Section: US & Canada
Trump Mocks Kim Jong Un: I Would Never Call Him ‘Short and Fat’
President Donald Trump fired back at North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Twitter Sunday by sarcastically saying that he would never call him “short and fat” after the dictator said that Trump was an “old” person. Trump sent out the tweet after he attended the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Vietnam....
Hundreds Of Saakashvili Supporters Rally In Central Kyiv
Supporters of the Movement of New Forces, the political party led by Mikheil Saakashvili, are demonstrating in central Kyiv on November 12 to call for reforms. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Trump careens off script on Russia after Putin meeting
DANANG, Vietnam — President Donald Trump stayed on script for more than a week as he crisscrossed through Asia — and then Russian President Vladimir Putin showed up.After chatting with Putin on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit here, Trump abandoned the diplomatic tone the White House had carefully scripted for his...
Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: Good morning, Vietnam
For a while there it seemed that international travel was having a slight edifying effect on Donald Trump’s tone and language. However, after leaving South Korea, it turns out that the effect was better defined as “being in artillery range.” Now that Trump is having cool PJ parties with Putin and smiling over the miracle of visiting...
How does an authoritarian regime celebrate a revolution?
Vladimir Putin (Credit: AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko) “And what, exactly, is there to be celebrating?” snapped Vladimir Putin’s press secretary on Oct. 25, a little more than a week before the 100th anniversary of what, in Soviet times, was lauded as the country’s greatest victory. On Nov. 7, 1917, Vladimir Lenin seized power in St....
Hillary Chair's Lobby Closes Over Russian Investigation
That investigation really is getting a little too close to Hillary. And the Podesta Group, that glittering jewel in the diadem of Democrat corruption, will soon be no more. One of Washington’s most prominent lobbying firms is on the verge of shuttering after becoming ensnared by special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation....
How NATO Could Accidentally Trigger a War with Russia
Andrew Radin Security, Europe An increased NATO presence in the Baltics could lead Moscow to feel a need to invade, even if the forces deployed there could not realistically challenge Russia’s military. After Russia seized Crimea and supported separatists in the Donbas region of Ukraine, U.S. and Western military analysts raised concerns...
Trump Hails Russia Relations, Says China Vows Increased Sanctions On North Korea
U.S. President Donald Trump, in a stream of Twitter postings, says having a positive relationship with Russia is “a good thing” and that Moscow can “greatly help” solve crises related to Ukraine, North Korea, Syria, and terrorism. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Trump blasts ‘haters and fools’ on Russia relations, ‘short and fat’ Kim Jong-Un
A day after igniting controversy with his off-the-cuff remarks to reporters on Russia and its president Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump on Sunday blasted “haters and fools” who he says are preventing good relations forming between the U.S. and Russia. “When will all the haters and fools out there realize that having a...
Trump calls Putin sincere, ex-US intelligence heads ‘hacks’
By Jonathan Lemire and Jill Colvin | Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Days before returning home from a whirlwind trip to Asia, President Donald Trump was back on the defensive over Russian election meddling, saying he considers President Vladimir Putin’s denials sincere, dismissing former U.S. intelligence officials as “political...
