Trump’s Poland visit a study in breaking norms
Most U.S. presidents use their foreign trips to promote the virtues of American democracy. President Donald Trump did some of that, too.
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Federal transportation budget may derail Amtrak service in Hamlet – 8:29 pm updated:
No passenger trains will glide to a stop at Hamlet's landmark station, if President Trump's suggested transportation budget wins approval later this year. The budget proposes cuts of nearly 13 percent, or $2.4 billion, in money earmarked for airports, trains and other transportation providers.
MICEK: Republicans and Democrats pushing back against Trump
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf hit the nail on the head last week when he refused to play along with the Trump administration's invasive and unwarranted request for unfettered access to his state's voter rolls. "The right to vote is absolute and I have no confidence that you seek to bolster it," Wolf, a Democrat, wrote to Kris Kobach, vice chairman of President Donald Trump's hilariously misnamed Election Integrity Commission.
CNN: Germany’s Merkel Picked Hamburg For G20 Summit So It Could Be…
President Trump decided to land in Warsaw, Poland a day before heading to the international meeting of the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany : The president will give what National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster billed last week as a "major speech" to the Polish people Thursday in Krasinski Square. He is expected to commemorate the Polish people's bravery during World War II, while calling for allies to confront today's challenges with the same courage.
Foreign Policy Focus, episode 62
"On FPF #62, I look at some polling that may give insight into how Trump won the election. Trump ran as the less hawkish candidate on foreign policy but has adopted a Hillary Clinton style Foreign Policy. I also update Iraq, Libya, Russia, and Mosul." [various formats] (07/05/17)
Trump says Russia likely hacked but nobody a knows for surea
On the eve of his first meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump questioned the veracity of American intelligence about foreign meddling in the U.S. election, arguing Thursday that Russia wasn't the only country that may have interfered. Opening his second overseas trip as president, Trump also warned North Korea that he's considering "some pretty severe things" in response to the isolated nation's unprecedented launch of a missile capable of reaching the U.S. Though he declined to offer specifics on the U.S. response, Trump called on all nations to confront the North's "very, very bad behavior."
The Latest: Trump addresses 3 Seas Initiative summit
President Donald Trump has pledged that the United States will never use energy to coerce eastern and central European nations. Trump was addressing a meeting in Warsaw, Poland, of the Three Seas Initiative.
The Latest: Crowds gathering for Trump’s Warsaw speech
Crowds waving U.S. and Polish flags have gathered in and around a Warsaw square where President Donald Trump is set to deliver his first public speech in Europe. Many have come from various corners of Poland and are holding banners with the names of their towns, including "Pila" or "Gorzow" in the west.
Trump says Russia likely hacked but nobody ‘knows for sure’
On the eve of his first meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump questioned the veracity of American intelligence about foreign meddling in the U.S. election, arguing Thursday that Russia wasn't the only country that may have interfered. Opening his second overseas trip as president, Trump also warned North Korea that he's considering "some pretty severe things" in response to the isolated nation's unprecedented launch of a missile capable of reaching the U.S. Though he declined to offer specifics on the U.S. response, Trump called on all nations to confront the North's "very, very bad behaviour."
Trump: Russia Likely Hacked Election but Nobody ‘Knows for Sure’
On the eve of his first meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump questioned the veracity of American intelligence about foreign meddling in the U.S. election, arguing Thursday that Russia wasn't the only country that may have interfered. Opening his second overseas trip as president, Trump also warned North Korea that he's considering "some pretty severe things" in response to the isolated nation's unprecedented launch of a missile capable of reaching the U.S. Though he declined to offer specifics on the U.S. response, Trump called on all nations to confront the North's "very, very bad behavior."
An American Paradox: Pillorying Fake News while Promoting False Flags
The United States is a schizophrenic asylum of extreme paradoxes: While its internal politics reverberates with fake news-mediated recriminations, Americans yet find merit in the same disinformation machinery that facilitates false flags abroad. The US is now threatening Syria over an imminent " chemical weapons attack " without offering a shred of proof to the international community.
How Vladimir Putin’s election meddling can make the U.S. stronger
According to the Intelligence Community Assessment on Russia's efforts to interfere with the 2016 presidential election, Vladimir Putin ordered a campaign to influence the election in favor of Donald Trump. As the so-called Trump-Russia story lurches on, one can see it in a few different ways: a witch hunt, the lead-up to Donald Trump's impeachment, a distraction from more important issues, a major national security threat to the U.S. It would be useful, however, to look beyond these partisan perceptions to the story's potential to make America great again.
Bill Kristol: Trump Should Tell Putin Aggression Won’t Work
Bill Kristol says President Donald Trump has to steer clear of having macho head-butting sessions with Russian President Vladimir Putin if anything good is to come out of their upcoming one-on-one powwow. "I'm less concerned with what exactly he says to Putin and more with the general stance he takes," Kristol, editor-at-large of The Weekly Standard, said Wednesday to Newsmax TV's Steve Malzberg.
Trump yet to be clear on intent for Yucca
"In October 2016, candidate Donald Trump came to Las Vegas to face the question all presidential hopefuls who think they can win Nevada must face: Did he support building a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain? 'I'm very friendly with this area,' Trump responded. 'I have a hotel here.
Pressure builds on Trump over pledge for closer Moscow ties
During his presidential campaign, Republican Donald Trump praised Russian President Vladimir Putin as a "strong leader" with whom he would like to reset tense U.S.-Russian relations. But as Trump heads to his first face-to-face meeting as president with Putin on Friday at the G20 summit in Germany, he is under pressure at home to take a tough line with the Kremlin.
James Hohmann:
To win the House majority in the midterms, Democrats will need to make big gains with suburban voters, defend incumbents in rural districts where President Donald Trump remains popular, topple a handful of Republicans in the Sun Belt and probably win a handful of seats that still aren't on anyone's radar. The opposition party needs to win 24 seats to take control of the House in 2018.
Something is wrong with the GOP
Remember last year's campaign? Remember how dogged and relentless we were in covering Hillary Clinton's sloppy handling of her emails? Remember the comparatively free ride we gave Donald Trump despite his repeated demonstrations that he was unserious, unsound and unfit? Remember all the hand wringing afterward about how we had embraced a false equivalence? I keep reading and seeing all these stories on America's political polarization, the great divide between left and right. Ted Koppel did a couple such reports for "CBS News Sunday Morning," Robert Samuelson wrote a column about it for The Washington Post, Andrew Soergel pondered the question in U.S. News & World Report.
How Mueller’s probe could lead to Russia’s criminal underbelly
Former law enforcement officials say Russian organised crime has been a concern for at least a couple of decades, but Moscow's lack of cooperation has complicated efforts to apprehend suspects The US government has long warned Russian organised crime posed a threat to democratic institutions, including "criminally linked oligarchs" who might collude with the Russian government to undermine business competition. An ongoing special counsel investigation is drawing attention to Russian efforts to meddle in democratic processes, the type of skullduggery that in the past has relied on hired hackers and outside criminals.
Trump must help fight disinformation
President Donald Trump's twitter tirade against MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski last week revealed more than his continued willingness to demean his office - and women. He lambasted Brzezinski, co-host of Morning Joe, as "low I.Q., Crazy Mika" claiming she'd been "bleeding badly from a face-lift" when she briefly attended a social gathering at Mar-a-Lago on New Year's Eve.
Robert Mueller’s Probe Could Draw Focus to Russian Organized Crime Operations
The U.S. government has long warned that Russian organized crime posed a threat to democratic institutions, including "criminally linked oligarchs" who might collude with the Russian government to undermine business competition. is drawing attention to Russian efforts to meddle in democratic processes, the type of skullduggery that in the past has relied on hired hackers and outside criminals.