Category Archives: Foreign Policy

Realpolitik, Surrealpolitik: Steve Bannon talks to liberals

Posted on August 17, 2017 by

By ann summers More puzzling is the fact that Bannon would phone a writer and editor of a progressive publication (the cover lines on whose first two issues after Trump’s election were “Resisting Trump” and “Containing Trump”) and assume that … Continue reading →

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Trump’s nuclear threats are Nixonian junk-food ravings … maybe

Posted on August 9, 2017 by

By ann summers So the president’s own advisers are saying to discount his words, is where we are now https://t.co/PBdiHaQ6sT — Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) August 9, 2017 North Korea says considering missile strike near Guam The threat ratchets up tensions … Continue reading →

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Victorians’ Secret: Trump, god-emperor of Afghanistan and Erik Prince (of thieves) as Viceroy

Posted on August 8, 2017 by

By ann summers Moscow (CNN) Money, the saying goes, can’t buy love. But $10,000 will buy you the perfect Donald Trump inauguration keepsake — a coin with the words “In Trump we trust.” It’s the handiwork of a Russian mining … Continue reading →

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Today in Heightened Contradictions … McMaster bait

Posted on August 5, 2017 by

By ann summers The national security adviser, H.R. McMaster, has removed three NSC aides loyal to Trump aide Steve Bannon in the last three weeks. Bannon allies inside and outside the administration have fired back, starting rumors that McMaster is … Continue reading →

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The Trumpian Hollymoon is over … now the Russian appeasement grows.

Posted on July 20, 2017 by

By ann summers Much like the GOP and Trump have peddled the meme that PBO/HRC “created” ISIS, now DJT* has decided to capitulate (bend over backward, Ben Dover) to Putin, where the Syrian conflict will generate new memes for 45*, … Continue reading →

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Day 31 of Trump’s war against ISIS … Twenty-Twenty … Fore!

Posted on June 25, 2017 by

By ann summers Trump surviving Kremlingate until 2020 remains a possibility, even as he obstructs justice, lies, and demonstrates either incompetence or malevolence. And then there’s all that golfing against ISIS. If he sacrifices enough underlings (and the American Experiment … Continue reading →

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#TrumpRussia’s Money-Laundering, Politically Exposed Persons include … Trump?

Posted on June 19, 2017 by

By ann summers “What does count as suspicious behaviour, however, is the White House’s response to the public’s legitimate interest in a political appointee’s previous job, which involved significant dealings with Russia in a context of financial risk. The White … Continue reading →

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