Daniel Knowles is the economist's Midwest America correspondent. In Japan, vehicles are taxed according to how much they weigh and how big they are. K-Trucks specifically are the pickup truck version of that. They have these very small pickup trucks that are less than six feet wide. The cars can weigh as little as 500 or 600 kilograms in comparison to a new Ford F-150.
Florida’s governor has made a headline-grabbing rightward lurch as part of a presumed bid for the White House. But both Mr DeSantis’s critics and his donors are starting to think he has overplayed his hand. Our correspondent finds that jihadist violence has, as was long feared, come to Burkina Faso. And rural America’s love affair with Japan’s tiny Kei trucks.
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