President Trump took time out of his day to specifically praise defense company Palantir, causing its stock to spike on Friday.

“Palantir Technologies (PLTR) has proven to have great war fighting capabilities and equipment,” the president wrote on Truth Social, even going so far as to put Palantir’s market ticker symbol in the post. “Just ask our enemies!!! President DJT.”

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Congratulations are in order for Donald Trump: His attack on Iran is the most unpopular American war in modern history. _The New York Times_ compared support for Trump’s war with initial support for nine other wars going back to World War II, and found Trump’s adventure at the very bottom. The _Times_ has support for it at 41 percent. Other calculations find support in the high 30s.

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Costa Rica’s surge in violent crime should have been a liability for President Rodrigo Chaves’s right-wing party. Instead, his handpicked successor, Laura Fernández, won resoundingly by promising law-and-order policy unencumbered by democratic institutions.

Worries over security reigned supreme in Costa Rica’s elections, a factor that usually punishes incumbents. Yet violent crime…