The Brutalist Report

Fortune

• Trump tries explain why the Reflecting Pool is algae green and its blue lining is peeling. Police arrest a former Olympic canoe racer on a bike ride [32d]
• Vice President JD Vance heads to Switzerland for talks with Iran but says he will only be there ‘for a day or two’ [32d]
• A new trade war may be brewing. This time, Europe is taking a page from Trump’s playbook — ‘We no longer live in a world of pink ponies and rainbows’ [32d]
• Trump threatens to charge U.S. tolls in Strait of Hormuz for ‘services rendered as the Guardian Angel to the countries of the Middle East’ [32d]
• Who needs rate cuts? Even the Fed’s new chair admits companies are easily raising capital on financial markets amid epic stock and debt binge [32d]