns about Trump's tariffs on imports and deportation policies potentially leading to a new financial crisis, causing uncertainty...
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