Report: Iran conducting massive military buildup with funds from nuclear deal

Report: Iran conducting massive military buildup with funds from nuclear deal

by WorldTribune Staff, May 4, 2017 Iran is using billions in funds that were freed up under the nuclear deal with world powers to finance an unprecedented military buildup, a report said. Iran’s defense budget has increased by 145 percent under President Hassan Rouhani and the military is moving forward with a massive restructuring effort […]

Trump loses big on budget as swamp grows; Without a new Speaker, his presidency is doomed

Trump loses big on budget as swamp grows; Without a new Speaker, his presidency is doomed

Special to WorldTribune.com Jeffrey T. Kuhner Donald Trump has suffered the greatest defeat of his presidency. No matter how much his administration tries to spin it, the budget deal is a major setback for Trump’s America First agenda. The $1.1 billion omnibus spending bill is a victory for Democrats and establishment Republicans. In fact, Senate […]

The Limbaugh-Pence debate: Trump agenda ‘not visible in this budget’

The Limbaugh-Pence debate: Trump agenda ‘not visible in this budget’

by WorldTribune Staff, May 3, 2017 Rush Limbaugh on May 2 pressed Vice President Mike Pence on a budget deal that many analysts say looks more like a win for Democrats than the Republican majority. “What is the point of voting Republican if the Democrats are gonna continue to win practically 95 percent of their […]

Trump urged to press Abbas against backing terrorists’ families

Trump urged to press Abbas against backing terrorists’ families

by WorldTribune Staff, May 3, 2017 A group of Republican senators are urging President Donald Trump to demand that Palestinian Authority (PA) leader Mahmoud Abbas stop paying Palestinian terrorists and their families. In a letter to the president, a delegation of senators led Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, and Tom Cotton, […]

Jordanian official on U.S. embassy being relocated to Jerusalem: Not a problem

Jordanian official on U.S. embassy being relocated to Jerusalem: Not a problem

by WorldTribune Staff, May 2, 2017 Despite the hue and cry in the international arena, the former Jordanian minister of culture said there is no need for Arabs to oppose the United States moving its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Tareq Al-Masarwa, writing for the government daily newspaper Al Rai, and translated by […]

This won’t end well: Media war on Trump recalls earlier all-out assault on Nixon

This won’t end well: Media war on Trump recalls earlier all-out assault on Nixon

by WorldTribune Staff, May 2, 2017 Donald Trump “is being hammered” by the media “as no other president before him, except perhaps Nixon during Watergate,” columnist and former Nixon aide Pat Buchanan wrote on May 1. Trump is at war with a mainstream media that “loathe him and intend to oust him, as they relished […]

Yield not to Ivanka’s ‘temptation’, scientist urges Trump

Yield not to Ivanka’s ‘temptation’, scientist urges Trump

by WorldTribune Staff, May 1, 2017 An environmental scientist has written to President Donald Trump to urge him not to cave in to daughter Ivanka Trump on her global warming views and her call for the U.S. to remain in the Paris climate agreement. Breitbart reported on April 24 that Dr. Duane Thresher, who has […]

Donald Trump and the Philippines’ Duerte are tough, but are they tougher than North Korea’s Kim?

Donald Trump and the Philippines’ Duerte are tough, but are they tougher than North Korea’s Kim?

by WorldTribune Staff, April 30, 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte have a couple of things in common. Both speak their minds and both are taking a hardline stance against drugs. This may have been enough to win Duerte an invitation to the White House after the two leaders spoke on […]

Sixty percent of Taliban funding said derived from illegal opium trade

Sixty percent of Taliban funding said derived from illegal opium trade

by WorldTribune Staff, April 30, 2017 The Taliban relies heavily on the illicit opium trade from which it generates as much as 60 percent of its funding, according to the U.S. military. But politically correct polices at the Pentagon have prevented U.S. military actions to eliminate the lucrative and illicit opium crops at the source. […]