Overview
- Hours after the Supreme Court limited his IEEPA tariff power, the president invoked a separate emergency law to impose a new 10% global tariff.
- With Netflix exiting a bidding war on Feb. 26, Larry and David Ellison moved to take control of major Warner Bros. Discovery assets including CNN and HBO.
- On Feb. 27, the White House ordered federal agencies to halt business with Anthropic, and the Pentagon labeled the U.S. AI firm a “supply chain risk,” a designation typically used for foreign adversaries.
- Trump escalated on Feb. 28 with a large-scale assault on Iran and told Axios he expects a personal role in selecting Iran’s next leader, while also urging Israel’s president to pardon Benjamin Netanyahu.
- Polling cited by Axios shows 59% disapproval in Economist/YouGov data and 58% saying he has used too much presidential power in a CNN survey, even as he continues to rely on executive tools over legislation.