Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, May 20, 2026 Amid the spectacle and political pageantry in which Beijing so excels, President Donald Trump and his high-powered American business entourage visited China. The trip to the People’s Republic comes amid rising global tensions, continuing trade frictions and disruption of maritime commerce in the Middle East. […]
Special to WorldTribune, May 13, 2026 Real World News Geostrategy-Direct, May 19, 2026 The U.S. is emphasizing a “coherent strategic geometry” with allies South Korea, Japan, and the Philippines in the Indo-Pacific theater, according to the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) commander. Gen. Xavier Brunson refers to it as an “East-up” strategic perspective, according to the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Analysis by Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs, May 18, 2022 Neither President Donald Trump nor PRC President Xi Jinping were anything less than cynical — or pragmatic — over the purposes and outcome of the Trump State Visit to the PRC on May 13-16, 2026. It was designed to […]
Special to WorldTribune, May 13, 2026 Real World News Geostrategy-Direct, May 12, 2026 By Richard Fisher An ominous new development emerged earlier this year during the build-up of United States military forces in the Persian Gulf region prior to Feb. 28, 2026 U.S. and Israeli war with Iran: China exposed that buildup with “commercial” satellite […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, May 13, 2026 Non-AI Real World News [According to Wikipedia, “Deep state is a term used for unauthorized secret networks of power operating within a government but independent of its political leadership, in pursuit of their own agendas and goals.”] Widely disparaged as a “conspiracy theory in legacy media, it turns […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Allan Wall, May 7, 2026 On April 29, a U.S. federal court indicted ten Mexican officials and former officials, all from the state of Sinaloa, for involvement with the Chapitos faction of the Sinaloa Cartel. There may be more indictments on the way. The biggest fish in the kettle was Sinaloa […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 3, 2026 Non-AI Real World News President Donald Trump announced on May 3 that the United States has agreed to guide commercial ships out of the Strait of Hormuz where they have been trapped by the war with Iran. Interference with the process“will, unfortunately, have to be dealt with forcefully,” he said […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 1, 2026 Non-AI Real World News Ex-FBI chief James Comey is facing yet another indictment. On Wednesday, Comey surrendered to federal authorities in Virginia and appeared in court regarding felony charges of threatening President Donald Trump related to a social media photo Comey posted of seashells arranged to show “86 47.” […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 24, 2026 Non-AI Real World News [Updated, 11:01 pm, April 25] Only hours after coming under media criticism for “targeting” his political opposition, President Donald Trump dodged another assassination attempt on April 25 at the annual White House Correspondents Dinner at the Washington Hilton. Minutes later back at the White House, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 21, 2026 Non-AI Real World News U.S. intelligence agencies suppressed information that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was running election interference operations against President Donald Trump in 2020, investigative reporter Catherine Herridge posted to X on Tuesday, citing a whistleblower’s complaint. “The CIA, then led by Director Gina Haspel, would not […]
