Trump’s “Betrayal of Country”, or “Treason”
“Donald Trump’s press conference performance in Helsinki rises to & exceeds the threshold of “high crimes & misdemeanors.” It was nothing short of treasonous. Not…
Vladimir Putin
Opinion: Leaked transcript of private two-hour conversation between Putin and Trump in Helsinki
We have received through a chain of secret channels a “transcript” of the secret conversations between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin which took place at…
Americans’ knowledge of international law, the military conquest of the Crimea, and proper dental floss use
Developing “Thirty-eight percent of Americans do not know that dental floss is used between the teeth, not between the tongue and lips.” –Joe Queenan, “Grungy…
Trump’s disdain for international law
President Donald Trump through his actions shows utter contempt for international law. This is true to such an extent that you have to wonder if…
New jargon and nonsense: “The old liberal international order”
OUR VALUES: Truth Integrity Decency Character Facts Science Law Freedom Developing We read in the press and hear in the media a lot of…
Trump promotes Putin at G-7: Payoff for intervention in U.S. elections
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Vladimir Putin launched a massive attack on the American electoral system in 2016, to help elect Donald J. Trump
as President of the United States. Among his goals were that of getting the U.S. and European sanctions lifted.
Since then Trump has taken a number of actions favorable to Moscow, and failed to take actions he should have in opposition to Russian aggression.
Now, at the G-7 in Montreal on June 8, 2018, he has proposed reādmitting Russia to the G-7 group of leading economic powers. Russia was expelled from the group (then known as the G-8) following its invasions of the Ukraine.
We may now expect Donald Trump, who has once again shown his pro-Russian colors, to further Putin’s agenda by seeking to relax U.S. and European sanctions against Russia.
When Trump or Putin speaks of abandoning “the old liberal international order”, it should be clear, they are arguing for abandoning the international legal order based on the U.N. Charter and the prohibition of the international use of force.
Samantha Power on Syria: Former Obama officials still downplay the use of force
THE HARVARD GAZETTE, a publication of Harvard University, has recently published an interview with former U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power. In its introduction, the Gazette writes,…
Americans Are Lost in the Weeds, and Google Doesn’t Help
Continuing Google Censorship Google continues to censor The Trenchant Observer, not displaying search results on hot topics such as the Christopher Steele Dossier. In fact,…
The Question of Individual Responsibility for the Actions of One’s Nation
Spirit of Jaspers, “The Question of Individual Responsibility for the Actions of One’s Nation, The Question 0f American Guilt, November 30, 2017 (reprinted woith permission)….
The Christopher Steele dossier on Trump’s collusion with Russia and subsequent corroboration
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak with Trump on May 10, 2017 at the White House Whatever the story of the…