MONESSEN, Pa. – Donald Trump called for a new era of economic “Americanism” Tuesday, promising to restore millions of lost factory jobs by backing away from decades of U.S. policy that encouraged trade with other nations, a move that could undermine the country’s place as the dominant player in the global economy.
In a 35-minute address, Trump threatened to exit the more than 2-decade old North American Free Trade Agreement and vowed to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, an agreement among 12 Pacific Rim nations that has yet to take effect.
He blamed many of America’s economic woes on China, promising to label the country a currency manipulator, and slap new tariffs on America’s leading source of imports, a decision with the potential to dramatically increase the cost of consumer goods.
The speech marked a significant break from years of Republican Party advocacy for unencumbered trade between nations and drew immediate condemnation from GOP business leaders. Trump blamed the policies of Democratic rival Hillary Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, for the loss of millions of manufacturing jobs.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The airport where astronaut John Glenn ogled planes as a kid, came and went to two wars, boarded his first commercial jet and piloted a private aircraft until age 90 has now been named in his honor.
The former U.S. senator, 94, said during a ceremony Tuesday that he hopes changing Port Columbus’ name to John Glenn Columbus International Airport will inspire youngsters to pursue science, engineering and their own round of innovation.
“It is a great honor to me to have this field with my name on it. It’s not just that, though,” he said. “One of the things that I think is most important about something like this, other than just honoring me, is the fact that it may draw attention for some of our young people and develop their interest in knowing that they, in their time, can do as many new things as have been done in aviation and in flying in the past.”
NEW YORK – A New York judge has thrown out a defamation lawsuit against Rolling Stone magazine over the magazine’s debunked article about a University of Virginia gang rape.
Federal Judge P. Kevin Castel said Tuesday the lawsuit brought by three former fraternity members cited comments that were offered as speculation and hypothesis rather than fact.
The former Phi Kappa Psi members brought the lawsuit last year. They claimed they were defamed by a November 2014 article describing in chilling detail a student’s account of being raped by seven men at the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house in September 2012.
An investigation by Charlottesville, Virginia, police found no evidence to back up the claims of the woman identified in the article as “Jackie.”
Rolling Stone retracted the article, and the magazine apologized.
Associated Press
