Rogue states search Trump tweets for clues as Oval Office awaits new occupant

Rogue states search Trump tweets for clues as Oval Office awaits new occupant

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk WASHINGTON ― President-elect Donald Trump will be flexing America’s muscles against both China and North Korea from almost the moment he sits down in the Oval Office of the White House, at least to judge from his recent tweets. “China has been taking out massive amounts of money & […]

Greatest hits, No. 5: Pentagon gives Beijing ultimatum on militarizing the South China Sea

Greatest hits, No. 5: Pentagon gives Beijing ultimatum on militarizing the South China Sea

Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct.com U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter told the Chinese defense delegation in Singapore that the U.S. will take appropriate action if China crosses the red line, i.e. further reclamation and militarization of the Scarborough Shoal in the Spratlys chain. The Philippines and China have fiercely clashed over the Scarborough Shoal […]

‘Disinformation’: Former CIA official hits Washington’s ‘narrative’, U.S. intel reports on Russia

‘Disinformation’: Former CIA official hits Washington’s ‘narrative’, U.S. intel reports on Russia

by WorldTribune Staff, January 6, 2017 Political and media elites are late in recognizing what has been known for quite some time, that foreign cyber threats to U.S. national security are real, analysts say. All it took was a sweeping election victory by an unlikely Republican presidential candidate for charges of meddling in the U.S. […]

‘I am a Democrat and I hate Obamacare’

‘I am a Democrat and I hate Obamacare’

Special to WorldTribune.com The following letter to the editor was published today by the Fairfax Citizen. I am a Democrat and I hate Obamacare. In my work, I help seniors with Medicare bill problems. The Obamacare law cut over $700 billion of Medicare benefits for senior citizens and created many other problems for those who […]

Analyst: Trump, Congress should investigate all foreign efforts to subvert U.S. policy

Analyst: Trump, Congress should investigate all foreign efforts to subvert U.S. policy

by WorldTribune Staff, January 5, 2017 The Trump administration and Congress must expand the scope and time frame of foreign subversion investigations of U.S. politics and policy beyond Russia and the recent presidential campaign, an analyst said. U.S. intelligence concluded that China was responsible for a catastrophic 2014 cyber attack on the U.S. Office of […]

Greatest hits, No. 6: Documents appear to implicate State Dept. in cover-up on Clinton emails

Greatest hits, No. 6: Documents appear to implicate State Dept. in cover-up on Clinton emails

by WorldTribune Staff, September 16, 2016 The U.S. State Department waited over a year before producing emails stored on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private server despite 17 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. According to documents obtained by Judicial Watch, “in August 2013, State Department officials were aware of 17 FOIA requests relating […]

California braces for Trump by hiring former Attorney General Holder

California braces for Trump by hiring former Attorney General Holder

by WorldTribune Staff, January 4, 2017 California has hired former Attorney General Eric Holder to help fight legal battles the state envisions arising from what it says is the “clear and present danger” posed by the Trump administration. “Having the former attorney general of the United States brings us a lot of firepower in order […]

Trump transition team laying groundwork for the wall with Homeland Security

Trump transition team laying groundwork for the wall with Homeland Security

by WorldTribune Staff, January 4, 2017 President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team has asked the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for an assessment of “all assets available for border wall and barrier construction,” according to a report. The request was made in a Dec. 5 meeting between Trump’s transition team and DHS officials, according to an […]

Trump names China critic as U.S. trade envoy

Trump names China critic as U.S. trade envoy

by WorldTribune Staff, January 4, 2017 President-elect Donald Trump on Jan. 3 named a former Reagan administration official and current critic of Chinese trade practices to be his chief trade negotiator. Trump said Robert Lighthizer, a veteran steel industry trade lawyer, will help “fight for good trade deals that put the American worker first.” “He […]

Seoul calls Trump tweet a ‘clear warning’ to North Korea

Seoul calls Trump tweet a ‘clear warning’ to North Korea

by WorldTribune Staff, January 3, 2017 In one three-word tweet, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump managed to both issue a “clear warning” to a notorious rogue state and reassure South Korea of America’s “unwavering stance” against North Korea’s nuclear ambitions. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un said on Jan. 1 that Pyongyang was close to test-launching an […]