• https://nationalinterest.org by Ted Galen Carpente
U.S. policy toward both North Korea and Iran leaves great room for improvement. Trump's outreach to Pyongyang was a constructive gesture, but it needs to be accompanied by the easing of sanctions. Washington's entire attitude toward Tehran is eve
As he has throughout his life, Donald J. Trump has continually possessed an optimistic spirit. Now, as President of the United States, he brings this attribute to every situation America faces.
10:45 p.m. Eastern Time Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020 -- the relatively early hour being explained by the fact that the winner had courteously waited for the polls to close in California before striding to the stage to thank the electorate for his 44-state
• https://www.paulcraigroberts.org by Paul Craig Rob
An unfortunate consequence of the attacks on Trump, whether justified or not, is that it is difficult for President Trump to acknowledge the severity of the health and economic crises.
The Trump administration is reacting to the pandemic stress by lashing out at perceived internal and external enemies. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is leading the external onslaught.
Well this is surprising given the past week's war of words between Washington and Beijing centered on the White House's lambasting the Chinese Foreign Ministry's 'propaganda and disinformation' over the coronavirus pandemic, which it should be noted
President Trump and the administration have forcefully denied reports that Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute for Allergies and Infectious Diseases and member of the White House Task Force dedicated to fighting the novel corona
With the world obsessing over every daily update of new cases in Lombardy or New York to gauge if we have "peaked the curve", many appear to be forgetting that there is another, just as pressing problem facing global capital markets:
In the face of the coronavirus pandemic, everyone should read Robert Higgs' economic classic "Crisis and Leviathan." The critical warning of this masterpiece is that government always uses a crisis - from the Civil War to the Great Depression to Worl
Of course Martin doesn't mention the counterattack, the white hats operation taking place right now. As I mentioned to some of you, Google has been declared a "utility" during this national emergency, and the censor algos have been lifted.
Trump says America may reopen after 15 days. He'll even defy doctors' orders to re-open businesses and restore the US economy. But what's likely to come from those actions, if they are enacted?
"We cannot let the cure be worse than the problem itself," tweeted the president on Sunday night, adding that, after the current 15-day shutdown, "we will make a decision as to which way we want to go."
'Where's Tony Fauci?' White House coronavirus expert is missing from briefing for second day after letting rip at Trump in interview and claiming he has to tell the President things FOUR times
Senior citizens would rather die than see the country's economy ruined for their grandchildren, says Texas lieutenant governor amid outcry at Trump's promise to get America 'open for business'
President Donald Trump said during a Fox News town hall on Tuesday that he wanted to get the economy reopened by Easter.
"I'd love to have it open by Easter," Trump said, setting a date for reopening the country for the first time.
Trump says his goal is for U.S. to return to normal by April 12th with 'packed churches' - and justifies defying doctors' orders by saying 'we lose thousands of people a year to flu and we don't turn country off'
• https://responsiblestatecraft.org, by Eli Clifton
The coronavirus pandemic's impact in Iran, which already claimed over 1,800 lives and infected more than 23,000 people, is one of the world's more troubling examples of widespread infection, with insufficient medical resources to treat the victim