🗞️Trump says he thinking of pulling out of NATO

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April 1st, 2026

Happy April Fools’ Day!

What happened today 🇺🇸,

• President Trump said he is "strongly considering" withdrawing the U.S. from NATO, due to allies' refusal to support military operations against Iran

• This morning President Trump said that Iran has asked the U.S. for a ceasefire, later on however Iran's Foreign Ministry responded saying Trump's claim that Iran requested a ceasefire is false and baseless…Axios did report that other U.S. officials told them that the U.S. is working on a deal that would involve a ceasefire in exchange for Iran opening the Strait of Homuz

• President Trump will address the nation tonight at 9 p.m. ET with an "important update on Iran”…watch it live here

• Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian released an open letter to Americans, asserting that Iran holds no animosity toward the U.S. people or other nations while framing recent U.S. military actions as aggression against civilians and infrastructure that risks long-term global instability…he described Iran’s responses as measured self-defense, blamed the U.S. for exiting the nuclear deal, and concluded that Iran, having outlasted many aggressors, leaves the choice between war and engagement to America

• NASA has launch Artemis II, the first crewed lunar mission in over 50 years since Apollo 17, from Kennedy Space Center…the 10-day flight will carry four astronauts on a flyby around the Moon's far side without landing, testing deep-space systems for future Artemis landings amid favorable weather forecasts

• SpaceX has confidentially filed for an initial public offering (IPO) with the SEC

• Visa has launched six new AI-powered tools to modernize the handling of credit card charge disputes, by automating manual processes for merchants, issuers, and acquirers

• The FDA approved Eli Lilly's daily oral GLP-1 weight loss pill called Foundayo…read more here

• U.S. private employers added 62,000 jobs in March, exceeding expectations of around 40,000, according to the ADP National Employment Report

• S&P up .72% / Nasdaq up 1.16% / DOW up .48%

• Argentina's poverty rate dropped significantly to 28.2% in the second half of 2025, marking the lowest level since the first half of 2018

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