“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 […]
Category: Domestic
Trump Adviser Bashes Courts, Say All Options On Table For Travel Ban
A top White House adviser has attacked the US federal appeals court for upholding a ruling suspending Mr Trump’s travel ban order. Stephen Miller told US media the court ruling was a “judicial usurpation of power” and that “the president’s powers here are beyond question”. The court rejected Mr Trump’s attempt to reinstate the ban […]
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 […]
Federal Agents Say Immigration Raids Are Business As Usual
Under Obama, ICE agents mainly picked up what they called criminal aliens from jails around the country. But with this operation, you’re seeing these immigration agents fanning out into streets and neighborhoods. And that’s what left people so alarmed. I spoke with the Mexican consul here in Austin, Carlos Gonzalez, earlier today. The numbers he […]
Obama Trying To Sabotage Trump
When former President Barack Obama said he was “heartened” by anti-Trump protests, he was sending a message of approval to his troops. Troops? Yes, Obama has an army of agitators — numbering more than 30,000 — who will fight his Republican successor at every turn of his historic presidency. And Obama will command them from […]
Trump And McCain In War Of Words
The two have repeatedly clashed on personal terms. One of Trump’s first controversies was to mock McCain’s time as a prison of war, saying he liked people “who weren’t captured.” McCain has repeatedly criticized Trump on foreign policy, knocking him for being too willing to give Russian President Vladimir Putin the doubt and criticizing his […]
Russia May Return Snowden To The United States
U.S. intelligence has collected information that Russia is considering turning over Edward Snowden as a “gift” to President Donald Trump — who has called the NSA leaker a “spy” and a “traitor” who deserves to be executed. That’s according to a senior U.S. official who has analyzed a series of highly sensitive intelligence reports detailing […]
Seldom Used Law Could Make Trump Tax Returns Public
A New Jersey congressman says a rarely invoked 1924 law could be used to examine President Donald Trump’s tax returns for possible conflicts of interest and Constitutional violations. Rep. Bill Pascrell, a Democrat who serves on the Ways and Means Committee, has asked the committee’s chairman, Rep. Kevin Brady of Texas, to order the Treasury […]
Federal Immigration Agents Launch Nationwide Raids
It’s not known how many people were rounded up across the country, but immigration advocates say they’ve received reports of raids in California, Texas, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, New York and Kansas. The ICE operations are the first to take place since President Trump issued his Jan. 26 executive order expanding the priorities for enforcement. […]
Trump Says “Our Legal System Is Broken” In Latest Tweet
President Trump on Saturday morning increased his attacks on the judiciary, declaring on Twitter that “our legal system is broken!” “Our legal system is broken! “77% of refugees allowed into U.S. since travel reprieve hail from seven suspect countries.” (WT) SO DANGEROUS!” he tweeted, quoting a Washington Times article published Thursday. Trump has repeatedly railed […]
Trump Calls Elizabeth Warren “Pocahontas”
Sources told CNN that the comment surfaced during the president’s impromptu analysis of the state of the Democratic Party. Trump made his comments in what appeared to be a reference to Warren’s criticism of Attorney General Jeff Sessions during his confirmation process. Her comments, and her attempt to read a letter written by Coretta Scott […]
New York Man Pleads Guilty To Plotting With ISIS
NEW YORK — A New York City man who pleaded guilty Friday to terror charges was in contact with a recruiter for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, who was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Syria in 2015, according to a federal prosecutor. As part of his guilty plea in […]