(Foreign Policy in Focus) – Critics like that anonymous op-ed writer have no problem with how Trump’s actually hurting people. They just want the leader doing it to look more presidential. The recent anonymous op-ed in The New York Times about the resistance to Trump within his own administration was supposed to reassure the American […]
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Donald Trump
The Irrelevance of Trump: America was a Plutocratic Nat’l Security State and Still Is
Boston ( Tomdispatch.com) – Donald Trump’s tenure as the 45th U.S. president may last another few weeks, another year, or another 16 months. However unsettling the prospect, the leaky vessel that is the S.S. Trump might even manage to stay afloat for a second term. Nonetheless, recent headline-making revelations suggest that, like some derelict ship […]
#Plaidshirtguy shows Why Trump likes Mideast Dictators
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The most striking characteristic of the tyrant is pettiness. Trump as president is dangerous. He is volatile. He shouts that he wants people killed, and apparently in large numbers sometimes (“kill them all,” he appears to have said about the Syrian government, and Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis just ignored […]
Obama shifts Left, Embraces Medicare for All, in Hopes of Galvanizing Democrats
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Barack Obama came out of retirement Friday to give a stump speech at the University of Illinois, in hopes of whipping up the enthusiasm of Democrats to vote in November. As I pointed out yesterday, Dems have an uphill battle to take either House of Congress, because of Republican gerrymandering, […]
Trump Demands Attorney General Sessions Probe Anonymous Op-Ed, despite No Crime
Co-Author: Nicolas KAMM Fargo (United States) (AFP) – Donald Trump on Friday urged his attorney general to investigate the anonymous author of a damning op-ed, escalating his long-running battles with the media and highlighting his suspicions that people are seeking to overthrow his presidency. Trump, battling one of the deepest crises in his 20-month presidency, […]
Elizabeth Warren Calls for Removal of Trump via 25th Amendment
“If senior administration officials think the president is not able to do his job, then they should invoke the 25th Amendment”
Trump’s Enablers boast of Saving Nation but Reveal they’re Looting the Nation
The anonymous op-ed in the New York Times Wednesday that described a White House in meltdown was not an act of courage. It was a piece of moral cowardice of the worst sort. The writer wanted to assure us that there are “adults in the room” around Trump who are reining in his worst plans […]
Crazytown Abroad: Trump’s Dreams of Preemptive War, Assassination and Withdrawal
Trump on Bashar al-Assad: “Let’s fucking kill him! Let’s go in. Let’s kill the fucking lot of them.”
Trump Gingerly, Politely begs Russia not to Do Syria Idlib Campaign, Pretty Please
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – AFP reports that President Trump is cautioning the Syrian regime against launching an all-out assault on the last remaining rebel stronghold of Idlib Province. He also said that Russia and Iran would be making “a grave humanitarian mistake” to take part. It is hard to take the humanitarian part too […]