International Issues

6/15/2017 When President Trump traveled to Saudi Arabia, he discussed the Saudi’s responsibility in fighting terrorism.  Last week, the Saudi’s took action against Qatar, claiming Qatar backed terrorist actions in the region.  The riff between the two nations puts the United States in a difficult position, a position that President Trump and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson don’t seem to ...

In prepared testimony to the House Armed Services Committee, Secretary of Defense James Mattis said “The most urgent and dangerous threat to peace and security is North Korea. North Korea’s continued pursuit of nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them has increased in pace and scope,” “The regime’s nuclear weapons program is a clear and present danger to all, and ...

“We’re getting out”  Trump stated today from the White House Rose Garden, “I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris.” 190 out of 193 countries had signed on to the Paris agreement, intended to address global warming on a world scale.  Now, only Syria, Nicaragua and the United States have decided not to join the effort that ...

During Obama’s two terms as President, North Korea conducted eight missile tests and attempted four satellite launches.  During Trump’s first six months, they have conducted nine missile tests, and have shown no signs of slowing down. Trump has tweeted many times about North Korea and China’s ability to control them. Trump implied that the reason that China hasn’t influenced North ...

5/28/2017 In a sad dose of reality, German Chancellor Angela Merkel stated Europe “really must take our fate into our own hands”, “This is what I have experienced in the last few days”.  This coming after recent meetings involving President Trump during his trip to Europe. Trump’s statements over several days made it clear to just about everybody that America’s ...

5/27/2017 Donald Trump appears to need a lesson on how NATO works, at least financially.  From his statements, it appears he believes that NATO sends out bills and member countries are responsible for making a payment. “This is not fair to the people and taxpayers of the United States. And many of these nations owe massive amounts of money from ...

In a clear sign he always wants to be front-and-center, President Trump pushed and shoved his way to the front of a group of diplomats who were about to be photographed.  The group was meeting in Brussels to discus issues regarding NATO.

5/25/2017 Two weeks ago, Trump shared top secret intelligence with Russian officials in the White House, which potentially put Israeli operatives at risk.  Yesterday, it was disclosed that In April Trump divulged the secret location of two US nuclear submarines to Philippine President Duerte, putting the US submarines at risk.  Today, the Trump Administration leaked British Intelligence to the press ...

5/20/2017 President Trumps has said and supported some very unflattering comments about Saudi Arabia, a deeply religious Muslim country.  Besides his previous comments, the Saudi’s rolled out the red carpet and welcomed the President warmly.  The meeting resulted in Trump’s promise to sell approximately $110 billion in arms to the kingdom. For some perspective, Saudi Arabia considers itself as “the ...

  According to the Washington Post, during his meeting with Russian officials at the White House President Trump volunteered top secret information.  It was later learned that the secret information was given to US intelligence by the Israelis.  The information the president disclosed jeopardizes the relationships that US intelligence agencies has with its allies, along with disclosing the identity of ...