Section: POLITICO – U.S. Edition (USA)
Trump urges Russia to hack Clinton’s email
Donald Trump invited Russia to hack Hillary Clinton’s emails on Wednesday, asking them to find “the 30,000 emails that are missing” from the personal server she used during her time as secretary of state.“It would be interesting to see, I will tell you this, Russia, if you’re listening I hope you’re able to find the 30,000...
Why Putin hates Hillary
When mass protests against Russian President Vladimir Putin erupted in Moscow in December 2011, Putin made clear who he thought was really behind them: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.With the protesters accusing Putin of having rigged recent elections, the Russian leader pointed an angry finger at Clinton, who had issued a statement sharply...
Trump’s NATO comments ‘unprecedented’
When President Barack Obama attended a NATO summit in Warsaw earlier this month, he had one core goal: to reassure jittery members of the 67-year alliance that the U.S. would defend them against Russian aggression.“As treaty allies, we have a solemn, binding Article 5 duty to defend each other. And in this obligation, we will never waver,”...
Trump’s remarks on NATO set off freakout
Donald Trump’s suggestion that the U.S. shouldn’t automatically come to the defense of its NATO allies if they are attacked is already alarming longstanding American allies — and is likely to please U.S. rival Russia. “Solidarity among allies is a key value for NATO,” the military alliance’s secretary general, Jens...
Is Christie telling the truth about Clinton’s Libya record?
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie offered one of the campaign’s most methodical and specific Republican critiques on Hillary Clinton’s record as Secretary of State on Tuesday night, swiping Clinton’s policy record in several key countries and introducing some new lines of attack.Although Christie has no foreign policy track record...
How the World Fell Out of Love with Obama
The rest of the world fell as hard for Barack Obama as Americans did.Back in 2008, the same qualities in the 47-year-old senator from Illinois that excited U.S. voters enthralled people around the globe. He was a fresh face and a compelling orator. He had spent his childhood in the Asia-Pacific, and his skin color alone made billions of people...
Germany: America’s real special relationship
When it became clear that Britain had voted to leave the European Union, President Barack Obama called David Cameron to offer his sympathy. Then he dialed Angela Merkel, the leader he actually leans on in times of crisis. It’s no secret why. For years now, Germany, not the U.K., has been Obama’s main line into European politics. And...
Why This Russian Wants to Give Donald Trump 100,000 Rubles
NIZHNY TAGIL—Felix Nikolaevich Kolsky knows war. His grandfather had five sons, and only one came back from World War II. Kolsky’s father was one of the ones who didn’t make it home, and Felix was born in his absence, shortly after he went off to the front in 1941. “My generation never recovered,” he says of the 27 million people the...
What Exactly Would It Mean to Have Trump’s Finger on the Nuclear Button?
Donald Trump, December 15, 2015: “The biggest problem we have is nuclear—nuclear proliferation and having some maniac, having some madman go out and get a nuclear weapon. That’s in my opinion that is the single biggest problem that our country faces right now.” Hillary Clinton, June 2, 2016: “This is not someone who should ever have the...
Trump and the World: What Could Actually Go Wrong
To hear Hillary Clinton tell it, letting Donald J. Trump anywhere near the Oval Office would be tantamount to inviting a nuclear apocalypse. The address she delivered from San Diego Thursday opened up a new front in the 2016 campaign: whether Trump can be trusted as leader of the free world. Calling Trump’s ideas “dangerously incoherent,”...
