Section: US & Canada
The Myth of Gerald Ford’s Fatal ‘Soviet Domination’ Gaffe
Over the weekend, Donald Trump offered some unusual remarks about Ukraine during an interview with George Stephanopoulos. Speaking about Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Republican presidential nominee said, “He’s not going to go into Ukraine, all right? You can mark it down and you can put it down, you can take it anywhere you...
Training Ukraine: Turning a Soviet Army Into a Modern Force
Here’s what 500 American and Canadian troops are doing in Ukraine amid war with Russia. …read more Source: U.S....
Ukraine’s Savchenko Goes On Hunger Strike For POWs
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Trump Warns Taking Crimea From Russia Would Trigger World War III
U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump has warned restoring Ukrainian control over Crimea from Russia would cause World War III, U.S. broadcaster CBS reports. Trump’s knowledge of international affairs has been called into question on numerous occasions, however, following an interview with ABC over the weekend, his understanding...
Trump the Peace Candidate
With Democrats howling that Vladimir Putin hacked into and leaked those 19,000 DNC emails to help Trump, the Donald had a brainstorm: Maybe the Russians can retrieve Hillary Clinton’s lost emails. Not funny, and close to “treasonous,” came the shocked cry. Trump then told the New York Times that a Russian incursion into Estonia need not...
Is Trump Really Putin’s ‘Guy’?
From the DNC email hack to his comments on NATO and Crimea, why Trump might be the Russian president’s secret weapon. …read more Source: Foreign...
The Interpreter: Donald Trump Finds a Russian Policy He Won’t Defend
That Mr. Trump for once backed out of a controversy underscores how much Russia’s meddling in Ukraine, and its annexation of Crimea, outraged world leaders. …read more Source: The New York...
Donald Trump’s bad 72 hours
By any conventional standard, Donald Trump just blundered through the worst three days of any presidential candidate in living memory. Showing a characteristic refusal to back down from a fight, Trump took the almost unthinkable step of publicly escalating a feud with the parents of fallen US solider, Capt. Humayun Khan, who blasted Trump at last...
The Atlantic Daily: Trump’s Sacrifices, Brazil’s Broken Promises, Communal Living
What We’re FollowingDonald Trump Does it Again: At a rally in Columbus, Ohio, the Republican nominee suggested that he would recognize Russia’s seizure of Crimea, which the U.S. and most other nations consider illegal, and that the upcoming presidential election is “gonna be rigged.” Over the weekend, Trump appalled leaders of his own...
Doubts Start Creeping In for Democrats
For four days in Philadelphia, almost every comment I heard from Democratic operatives, pollsters and policy wonks reminded me of an old Jackie Mason line about married couples.“Ask them if they’re happy, you get a number. ‘Are you happy?…’ ‘Thirty-one years … ‘”Ask about Hillary Clinton’s prospects in November, you...
