It was a week of exaggeration and outright fiction for President Donald Trump as he confronted the aftermath of two mass shootings in Texas and Ohio
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In 2006, a small study by Indiana University researchers found that teenagers who played violent video games showed higher levels of emotional arousal but less activity in the parts of the brain associated with the ability to plan, control and direct thoughts and behavior. Story continuesTrump's statements this past week assigning blame to the video game industry were more reserved compared with his last brush with the subject in 2018, when he called video games"vicious" and summoned game-industry executives to meet at the White House, to little lasting effect.TRUMP, on prospects for gun control legislation:"There's a great appetite — and I mean a very strong appetite — for background checks.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives outlawed the attachments at Trump's direction after the shootings killed more than 50 people in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. It is the only major gun restriction imposed by the federal government in the past few years. It's true that after other mass shootings Trump called for strengthening the federal background check system, and in 2018, he signed legislation to increase federal agency data sharing. In December 2018, the Trump administration also banned bump stocks.
At a February meeting with survivors and family members of the 2018 Parkland, Florida, school shooting in which 17 people died, Trump promised to be"very strong on background checks." Trump claimed he would stand up to the gun lobby and finally get results in quelling gun violence. But he later retreated, expressing support for modest changes to the federal background check system and for arming teachers.
TRUMP:"The Fed's high interest rate level, in comparison to other countries, is keeping the dollar high, making it more difficult for our great manufacturers like Caterpillar, Boeing .... John Deere, our car companies, & others, to compete on a level playing field. With substantial Fed Cuts and no quantitative tightening, the dollar will make it possible for our companies to win against competition." — tweet Thursday.
U.S. economic growth also plays a major role. Investors have pushed up the value of the dollar because they are attracted to U.S. assets since America's economy is growing faster than most other major economies. TRUMP:"China is intent on continuing to receive the hundreds of Billions of Dollars they have been taking from the U.S. with unfair trade practices and currency manipulation. So one-sided, it should have been stopped many years ago!" — tweet Monday.Trump is correct to be worried that China may decide to use its currency as a weapon in its ongoing trade war with the United States.
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