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Trump vs. China Late Monday evening, Trump announced that he was considering enforcing an additional $200 billion in tariffs on China. Chipmakers also dropped at the news of a possible trade war between the U.S. and China. Trump is threatening to enact $450 billion worth of tariffs on China, which is a major supplier for companies like Apple Inc. (AAPL - Get Report) , which is holding in Jim Cramer's Action Alerts PLUS Charitable Trust Portfolio. Either way, a trade war with China would be bad news and the market should easily indicate that. The U.S. has enacted a policy that separates children from their parents when they illegally cross the border. The children are then kept in cages. Either way, the point is that children are being separated from their parents. Let's just hope that people listen when others speak. Especially when it comes to children being separated from their parents. This is a heavy wrap, but sometimes it's necessary.

Iran deal: prominent backer says he was warned of Trump bid to discredit him Read more Trump had faced a deadline of Saturday 12 May to recertify the deal. Trump has signaled he will pull out of the agreement by the deadline unless it is revised, but he faces intense pressure from European allies not to do so. “He said: ‘Look, Iran is behaving badly, has a tendency to develop intercontinental ballistic missiles. We’ve got to stop that. We’ve got to push back on what Iran is doing in the region. We’ve got to be tougher.’” The Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, suggested Iran could remain in the pact if the US dropped out. Speaking live on state TV, Rouhani said “getting rid of America’s mischievous presence will be fine for Iran” if other signatories continued to be committed. Play Video 0:42 Earlier on Monday, Trump criticized John Kerry after reports that the former secretary of state has been promoting the Iran nuclear deal. The Boston Globe reported Friday that Kerry, the lead negotiator on the deal for the Obama administration, had been privately meeting foreign officials to strategize on how to keep the US in the deal. Kerry, a keen environmentalist who regularly derided climate change skeptics and championed ocean health as secretary of state, has also continued to speak out on those issues since becoming a private citizen.