Team Trump weighs North Korea options as U.S., China hail summit’s trade ‘progress’

Team Trump weighs North Korea options as U.S., China hail summit’s trade ‘progress’

by WorldTribune Staff, April 9, 2017 While hope remains that China will do more to rein in North Korea, the Trump administration has prepared options to deal with the Kim Jong-Un regime that include stationing American nuclear weapons in South Korea and even assassinating the young dictator. Both scenarios were part of an accelerated review […]

U.S. missile strike on Syria punctuated Trump talks with China’s Xi on North Korea

U.S. missile strike on Syria punctuated Trump talks with China’s Xi on North Korea

by WorldTribune Staff, April 7, 2017 U.S. missile strikes on a Syrian airbase came as President Donald Trump and China leader Xi JInping, meeting for the first time, were discussing what should be done about North Korea’s development of weapons of mass destruction. China did not immediately respond to President Donald Trump’s retaliatory strike on […]

U.S. missile strike on Syrian air base signals dramatic shift in Middle East policy

U.S. missile strike on Syrian air base signals dramatic shift in Middle East policy

Special to WorldTribune.com Special Report by Dr. Jack Caravelli, Geostrategy-Direct.com President Donald Trump has backed up remarks about his revulsion at the Syrian military’s use of sarin gas that killed some 100 civilians and injured scores more by ordering a large cruise missile attack against the Syrian air base from where the attack was launched. […]

China continues to fuel growing Korean crisis; Misled world on coal imports

China continues to fuel growing Korean crisis; Misled world on coal imports

Special to WorldTribune.com North Korea will figure prominently in President Donald Trump’s summit in South Florida this week with China’s Xi Jinping. By Geostrategy-Direct China is once again abrogating its promises and obligation to implement international sanction regimes against Pyongyang. Beijing has continued its illicit trade with North Korea, allowing the Kim regime to obtain […]

Flashback: Team Obama’s influence operations started with Benghazi

Flashback: Team Obama’s influence operations started with Benghazi

by WorldTribune Staff, April 4, 2017 Fresh evidence of the Obama administration’s political influence operations emerged on April 3 with the news that then-national security adviser Susan Rice was behind the unmasking of Trump associates. “Rice certainly wasn’t politically naive about the political uses of intelligence information,” the New York Post noted in an editorial. […]

North Korea crisis tops agenda at key Trump summit with China’s Xi

North Korea crisis tops agenda at key Trump summit with China’s Xi

by WorldTribune Staff, April 3, 2017 As pro-China lobbyists geared up for this week’s critical summit in south Florida, the White House weighed in as well. President Donald Trump said in an interview that the U.S. will solve the North Korea problem on its own if China does not reign in the rogue Kim Jong-Un […]

Intel official who ‘unmasked’ Trump associates said to be ‘very high up’

Intel official who ‘unmasked’ Trump associates said to be ‘very high up’

by WorldTribune Staff, April 2, 2017 A very senionr official in the intelligence community is responsible for “unmasking” associates of President Donald Trump, according to a March 31 report. Several sources said House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, California Republican, knows who is responsible for the disclosure of classified names, Fox News reported. The official […]

Power to the man: Venezuela’s Supreme Court turns nation over to socialist President Maduro

Power to the man: Venezuela’s Supreme Court turns nation over to socialist President Maduro

by WorldTribune Staff, March 31, 2017 Venezuela’s Supreme Court on March 29 declared the opposition-run National Assembly to be invalid, seizing its powers and driving a country engulfed in chaos closer toward dictatorship. The ruling also gave socialist President Nicolas Maduro widespread powers, including the ability to authorize joint oil ventures without congressional approval. The […]

Tillerson: U.S. no longer focused on Assad’s status which will be ‘decided’ by the Syrians

Tillerson: U.S. no longer focused on Assad’s status which will be ‘decided’ by the Syrians

by WorldTribune Staff, March 31, 2017 In a major policy shift from that of Barack Obama, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on March 30 said the U.S. will no longer demand that Syrian President Bashar Assad step down as part of a negotiated solution to the Syrian crisis. The “longer-term status of President Assad […]

Central Command’ Gen. Votel: Iran poses greater threat since nuclear deal

Central Command’ Gen. Votel: Iran poses greater threat since nuclear deal

by WorldTribune Staff, March 30, 2017 The United States has “not seen any improvement in Iran’s behavior” since the nuclear deal was signed and the Islamic Republic continues to pose the “most significant threat” in the Middle East, the top U.S. military commander in the region told Congress on March 29. U.S. Central Command leader […]