Russia as the great white power: Behind Trump’s affinity to Vladimir Putin
See Alan Feuer and Andrew Higgins, “Extremists Turn to a Leader to Protect Western Values: Vladimir Putin,” New York Times, December 3, 2016. Tom Hamburger,…
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The United States becomes a Banana Republic under Trump
Donald Trump has learned from Valdimir Putin that to carry the day you need only to overwhelm your adversaries with lies, distortions, and diversions that…
From Putin to Trump: Wall Street Journal will not report untrue statements as lies
The Editor of the Wall Street Journal made the scandalous statement on Meet the Press on January 1 that the Journal would not report Donald…
Trump’s tweets on nuclear build-up: A response to Putin’s implicit threat?
Developing See Mchael D. Shear and James Glanz, “Trump Says the U.S. Should Expand Its Nuclear Capacity,” New York Times, December 22, 2016. Shear and…
The emoluments clause and potential collusion with the Russians: Two Reasons and 37 Profiles in Courage needed to Stop Trump
Developing We owe an obligation to ourselves and to history to not meekly acquiesce in the what might be termed the normalization of outrage regarding…
Russian intervention in U.S. elections is flagrant violation of international law principle of non-intervention, giving rise to right to adopt countermeasures including strong economic sanctions
Developing Russia has intervened directly in the 2016 presidential and congressional elections, in a manner according to U.S. intelligence sources aimed at throwing the election…
Seven days in December: Seven days left to stop Trump, before the Electoral College vote on December 19
Developing The Electoral College vote to elect the next president of the U.S. will be held on December 19, 2016. That means there are seven…
Aleppo — a wrenching epitaph for the failed foreign policy of Barack Obama
Developing See Marc Semo, “Alep-est livrée aux bombardements russo-syriens, dans l’indifférence des Occidentaux; La transition engagée aux Etats-Unis et les élections à venir dans plusieurs…
Putin calls Trump, is reassured, and resumes bombing in Syria
Developing See Christina Hebel und Christoph Sydow (Moskau und Berlin), “Putins Botschaft an Trump; Sie haben sich Zusammenarbeit zugesagt, doch während Donald Trump sich auf…
President-elect Trump, foreign policy, and the defense of core American values
Developing Given Donald Trump’s inexperience in foreign policy, he may not understand or appreciate certain fundamental principles and realities that are essential for the maintenance…
The full catastrophe — The election of Donald Trump: Hopes, illusions and reality
Donald Trump has won an electoral victory in the November 8 , 2016 presidential elections, despite the fact that Hillary Clinton won a majority of…
Trump, Clinton, and the risk of nuclear war
Voter Guide See Sam Nunn, “Only Hillary Clinton Is Prepared for the Nuclear Threat; Donald Trump is an apprentice in the nuclear world. Worse, he…
Donald Trump, Russian stooge: Putin’s Trojan horse within striking distance of victory over NATO, the EU, and the Atlantic Alliance
Developing This article has not been indexed by Google. See “Not indexed by Google: Trenchant Observer article with text of Security Council Resolution 2118; the…
Reopened Clinton e-mail investigation: FBI Director Comey should consider resigning (updated November 2 and 3, 2016)
Update: November 3, 2016 See Andrew Rosenthal op-ed), “James Comey’s Self-Righteous Meddling,” New York Times, November 3, 2016. One explanation, which I tend to believe,…
BREAKING NEWS — U.S. says very high likelihood Russia bombed humanitarian aid convoy in Syria
LATE BREAKING NEWS!!! Developing Eric Schmitt, Michael R. Gordon, and Somini Sengupta, “U.S. Officials Say Russia Probably Attacked U.N. Humanitarian Convoy,” New York Times, September…
The hidden issue in the 2016 presidential elecion: How will voters explain their vote to their children and grandchildren?
How will Trump or Clinton voters explain how they voted in 2016 to their children and grandchildren? That is a huge though hidden issue in…
Herd journalists: The most deplorable in Trump’s “basket of deplorables” (Updated September 16, 2016)
Updated Octrober 8, 2016 See Gunda Trepp, “Wahlkampf in Amerika Die Medien haben ihren Auftrag vergessen; Im amerikanischen Wahlkampf kommen viele Journalisten ihrer Sorgfaltspflicht nicht…
What Trump has learned from Putin
Donald Trump is now in a neck-and-neck race with Hillary Clinton for the presidency. How is this possible, given the stream of blatant lies, distortions,…