rate and imposing a 25% minimum tax on wealthy americans. here with a look at the coming showdown in congress our wall street journal columnists khan henninger and mary anastasia o grady and editorial board member kyle peterson. so, dan, i couldn t help but notice that the new york times this week portrayed the president s budget as moving to the center. is that how you see it? [laughter] whoa. well, it may be where the new york times describes the center. no, that budget moves smartly to the left. i mean, senator elizabeth warren was beside herself over all the tax increases on the wealthy. she just thought it was great. you know, this is really a peter pan judgment, paul. you just spread pixie dust everywhere, and the economy takes off. we could make fun of it, we say it s not going to happen because of the republican house. i could make a couple points about in this. one, if perchance, this is a campaign speech concern a campaign budget, there s no question about it, a
Editorial report, im paul gigot. Israels military in a costly misfire on monday struck and killed seven humanitarian workers delivering aid in gaza. The deadly misstep has complicated an already strained relationship between israel9 and the United States which in recent weeks has grown more critical of the war. But despite idf, the idf calling the error a grave mistake, President Biden told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a phone call thursday that u. S. Policy toward gaza might change if israel does not do more to protect innocent civilians. White House National Security Communications adviser john kirby if on friday doubled down on that message. I think he was very clear9 with the Prime Minister yesterday. If we dont start seeing meaningful changes in the way israels prosecuting these operations and allowing for humanitarian assistance and working towards the hostage deal and a ceasefire, then were going to have to make changes in our gaza point. And that means. Conditioning aid
we defied the experts. we bucked the elites. we ignored the chatter. we did it our way, the florida way. and i can promise you this, you ain t seen nothing yet. paul: florida governor ron desantis delivered his state of the state address tuesday touting his record in the sunshine state and promoting his so-called florida model as a blue print for republican leadership nationwide. the crease came at the outset of a 60-day legislative session that many see as a springboard for his widely anticipated 2024 presidential campaign. we re back with dan dan henninger kyle peterson. so, dan, it sure looks like ron desantis is gearing up for a presidential run, and what do you make of his early appearances here both at the
america s youth. think back to the cold war, would ronald reagan have let the kremlin run programming on mtv of? i tend to think probably not. i think what the fbi, congress investigators could really do here is make the case and provide that leverage if they want to pass this bill, because there are all these allegations swirling on what kind of content is tech doc serving to america o america s youth versus china s to youth, what kind of access does it have to the devices that it s on. and i think there are a lot more questions than answers to those questions right now. paul: dan, the argument from tiktok executives is that there s really nothing to worry about because chinese government because not have access to their data, that they can keep it separate and that they don t allow any of this intrusion of spying that they re accused of. is that credible, in your view? no, it s not credible. why should we believe them?
cocaine from the andes. and i think that the if bill barr thinks that surgical strikes on cartels are going to stop the flow of drugs into this country, he just hasn t been paying attention to the last are 70 years of american drug consumption. paul: well, dan, the, you know, our argument is that mexico s providing a sanctuary for these drug cartels. never mind that past previous mexican governments have tried, have gone to war with them and rye thered to do something about them. but the mexican government replies with some credibility that the problems, as mary suggested, demand for drugs in the united states. what do you make about mary s point that you can t really solve this pop just by taking on the supply this problem just by taking on the supply problem, the cartels in mexico? well, i would agree with mary to the extent that bombing them would not solve or stop the flow