8/2/2017 Shortly after President Trump was forced to sign new sanctions against Russia into law, top Russians took to social media to blast Trump. The US establishment fully outwitted Trump. The President is not happy about the sanctions, yet he could not but sign the bill — Dmitry Medvedev (@MedvedevRussiaE) August 2, 2017 The Trump administration has shown its total ...
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7/27/2017 On Thursday the Senate passed legislation placing new sanctions on Russia and rebuking President Donald Trump in a bill that is now ready for him to sign. The bill gives Congress the ability to block Trump from easing sanctions against Moscow in the future without their consent. The bill also includes additional sanctions on Iran and North Korea. The ...
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7/20/2017 Has enough water gone under the bridge? Apparently in the case of Jon Huntsman it has. Today President Trump nominated Huntsman as Ambassador to Russia despite criticizing his performance in 2012. A Republican, Jon Huntsman, served as Ambassador to China during the Obama administration. Huntsman also served as Governor of the state of Utah, and Ambassador to Singapore. Huntsman ...
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7/18/2017 Today Trump had little choice but to admit that there is no evidence to support that Iran is doing anything in violation of it’s agreement with the United States. The President is required to report to congress quarterly on the status of the agreement and the possibility of non-compliance. This is the second time Trump has confirmed Iran’s compliance. ...
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7/10/2017 Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city, is back under government control after being lost to IS for the past three years. Iraqi forces declared “total victory”, but US advisers warned that there may be up to 200 remaining IS fighters in the city. Security is still tight, and nobody believes there still isn’t a threat, however the Iraqi flag is ...
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7/9/2017 President Trump met with Vladimir Putin on Friday, and today tweeted that the two of them discussed forming an "impenetrable Cyber Security unit so that election hacking, & many other negative things, will be guarded and safe". The announcement was lauded by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who stated "The two leaders also acknowledged the challenges of cyber threats and ...
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7/6/2017 Rivaling in size of NAFTA, Japan and the European Union today announced a massive trade agreement that won’t include the United States. The agreement will encompass approximately 40% of all world trade. Under this agreement, European and Japanese exporters will gain an edge over American exporters in each other’s markets. Shinzo Abe, the prime minister of Japan, greeted the announcement ...
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7/4/20147 President Trump stood by as North Korea conducted it's tenth missile test of the year. The total surpasses the entire number of tests conducted under Obama's two terms. Yesterday's launch was of an ICBM, which many analyst predict had the range to reach Alaska. A listing of the previous nine launches can be found here : - North Korea missile ...
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6/27/2017 In a recently released Pew Center survey, respondents around the world had less confidence that Trump would do the right thing when it came to politics than other world leaders. The survey asked respondents how confident they were that four world leaders would do the right thing when it came to world affairs. Angela Merkel of Germany rated the ...
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2/26/2017 After being rejected by lower courts, the Supreme Court is allowing Trump’s travel ban to go into limited effect for a period of 90 days. Foreign nationals from six countries who lack any “bona fide relationship with any person or entity in the United States” will be banned. Those having formal relationships, such as those having family members in ...
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