Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk The exchanges between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in their first debate left an uneasy feeling about U.S. foreign policy. While Trump worried about all the money the U.S. has been squandering overseas, Clinton came through with ritual affirmation of U.S. treaty commitments. Their words were empty, less than […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 29, 2016 Hillary Clinton’s claims that on her watch as secretary of state Iran was “weeks away” from building a nuclear weapon and was building “covert facilities” were false, analysts say. “With respect to Iran, when I became secretary of state, Iran was weeks away from having enough nuclear material to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 29, 2016 During a campaign stop in Raleigh on Sept. 27, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton blasted North Carolina’s House Bill 2 (HB2) and scolded the state’s elected leaders for passing it. “The very mean-spirited, wrong-headed decision by your legislature and governor to pass and sign House Bill 2 has hurt […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 29, 2016 A Donald Trump presidency would be “constrained by realities” and could not seriously impact the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization said. “I think whoever gets into the … office of the president in the United States will have to move […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 27, 2016 Hillary Clinton appealed several times to the “fact-checkers” during the first presidential debate. Observers have been quick to point out on non-Mainstream Media outlets that Clinton and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) already had a fact-checker on hand: the debate’s moderator. NBC News’s Lester Holt challenged Trump multiple times […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 27, 2016 With the exception of CNN, the network that for some reason is regarded as “generic” by doctors offices and airports, nearly all snap polls taken after the first presidential debate showed Donald Trump the clear winner. “Many in the media will probably declare Clinton the winner of last night’s […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 25, 2016 While presidential debate moderators are not allowed to wear earpieces during the proceedings, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) has not specifically ruled out the use of ear mics for Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in the first debate on Sept. 26. A voter in Maryland wrote FEC Commissioner Matthew […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 22, 2016 The next U.S. president will have to abandon “assumptions and ideas that have been outrun by global reality,” although they are held dear by foreign policy elites from both parties, a former Reagan administration defense official told an online strategic forum. Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton will assume office […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 22, 2016 Donald Trump would back Egypt’s ban on the Muslim Brotherhood while Hillary Clinton would undermine the country’s efforts to dismantle the group, members of an Egyptian delegation to the United Nations said on Sept. 21. One member of the delegation, Sahar Talaat Moustafa, the head of Egypt’s Tourism and […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 21, 2016 Charlie Crist, who seems to be running for a new office every election cycle, made a Florida debate crowd break out in laughter on Sept. 19 when he insisted that Hillary Clinton was “honest”. Crist, a former governor and Senate candidate, is challenging Rep. David Jolly, Florida Republican, for […]