By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In an interview with Portugal television Wednesday, according to al-Hayat, Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad said that Donald Trump will be “a natural ally” for Damascus if his administration fights “terrorism.” Asked if he was prepared to work with Trump, al-Assad said, “Naturally, I say that is […]
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US politics
Trump’s Steve Bannon: Abusive, White Nationalist Media Baron
TeleSur | – – “You have an individual … who’s basically creating the ideological aspects of where we’re going,” said former imperial wizard, David Duke of the Ku Klux Klan. “And ideology ultimately is the most important aspect of any government.” Duke’s endorsement was for none other than U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s newly-appointed chief strategist […]
Dear Mayor Giuliani: We can’t turn our backs on Syrian Refugees
Akil Awan | (Informed Comment) | – – I recently visited Jordan as part of my work on political violence and youth radicalisation for the United Nations on Security Council Resolution 2250. Jordan borders Syria to its north, and although Jordanians display a remarkable sense of normalcy in their everyday lives, visitors cannot really escape […]
Will Trump do a deal with Iran or try to Overthrow its Government?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – For all his bluster about renegotiating the Joint Plan for Collective Action regarding Iran’s nuclear enrichment program, which the members of the UN Security Council plus Germany signed off on in summer of 2015, Donald Trump didn’t menace Iran itself during his campaign. He lamented Iranian […]
Will Trump really be Isolationist? Or will he March us to War?
By Nick Turse | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – “So is he going to win?” The question washed over me as I slumped in my hard plastic chair. I had passed the day walking through a town where most homes lay in ruins and human remains were strewn across a field, a day spent looking over my shoulder for soldiers […]
A Jerusalem Litmus Test
By Michael G. Roskin | (Informed Comment) | – – A quick and early litmus test of Trump’s “pragmatism”: Will he move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem? He promised to do it immediately, but that could unleash anti-American Muslim violence worldwide. Congress voted overwhelmingly for it in 1995 but presidents, fearing repercussions, […]
Neofascist Trump Appointee Bannon: “Anger is a Good thing” “if you’re Fighting to Take this Country Back”
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Donald Trump named Neofascist Stephen Bannon as his White House strategist, a co-equal with incoming White House chief of staff and former RNC head Reince Priebus. Bannon has espoused large numbers of crackpot conspiracy theories and has talked about how good anger is in the effort […]
Election Postmortem: Did the Labor Unions get Taken for a Ride?
By Andrew Kolin | (Informed Comment) | – – According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, “Labor Unions Step Up Presidential Election Spending,” labor unions contributed to Hillary Clinton at a scale that is without precedent. The article pointed to $108.2 million contributed in this presidential election cycle. These contributions raise questions […]
Trump Vows to Deport up to 3 Million Undocumented Migrants Immediately
TeleSur | – – U.S. president-elect Donald Trump didn’t back down from his hardline stance on immigration Sunday in his first interview since winning the election, pledging to deport up to 3 million undocumented immigrants immediately upon taking office. “What we are going to do is get the people that are criminal and have criminal […]
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