US politics

So this is the story of how Donald Trump tried to use misdirection at his State of the Union address to take the spotlight off his Neonazi tendencies, which underlie his hatred of African-Americans (against whom he was found to discriminate as a landlord), of Mexicans, of Muslims, and other peoples not coded as “white” […]

Pentagon

US must probe if Saudis gave US Weapons to al-Qaeda in Yemen: General

AFP

Washington, DC (AFP) – The US must examine whether American-made military gear in Yemen is being transferred to unintended recipients, including Al-Qaeda and Iran-backed rebels, a top general said on Tuesday. General Joseph Votel, who heads US Central Command covering the Middle East, expressed concern to senators about a CNN investigation that found weaponry and […]

Donald Trump

America’s Endless Wars on Autopilot in our Endless Trumpworld

Andrew J. Bacevich

(Tomdispatch.com) – The news, however defined, always contains a fair amount of pap. Since Donald Trump’s ascent to the presidency, however, the trivia quotient in the average American’s daily newsfeed has grown like so many toadstools in a compost heap, overshadowing or crowding out matters of real substance. We’re living in TrumpWorld, folks. Never in […]

Donald Trump

Baghdad: Calls to Expel US Troops from Iraq after Trump said They spy on Iran

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump’s assertion that he intends to keep US troops in Iraq to spy on Iran has produced a firestorm of protest and controversy in Baghdad. Trump also committed the faux pas of saying the US had constructed an enormous military base in Iraq, which contradicts the Iraqi government’s line that […]

Donald Trump

Trump to Keep Troops in Iraq as Spies on Iran, but determined to withdraw From Syria, Afghanistan

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump spoke on foreign policy Sunday on “Face The Nation,” further explaining his thinking on US troops in Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq. He seems to have made it clear that the US troop presence in Iraq is not, as advertised, to help Baghdad mop up ISIL remnants but rather to […]

Donald Trump

Netanyahu’s Likud Party uses Trump Photo in Israeli Election Billboard

Middle East Monitor

A giant billboard of a smiling Donald Trump shaking hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu loomed over parts of Tel Aviv on Sunday, part of the Israeli leader’s re-election campaign. Trump is popular in Israel because of his tough policies towards the Palestinians and Iran and his transfer last May of the American Embassy from […]

Donald Trump

Could Trump Really Launch a War With Iran?

Conn M. Hallinan

(Foreign Policy in Focus) – It’s unpopular at home and abroad, and regional politics don’t favor it. But we should take neocons like Bolton at their word. Keeping track of the Trump administration’s foreign policy is like trying to track a cat on a hot tin roof: We’re pulling out of Syria (not right away). […]

Immigration

Democrats To Deny Funding to Trump’s Muslim Visa Ban on 2nd Anniversary

TeleSur

(TeleSur) – “We are dropping American made bombs on countries … the United States then made the decision to block those people inside those countries…” Democratic members of the United States Congress rallied against President Donald Trump’s Muslim ban Monday which reached its second anniversary. “I know first-hand how destructive this policy is to millions […]

Pentagon

Our Man from Boeing: Has the Arms Industry Captured Trump’s Pentagon?

Tomdispatch

By Mandy Smithberger and William D. Hartung | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – The way personnel spin through Washington’s infamous revolving door between the Pentagon and the arms industry is nothing new. That door, however, is moving ever faster with the appointment of Patrick Shanahan, who spent 30 years at Boeing, the Pentagon’s second largest contractor, […]