HUGS! South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un got together for a very friendly meeting aimed at staving off a return to U.S.-led pressure and sanctions against Pyongyang, threatened by Trump. Mr. Moon said he was “perplexed” by Mr. Trump’s cancellation of the Sin[...]
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Mussolini is back!
The far-right Lega and anti-establishment Five Star parties chose law professor Giuseppe Conte as their consensus pick for Italy’s next prime minister, despite his lack of governing experience. Mattarella giving Conte a mandate to form Italy’s next government clears one of the final hurdles for [...]
Reports of Mohammed bin Salman’s death are greatly exaggerated?
The interwebs spread the story that Trump ally Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia had been assassinated. ,The buddy of Kushner had disappeared from public view after prolonged heavy gunfire was heard at the royal palace in Riyadh in the middle of the night on April 21. The Pri[...]
May 22nd, 2018 - 11:06 am § in Foreign Affairs, Saudi Arabia
Dissident Saudi prince calls for overthrow of King Salman, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and the ruling Trumpists
Prince Khaled bin Farhan made the appeal , saying that the damage being done to the Saudi royal family and the kingdom by Salman’s “irrational, erratic and stupid” rule had gone beyond the point of no-return. In an interview with Middle East Eye, Prince Khaled, who was given political asylum i[...]
WTO Breaks Up Bromance Between Trump and Macron?
Trump’s demeaning comments about the Word Trade Organization may now test The Don’s bromance with President Marcon. The WTO ruled today that Airbus has failed to fix the harm done to Boeing from European government loans used to develop its A380 and A350 jets. The U.S. said it will now[...]
Opening Trump Jerusalem
How the world sees us … As it actually was ….[...]
Trump’s Axis of Fawning Loyalists
Trump Wars Ask Rex Tillerson about patriotic service in the era of Trump. Now foreign policy is in Trump’s tiny hands, alongside his tweet machine. His advisors, Pompeo and Bolton are competent but play more of the role of Court Jesters to Charlemagne then independent advisers. Both o[...]
CHINA Celebrates Korean Meetup, RUSSIA worries
BEIJING, April 28 (Xinhua) — The world welcomed the two Koreas’ joint commitment to denuclearization and permanent peace on the Korean Peninsula at Friday’s summit, looking forward to the next key meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democr[...]
THE-Ave Challenge: What is an “American” Company
A. A company listed on the NY stock exchange B. A company with headquarters in one of the 50 states. C. A company with majority ownership in the US D. A company that pays taxes to the US. E. I have no idea, but maybe Trump does [...]
April 14th, 2018 - 10:03 am § in Donald Trump, Foreign Affairs
Trump: “Mission Accomplished!”
I can’t believe he tweeted that, but he did. And I’m pretty sure he didn’t run it by his speechwriters first. Even Assad is laughing. The Don declares ‘Mission Accomplished’ in Syria The political narrative emanating from Washington, D.C., changed Friday night when Th[...]