Froma Harrop
@fromaharrop.com
Columnist with Creators Syndicate.
July 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The money quote from Elon: “Trump has 3.5 years left as President, but I will be around for 40+ years…”
June 6, 2025 at 11:33 AM
The money quote from Elon: “Trump has 3.5 years left as President, but I will be around for 40+ years…”
Would @Morning_Joe kindly stop taking all credit for balanced budgets when he was in the House? Clinton's 1993 tax increase -- which Joe demagogued as the "largest tax hike in American history" -- played a huge role, as did a booming economy.
June 3, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Would @Morning_Joe kindly stop taking all credit for balanced budgets when he was in the House? Clinton's 1993 tax increase -- which Joe demagogued as the "largest tax hike in American history" -- played a huge role, as did a booming economy.
Today's real story: Dow down 800 due to Trump's irresponsible tax cut-spending bill. Trump diverts attention by abusing South African president. Media falls for it.
May 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Today's real story: Dow down 800 due to Trump's irresponsible tax cut-spending bill. Trump diverts attention by abusing South African president. Media falls for it.
Slapping tariffs on things we can't produce -- even if we wanted to -- is crazy
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The Tariff Target on Roses Makes Zero Sense, by Froma Harrop
May is usually the best month for florists, Mother's Day being a big reason. But Donald Trump's tariff war is raining pain on their bestselling season.
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May 7, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Slapping tariffs on things we can't produce -- even if we wanted to -- is crazy
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That's true, but Trump's attacks on due process (not coincidentally for a Latino immigrant), however serious, are part of his bigger efforts to take the focus off the crashing economy.
The week was dominated by news about the Maryland man illegally deported to El Salvador. But there was also concern over tariffs and Robert F. Kennedy's work as Health and Human Services secretary.
5 takeaways from the week: Nearing a constitutional crisis?
The week was dominated by news about the Maryland man illegally deported to El Salvador. But there was also concern over tariffs and Robert F. Kennedy's work as Health and Human Services secretary.
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April 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
That's true, but Trump's attacks on due process (not coincidentally for a Latino immigrant), however serious, are part of his bigger efforts to take the focus off the crashing economy.
Musk tweets that the level of propaganda at elite universities "would make North Korea jealous." He hasn't disclosed that at least one of his kids currently goes to Brown University -- the most fashionably left of the bunch.
April 17, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Musk tweets that the level of propaganda at elite universities "would make North Korea jealous." He hasn't disclosed that at least one of his kids currently goes to Brown University -- the most fashionably left of the bunch.
COVID on the Upper East Side thiseastside.com/covid-on-the...
COVID on the Upper East Side - This East Side
Covid may seem far in our past, but it was just five years ago that our lives were rearranged and the future of the city became a big question mark. The East Side, however, persevered. Here are some m...
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April 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Has it occurred to some of you that Trump's on-again, off-again tariff war is part of an insider trading scheme? Before he announces a pause, which inevitably causes stocks to rise, he and friends buy stock. Before he announces a resumption, which leads to sharp price drops, they sell.
Trade Chaos May Be Part of an Illegal Game, by Froma Harrop
You can get rich when stocks go up. You can get rich when stocks go down.
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April 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Has it occurred to some of you that Trump's on-again, off-again tariff war is part of an insider trading scheme? Before he announces a pause, which inevitably causes stocks to rise, he and friends buy stock. Before he announces a resumption, which leads to sharp price drops, they sell.
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The commander in chief of the U.S. military.
Trump: "Like on tractors that can handle anything from hurricanes to lightning to anything. They use magnets. It's a new theory -- magnets. They're gonna lift the planes up. And it doesn't work."
February 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The commander in chief of the U.S. military.
Thanks. I find identity politics troubling. One could say Jim Crow was identity politics of the most perverse kind
I like about 90% of what you write (and I'm a liberal Democrat), but I have a question. You wrote, "Those diversity, equity, and inclusion policies will not be missed by many of us... " What about DEI do you dislike? Jim Crow laws were the antithesis of DEI.
February 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Thanks. I find identity politics troubling. One could say Jim Crow was identity politics of the most perverse kind
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Where are Dem pols?
Where are Dem pols?
Waffle House announces $0.50 surcharge on eggs because of bird flu
The comfort food franchise said soaring egg prices have forced it to make the decision.
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February 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Where are Dem pols?
Where are Dem pols?
Alternative thought to Inauguration Day
Is Trump’s bitcoin embrace the biggest ‘pump-and-dump’ ever? www.marketwatch.com/story/is-tru... via @MarketWatch
Is Trump’s bitcoin embrace the biggest ‘pump-and-dump’ ever? www.marketwatch.com/story/is-tru... via @MarketWatch
Is Trump’s bitcoin embrace the biggest ‘pump-and-dump’ ever?
The U.S. government buying bitcoin at inflated prices would do nothing to pay off America’s debt.
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January 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Alternative thought to Inauguration Day
Is Trump’s bitcoin embrace the biggest ‘pump-and-dump’ ever? www.marketwatch.com/story/is-tru... via @MarketWatch
Is Trump’s bitcoin embrace the biggest ‘pump-and-dump’ ever? www.marketwatch.com/story/is-tru... via @MarketWatch
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Does this apply to the US? The US defense budget is $824 billion. That’s about 3.1% of GDP. To get to 5% of GDP would mean another $500 billion in defense spending. Is Trump going to propose that and where will the money come from? Or is 5% only for other countries? www.politico.eu/article/dona...
Trump tells allies to spend 5 percent of GDP on defense
New U.S. president aims to more than double the alliance’s spending target.
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January 8, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Does this apply to the US? The US defense budget is $824 billion. That’s about 3.1% of GDP. To get to 5% of GDP would mean another $500 billion in defense spending. Is Trump going to propose that and where will the money come from? Or is 5% only for other countries? www.politico.eu/article/dona...
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Keeping the Greenland distraction alive
Keeping the Greenland distraction alive
Donald Trump Jr. heads to Greenland as his father eyes the Danish territory
The island is strategically located but apparently not for sale.
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January 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Keeping the Greenland distraction alive
Keeping the Greenland distraction alive
Strangers Not Strangers: How I Greeted the Start of Congestion Pricing - nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/01/05/s...
Strangers Not Strangers: How I Greeted the Start of Congestion Pricing - Streetsblog New York City
We were a solid hundred at 60th Street and Lexington Avenue early this morning, greeting the turn of Saturday into Sunday to count down the start, finally, of congestion pricing in New York City. Ketc...
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January 6, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Strangers Not Strangers: How I Greeted the Start of Congestion Pricing - nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/01/05/s...
Creep
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, a Republican, has not publicly explained his reason for not lowering flags at Nassau County-operated buildings.
Let's him know NOW you demand flags lowered
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Let's him know NOW you demand flags lowered
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January 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Creep
As chair of a Pulitzer jury on cartoonists, I applaud Ann Telnaes’ decision. (I also agree with her message though, it must be noted, that is not a criterion for choosing nominees.)
Washington Post Cartoonist Quits After Jeff Bezos Cartoon Is Killed
The cartoon, by Ann Telnaes, depicted the owner of The Post, Jeff Bezos, and other billionaires genuflecting toward a statue of President-elect Donald Trump.
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January 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
As chair of a Pulitzer jury on cartoonists, I applaud Ann Telnaes’ decision. (I also agree with her message though, it must be noted, that is not a criterion for choosing nominees.)
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As an anti-immigrant America Firster, I want to be ruled by a South African immigrant who answers to a leader in Russia and thinks Americans are too dumb to use computers.
December 29, 2024 at 6:20 PM
As an anti-immigrant America Firster, I want to be ruled by a South African immigrant who answers to a leader in Russia and thinks Americans are too dumb to use computers.