Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct Iran is getting a taste of the maximum pressure strategy used by U.S. President Donald Trump that brought North Korea to the negotiating table. As the U.S. is set to impose sanctions on the Islamic Republic, Trump and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani exchanged heated rhetoric after which Trump followed up […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 2, 2018 A candidate for New York’s Attorney General has vowed to not only “abolish,” but “prosecute” the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency should she win the office. “ICE has to be abolished, and I say that as somebody who is running for one of the top law-enforcement jobs in the country,” […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 2, 2018 Portland’s mayor ordered police not to respond to calls for help from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents who were under siege by leftist protesters for more than a month, a report said. Protesters began surrounding the ICE building in Portland beginning June 17 after news reports on immigrant […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 1, 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump on Aug. 1 called on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to put an end to special counsel Robert Mueller’s “witch hunt.” Trump tweeted: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions should stop this Rigged Witch Hunt right now. Bob Mueller is totally conflicted, and his 17 Angry Democrats that […]
Special to WorldTribune.com, August 1, 2018 By John McNabb In 2007 just before the November presidential election, I was serving as Chairman of an international energy contractor that had been in existence for over one hundred years and had operated in over sixty countries during that span. Some of my senior team accompanied me on […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 1, 2018 Newly released emails obtained by Judicial Watch show that anti-Trump FBI agent Peter Strzok sought to maintain “declassification authority” when he joined special counsel Robert Mueller’s team. Strzok had “declassification authority” while serving as the deputy assistant director (DAD) in the FBI’s counterintelligence division (CD). Judicial Watch obtained a […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 31, 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump on July 30 said he is willing to meet with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani with “no preconditions.” “If they want to meet, we’ll meet,” Trump said. “I’d meet with anybody. I believe in meetings.” Speaking at a news conference with visiting Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 31, 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump has taken actions that hit both Russian and Chinese interests hard, reinforcing his image abroad as a “master tactician,” analysts said. Now, Trump is warming to Moscow as part of a wider strategy to counter China. “Trump is trying to reach out to Putin and trying to detach Russia from […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — With trade and tariff polices shifting like the proverbial weathervane, the Trump Administration has confused and confounded even many close trading partners, Europe, Canada and Japan among them. This may be the Donald’s tactic in his wider strategy of getting fairer trade and better “deals” […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 30, 2018 Iran’s rial plummeted to an all-time low on July 30 as the U.S. prepares to reimpose sanctions on the Islamic Republic on Aug. 6. According to foreign exchange website Bonbast.com the Iranian rial traded at 119,000 to the U.S. dollar on July 30, as demonstrations and strikes by truck […]
