“I assume they don’t have a strategy yet, so Trump with Abe by his side was properly taciturn, surprisingly so,” said Jeffrey A. Bader, an Asia scholar at the Brookings Institution who served as President Barack Obama ‘s Asia adviser. “But that can’t hold. At some point you need to articulate a strategy.” The tempered […]
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Trump 100% Behind Japan As North Korea Launches Another Missile Test
North Korea’s latest ballistic missile test has been widely condemned. South Korea and US officials said the missile, launched on Saturday night, flew east towards the Sea of Japan for about 500km (300 miles). South Korea’s defence ministry called it an armed provocation to test the response of US President Donald Trump. Japan’s Prime Minister […]
Russian Air Force Told To Prepare For War
Measures to ‘enhance combat readiness’ have already begun Russia’s air force has been ordered to prepare for a “time of war”. President Vladimir Putin has ordered a “snap check” of the country’s armed forces, accoording to defense minister Sergey Shoigu. As well as checking whether agencies and troops are ready for battle, the same order […]
Iran And China Show Off Military During Drills In Response To Trump
China and Iran, two countries that top President Trump’s enemies list, are pushing back against his tough talk this week with showy and provocative military drills. Iran conducted military exercises and rolled out new weapons that its leaders said would help national defense, and China tested a new missile following Trump’s Twitter assault on Beijing’s […]
Trump Wants To Ally With Russia Against ISIS
President Donald Trump told Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly that he does “respect” Russian President Vladimir Putin, but that respect does not mean they’ll get along. In an interview set to air this week, O’Reilly asks Trump why he respects Putin — a former KGB officer who is known to have had his enemies killed. “I […]
Iran Runs Missile Tests Despite Sanctions
In apparent defiance of the new sanctions imposed by the Trump administration, Iran held a military exercise Saturday to test missile and radar systems. The aim of the exercise, held in Semnan province, was to “showcase the power of Iran’s revolution and to dismiss the sanctions,” Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards website said, according to Reuters. […]
Trump Tells Mexico To Take Care Of ‘Bad Hombres’ Or He Will
(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump warned in a phone call with his Mexican counterpart that he was ready to send U.S. troops to stop “bad hombres down there” unless the Mexican military does more to control them, according to an excerpt of a transcript of the conversation obtained by The Associated Press. The excerpt of […]
Trump Makes Surprised Visit To Honor Fallen Navy Seal
President Donald Trump made a surprise, unannounced trip on Wednesday to honor the return of slain US Navy SEAL Chief Petty Officer William “Ryan” Owens. Owens died during a raid on al Qaeda in Yemen, along with about 30 civilians and 14 members of al Qaeda. Three other Navy SEALs were wounded in the raid, and […]
Trump’s Muslim Ban Is Helping Isis
President Trump’s sweeping ban on travelers from seven majority Muslim countries (including Iraq) from entering the United States was intended to protect the homeland from a vanishingly small threat of terrorism. But U.S. diplomats stationed on the front lines in the battle against arguably the world’s most notoriously violent and sadistic group of Islamist extremists—ISIS—say […]
Trump Adds Bannon To Security Council Over Joint Chiefs Of Staff
In one of three executive actions Saturday, President Trump reshuffled the National Security Council to include his chief strategist, Stephen Bannon, and limited the roles of the director of national intelligence and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The memorandum makes the chief strategist a regular attendee of the principals committee, the Cabinet-level interagency forum that deals […]
Mikhail Gorbachev Says World Is Preparing For War
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned Friday that “it all looks as if the world is preparing for war.” Gorbachev, who was head of the socialist state when it dissolved in 1991, wrote the comments in an opinion piece for Time magazine. “More troops, tanks and armored personnel carriers are being brought to Europe,” the […]
Trump To Ramp Up War On ISIS
President Trump and Defense Secretary James Mattis speak at the Inauguration Day parade on Jan. 20. Trump heads to the Pentagon on Friday and is expected to speak with Mattis and the military brass about his campaign pledge for a stepped-up war against the Islamic State. Donald Trump paid his first presidential visit to the […]