Remember the old line “keep your friends close, and your enemies closer”? Trump is turning that on its head, cozying up to the likes of Putin, Xi Jinping, Rodrigo Duterte and now Kim Jong-un while disrespecting our G-7 and NATO allies. This is very strange behavior on the part of a United States President, but …
Now that Trump has fired the sane voices in his circle and hired two right-wing loonies in Pompeo and Bolton, this song seems prophetic, fifty-plus years after it was originally written about a different war.
In a fundraising speech in Missouri this evening, Trump says he made up a trade claim with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Trump makes up dialogue from Trudeau: “‘Donald, we have no trade deficit.’ I said, ‘Wrong, Justin, you do.’ I didn’t even know. … I had no idea. I just said, ‘You’re wrong.’ You …
What do you bet that Trump is sitting in the residence at the White House dreaming of himself as the Great Peacemaker, about to resolve the Korean War by meeting with the DPRK’s young dictator and congratulating himself for doing what no other President has ever done? He’s not smart enough to figure out that …
What else is one to think after reading what Trump said this morning? I told Rex Tillerson, our wonderful Secretary of State, that he is wasting his time trying to negotiate with Little Rocket Man… — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 1, 2017 …Save your energy Rex, we'll do what has to be done! — …
At least with Trump and with certain Congresspeople. “Hey, Duma, let’s talk!” So says Orange County’s gift to the US House of Representatives, Dana Rohrbacher. …he is planning to lead a congressional delegation to Russia next month and expects to meet with Russian officials to discuss “how we can work with the Duma.” “We’re going …
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I’ve admired James for a long time; I remember when “Sweet Baby James” came out back in 1970. One of my fraternity brothers played it over and over again (that happened with Simon and Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water” too, but it was a different fraternity brother). He did something more to justify that admiration …
Apparently so. From a report by something called The International Fund for Animal Welfare: investigators compiled advertising and sales data from 47 Hawai‘i-based retailers and individual sellers engaged in the online trade of elephant ivory and related wildlife products, including walrus tusks, whale teeth and bone, mammoth ivory, and hippopotamus teeth. They found a total …
In 200-plus years there have only been eight US Ambassadors who have been killed while in office, six in armed attacks and two in plane crashes. Mark Lippert, America’s Ambassador to South Korea, won’t be the ninth, thankfully. But he was the victim of a knife attack yesterday. One doesn’t ordinarily think of South Korea …
North Korea officially acknowledges that Kim Jong Un isn’t feeling very well, report says In July, North Korean state television showed a video of Kim appearing to limp during a ceremony to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the death of his grandfather, former North Korean leader Kim Il Sung. The unusual footage prompted many to …