U.S. Congress

Crimea, Crimes Against Humanity, Donald Trump, elections, History, International Law, Russia, sanctions, Trump and Putin, Trump-Putin meeting, U.S. Congress, use of force, Vladimir Putin July 7, 2017

“It is an honor to be with you”: Trump and Putin at G-20 in Hamburg

Trump’s statement in the presence of Putin before going into their meeting says it all: “It is an honor to be with you.”

For Trump, it is an honor to meet the military aggressor who invaded the Crimea and the eastern Ukraine in 2014….
For Trump, it is an honor to meet the leader of a country which committed barbarous war crimes in Syria, bombing hospitals and civilian infrastructure in Aleppo, for example.
There is no statute of limitations for military aggression.
The U.S. will not improve relations with Russia by trying to appease the aggressor, Vladimir Putin.
Trump has been, and remains, the first pro-Russian president of the United States at least since 1917….

corruption, Donald Trump, Guatemala, Justice Department, Russia, U.S. Congress June 17, 2017

Trump threatens the rule of law in the United States

kwDeveloping The message the president is sending through his tweets is that he believes the rule of law doesn’t apply to him and that anyone…

Donald Trump, International Law, Justice Department, Russia, sanctions, State Department, U.S. Congress, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin April 19, 2017

Has Tillerson shown his cards? Exxon Mobil moves to dismantle Russian sanctions (revised April 21, 2017)

Revised April 21, 2017 Two of the things Rex Tillerson said in his Senate confirmation hearings appear to have been either extremely misleading or simply…

2016 U.S. Presidential election, Crimea, Donald Trump, Russia, sanctions, U.S. Congress, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin April 13, 2017

Unanswered questions about Russia’s U.N. Ambassador, Vitaly Churkin, and the U.S. role in suppressing the results of his autopsy

Russia’s deceased U.N. Ambassador, Vitaly Churkin, may well have been aware of the details of Russian intervention in 2016 U.S. elections; State Department intervened to…

2016 U.S. Presidential election, Deutschland, Donald Trump, Germany, History, International Law, NATO, propaganda, Russia, sanctions, State Department, U.N. Charter, U.S. Congress, Ukraine, United States, Vladimir Putin March 21, 2017

Pro-Russian President Donald Trump directs Secretary of State to skip NATO summit, travel to Moscow instead

News that Rex Tillerson would skip an upcoming NATO foreign ministers meeting and travel instead to Moscow is the kind of news that produces a…

Donald Trump, State Department, U.S. Congress, U.S. Military, United States March 16, 2017

The New Logic of Statecraft (Humor or Reality?): In quest for speed, Army to remove headlights from tanks, cars, trucks and other vehicles

According to anonymous sources, who insisted on not being identified out of fear of being ridiculed, the Observer has learned that the Army plans to…

Dimming Vision of World Affairs, Donald Trump, State Department, U.S Foreign Relations, U.S. Congress, United Nations, United States March 1, 2017

Barack Obama, Donald Trump, History, International Law, NATO, North Korea, Nuclear Proliferation, nuclear war, Russia, Soviet Union, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, U.S. Congress, U.S. Military, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin December 22, 2016

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…

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