Category Archives: Foreign Policy

Trump thinks Montenegro will start WW III because it’s “aggressive”

Posted on July 18, 2018 by ann summers

By ann summers Trump implied that Montenegro – NATO’s newest member, which joined last year – is an aggressive place which may drag America into World War III. Trump in his current “wouldn’t” mode, winds up taking the Russian position … Continue reading →

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in #TrumpRussia, there’s too much there, there, beyond Trump’s lies

Posted on July 11, 2018 by ann summers

By ann summers Tom Nichol’s extended tweet thread of responses to Jonathan Chait’s article on Trump the Russian asset has now come out as a piece in Politico. Beginning with Jonathan Chait’s original article and the various responses, Nichols’ piece … Continue reading →

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“look at that view, wouldn’t that make a great condo?” Trump sells a North Korean time share

Posted on June 12, 2018 by ann summers

By ann summers Trump in his continuing nouveau vulgarianism pulled a real estate sales stunt at the Singapore summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, showing an iPad video that crudely references the classic DPRK propaganda film series Nation and Destiny Singapore … Continue reading →

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Depression-era policy to return for farmers screwed by Trump trade war.

Posted on April 11, 2018 by ann summers

 By ann summers Grand Kleptocrat Trump will crater the US economy because he thinks trade wars are simply about firms, industries, and markets, rather than people working and living in regions. It’s not as simple as the revanchist profit touted by Agent Orange. … Continue reading →

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Trump’s southern border wall seems more like Nehemiah’s Dung Gate

Posted on April 1, 2018 by ann summers

By ann summers The travails of Prexy Nehemiah Dennison are many, but his minions certainly built enough roads to Moscow during the election, and his golf-day yesterday with Sean Hannity brought perhaps more advice about spinning more southern border wall … Continue reading →

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Does everyone really know he’s an idiot

Posted on January 13, 2018 by ann summers

By ann summers A melange of mercenaries continue to wheel out the orange Moloch idol for the cult of personality as they now do to keep the Trumptanic afloat. This past week has featured an interesting intersection of the release … Continue reading →

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Oh look, moving the US embassy will make them forget about everything else …Not

Posted on December 6, 2017 by ann summers

By ann summers Since November, the accidental president has been trying to escape having won by the perfect storm of Russian intervention, voter suppression, covert sexism/racism, and strategic dirty tricks. #TrumpRussia continues its dogged march, with Mike Flynn’s deal with … Continue reading →

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Will Trump return Philippine war trophies

Posted on November 12, 2017 by ann summers

By ann summers   Trump could salvage what has been a mediocre trip to Asia by a small political act, even if it might give him the same Executive Order troubles he’s experienced with Congress. There have been several decades … Continue reading →

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Titling the post-Trump biopic… Get The Bigly Shorty, or Derp in Paradise Papers

Posted on November 5, 2017 by ann summers

By ann summers There probably have been numerous Trump biography projects already underway, perhaps even one started when we thought he would lose the Electoral College vote. We already have some interesting, even landmark films about a variety of financial scandals, … Continue reading →

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Trump, no country bump-stock… could kill the trifecta of the axis of evil, unless #TrumpRussia drops a couple of bombshells

Posted on October 5, 2017 by ann summers

By ann summers Desperate authoritarians do desperate things, and the time before the Trump administration is removed or removes itself from office will perhaps be the most challenging since the Cuban missile crisis. Recall that the real consequence in the … Continue reading →

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