News Jams – July 13, 2025

One day’s news. One original song. Every day.

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Trump Imposes 35% Tariffs on Canada / TSX Futures Dip on Tariff Threat

Canadian Consumer Boycotts Rise

He drew a line across the north,

Thirty-five percent—he sent it forth.

Canada caught in steel and grain,

A neighbor framed as trade’s disdain.

Fentanyl, trade gaps, political bluff,

He said their deals weren’t fair enough.

August brings the tariff weight,

On lumber, dairy, copper plate.

Ottawa read the wires cold,

Plotted counters, trade-controlled.

Boycotts rise and shelves get bare,

While markets whisper in thin air.

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NATO Chief Rutte to Meet Trump in Washington / NATO Diplomacy at a Crossroads

Trump Weighs NATO Arms to Ukraine

Mark Rutte’s ticket stamped D.C.,

To test alliance diplomacy.

Ukraine’s fight is NATO’s strain,

But Trump sees war through his own frame.

Hegseth, Rubio, defense in play,

Arms and optics weigh the day.

The line between support and front,

Drawn quiet, sharp, and nonchalant.

Rutte walks a loaded hall,

Where one wrong word can break it all.

A handshake hides the missile core,

Peace or pressure—never sure.

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Corn and Soy Yields at Risk After Storms / U.S. Crop Threatens to Fall Short

Farmers Brace for Harvest Trouble

In Iowa’s fields and Nebraska’s rows,

Rain turned promise into woes.

Corn cracked down from thundered skies,

Thirty percent now twisted lies.

Soybeans hold, but barely so,

A yield at risk as rivers grow.

Farmers check the stalk and root,

And pray for sun before the shoot.

The season started near ideal,

But nature’s dice refuse to kneel.

One month left, the stakes are tight—

Their harvest hangs in storm-cloud light.

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[Outro]

Three fronts stirred, three lines drawn,

Trade, defense, and fields half-gone.

No single answer, no simple spin—

Just power, weather, and quiet within.

July thirteen, carved in ink,

Another day the world won’t blink.

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Written and recorded with AI tools. Facts sourced from major publications linked above.

News Jams – July 12, 2025

One day’s news. One original song. Every day.

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Trump Imposes 30% Tariffs on EU and Mexico / Investor Reactions and Trade Fallout

Market Volatility in Response to Global Tariff Threats

He raised the stakes, again, again—

Thirty percent on European friends.

Mexico too, across the line,

Now copper costs and Spanish wine.

“Escalate to de-escalate,”

That’s the White House framing state.

Steel and cars, electronics too,

Caught beneath this tariff brew.

The euro trembles, peso slips,

Supply chains hold with nervous grips.

Farmers frown and bankers wait,

For numbers to recalibrate.

Brussels drafts its counterplay,

Retaliation on the way.

And Mexico, once held in hand,

Now braces for the reprimand.

A global dance, a subtle fight,

Where every tax turns dark to light.

He bluffs, they bend, or maybe burn—

No trade war ever makes a clean return.

The S&P stood still today,

While crypto bounced in its own way.

Bitcoin climbed above the noise,

A gambler’s faith, a speculator’s toy.

Gold went up as bonds held firm,

Old signs for a longer term.

Safe bets wrapped in cautious hands,

As traders scanned for subtle plans.

Some say it’s noise, some say it’s lead,

Some hedge now, while others tread.

The VIX looks tame, the fear not loud,

But volatility hangs in cloud.

China watches, so does BRICS,

Counting out the politics.

And investors shrug—or maybe sweat—

Depending on how rich they get.

A stronger dollar, a weaker deal,

A world that spins on what we feel.

Trade used to mean cooperation,

Now it’s price tags and isolation.

These levers pulled behind closed doors,

Reshape the shelves inside our stores.

From avocados to German cars,

From solar cells to breakfast bars.

So here we are, round thirty-two,

Another tariff, nothing new.

July twelve in trade defense,

Another line of consequence.

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Written and recorded with AI tools. Facts sourced from major publications linked above.