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2016 U.S. Presidential election, Donald Trump, elections, International Law, Russia, sanctions, United States, Vladimir Putin June 28, 2017

Trump’s attitude of appeasement toward Russia makes big inroads among Republican voters

See Evan McMullin, “Republicans are risking becoming the party of Putin,” Washington Post, June 28, 2017 (6:33 PM). Evan McMullin is a former CIA operations…

Donald Trump, elections, European Union, History, human rights, NATO, propaganda, State Department, United States

The Normalization of the Unforgivable — Trump and an America which is already half lost

Donald Trump, human rights, human rights reports, International Law, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, State Department, State Department Human Rights Country Reports, United States, war crimes, Yemen, Yemen

Human Rights in Saudi Arabia: Will Trump look the other way?

Crimea, Crimes Against Humanity, Donald Trump, elections, Google, Google filtering, International Law, Russia, sanctions, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, syria, U.N. Charter, Ukraine, United States, vision of peace, war crimes

Donald Trump and international law

2016 U.S. Presidential election, Crimea, Crimes Against Humanity, Donald Trump, elections, France, International Law, Russia, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, syria, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, Ukraine, United Nations, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes

After Tillerson’s trip to Moscow, will Trump lift sanctions against Russia, or ever criticize Putin?

Barack Obama, Chemical weapons, Crimea, Crimes Against Humanity, International Law, Russia, State Department, syria, U.N. Security Council, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes

April 7, 2017: Security Council Meets on Syria (7919th meeting, with link to video)

2016 U.S. Presidential election, Dictatorship, European Union, France, NATO, Russia, sanctions, State Department, Ukraine, United States, Vladimir Putin

Putin threatens life of leading opposition leader Aleksei Navalny, then arrrests him and others at demonstrations in Russia — Meanwhile, Tillerson is racing to Moscow

2016 U.S. Presidential election, corruption, Donald Trump, propaganda, United States

Presidente Donald Trump — El Emperador desnudo

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

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

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…

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