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June 23rd, 2018 - 9:29 am § in Donald Trump, Foreign Affairs, Hypocrisy

Kim Jung Un Offers Nuclear Arms to Mexico

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador  looks like he will be Mexico’s next president with backing from the Chairman of North Korea’s Communist Party (TANEWS) Mexico City) Kim Sung Un, building on his successful meeting with the US President, may now be playing a role in Mexico’s election. T[...]

May 29th, 2018 - 9:06 am § in Donald Trump

Another Trump Killer’s Head May Roll

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross was brought into the administration as one of President Donald Trump’s “killers” — but, as the egotistical President has driven everyone with any expertise out of the government, even his buddy Ross is increasingly marginalized and is a mess. As Trump has taken[...]

July 8th, 2017 - 1:35 am § in Misc.

BREAKING NEWS: 7/8

Chinese Nobel laureate, Poltical Prisoner  Liu Xiaobo, too weak to keep getting cancer drugs Trump: Meeting with Putin was ‘tremendous’ Erdogan: “very high expectations” of Russian-Turkish solution to Syria crisis Merkel speaks out against Kurdish independence at G20 EU, Canada agre[...]

May 24th, 2017 - 12:20 am § in Misc.

THE CHINESE CENTURY: ASIA to TRUMP: we do not need YOU!

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum takes up trade changes spurned by Trump (Hanoi) Now that  U.S. President Donald Trump has declared his  “America First” protectionist policy  ministers from the China, Japan and other members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation grouping, which acc[...]

February 26th, 2017 - 9:34 am § in America, Donald Trump

Could we be heading toward the second Mexican American war?

Donald Trump Rages At Mexico Over Border Wall, Threatens Meeting “If Mexico is unwilling to pay for the badly needed wall, then it would be better to cancel the upcoming meeting.” Just as President Trump discusses reunification with Britain, the Scottish-descended President may be fomenting a wa[...]

January 30th, 2017 - 12:05 am § in America, Donald Trump

THE NEW WORLD ORDER

It turns out we all should have taken Trump both seriously and literally. Monday, January 30, 2017 From the Washington Post Daily Newsletter Sign up here. BY ISHAAN THAROOR   THE TAKEAWAY For more than a year, President Trump made it clear how he felt about refugees and other Muslim foreigners se[...]

January 24th, 2017 - 9:43 am § in Misc.

Trump kills TPP, giving China its first big win

Trump hands China a clear opening to tilt the geopolitical balance in Asia in its favor. Trump’s rejection of TPP underscores how different he is from his Republican predecessors — and some of the party’s current leaders — who embraced free trade,  Chauvinism aside, protectionism [...]

October 24th, 2016 - 8:37 pm § in Misc.

AFTER TRUMP: Repairing TPP and NAFTA

Want to help free trade’s ‘losers’? Make ‘adjustment assistance’ more than just burial insurance Marina v. N. Whitman, University of Michigan Trade adjustment assistance, dubbed ‘burial insurance’ by those it’s supposed to help, needs to be significantly reformed so that fut[...]

July 14th, 2016 - 10:01 am § in Misc.

Why the TPP is the best response to Chinese imperialism

A FB Dialog  Ed Hodapp Given China’s decision to declare an air defense zone in the vast region of the Pacific Ocean known as the South China Sea, I have decided to reverse my position on the TPP. I now support its ratification. It is vital that the nations of the Pacific Ocean form increased[...]

June 25th, 2016 - 8:47 am § in Misc.

Knute: What the Norwegians Think About Brexit

Knut Robert Knutsen It’s a split. There are some of the classic “No to EU” crowd that are ecstatic. Both on the right and the left. On the far right it’s because they hate the EU. Not the cheap goods and labour or being able to retire to sunny Spain- many North Europeans reti[...]