International Issues

  Michael Flynn is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who was the eighteenth director of the Defense Intelligence Agency and the first national security advisor appointed by President Donald Trump.  Flynn served as the twenty-fifth national security advisor from January 20, 2017, to February 13, 2017. He was forced to resign after the Washington Post reported he had lied to Vice President Mike Pence about the nature and content ...

In an apparent slap in the face to the FBI, President Trump welcomed two Russian diplomats into the Oval Office the day after he fired the FBI Director investigating possible collusion between the Trump Campaign and Russia.  The American press was not allowed into cover or take photographs of the event, only Russian news agencies were allowed into the Oval ...

Despite being advised by President Obama, and former Attorney General Sally Yates that disgraced former General Michael Flynn should not hold the post of National Security Adviser, President Trump kept him in his position for an additional 18 days.  Trump released Flynn only after it became public that Flynn had lied to Vice President elect Pence in regards to his ...

5/3/2017 During a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Trump made dubious comments about the Middle East peace process.  Confident he can create a new tack for history in the region, Trump stated “We want to create peace between Israel and the Palestinians. We will get it done.” Trump continued “We will be working so hard to get it done. ...

5/1/2017 Trump has, or wants to meet with the craziest people on earth, and have some over to the White House to visit. Today, President Trump announced “I would be honored to do it” in reference to meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.  For years, the 27 year old dictator has provoked the world community in attempt to ...

What is most scary about Donald Trump’s announcement about NATO is that for a long time, he had absolutely no problem spouting off about something he had no idea about.  After more than a year of claiming NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was obsolete, he recently proclaimed that it is no longer obsolete.  In an interview with the Associated Press, ...

What I am saying is stay out of Syria. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 4, 2013 Trump had a long held opinion about Syria, The United States should stay out.  That is why so many people were surprised when he ordered an attack against a Syrian airbase.  The attack included 59 cruise missiles targeting the airbase from where the ...

  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson today informed Congress that the State Department will proceed with a $5 billion sale of F-16 fighter jets to Bahrain despite their dismal record on human rights.  The sale was initially proposed during the Obama Administration, but was put on hold until the Bahrain government could demonstrate progress in improving human rights issues within ...

In a bizarre show of non-support, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson opted this week to forego the annual NATO meeting and visit Russia and his friend Putin instead.  The United States is a founding member of the 28 member NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) that was formed in 1949 to defend against fascism and communism.   After WWII, it became ...

The United States has made an official apology to Britain for bizarre claims Barack Obama may have used UK spies at GCHQ to listen to Donald Trump‘s calls.  The White House Press Secretary, Sean Spicer, personally apologized after he repeated the claim in an official briefing, triggering a major diplomatic incident.  Without any confrmation, Spicer repeated a false story reported ...