Does U.S. speak with one voice on foreign policy? I don’t think so, says Donald Trump

Does U.S. speak with one voice on foreign policy? I don’t think so, says Donald Trump

by WorldTribune Staff, December 25, 2016 In challenging President Barack Obama’s policies on nuclear weapons, Mideast peace, Iran and China, President-elect Donald Trump is also challenging the notion that America speaks with one voice on foreign policy. Trump’s outspokenness has wrankled the Obama White House and set up a rare and public policy confrontation between […]

Egypt’s Sisi calls Trump about Mideast peace after pushing to shelve UN resolution

Egypt’s Sisi calls Trump about Mideast peace after pushing to shelve UN resolution

by WorldTribune Staff, December 23, 2016 Egypt withdrew an anti-Israeli settlement resolution it planned to submit to the UN Security Council about an hour after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump came out against it. “The resolution being considered at the United Nations Security Council regarding Israel should be vetoed,” Trump said in a statement on Dec. […]

Analyst: Why Trump was right on ‘out of control’ F-35 costs

Analyst: Why Trump was right on ‘out of control’ F-35 costs

by WorldTribune Staff, December 23, 2016 President-elect Donald Trump “can recognize when he is being scammed” and the Pentagon was doing just that by telling him the U.S. could get F-35s “for two to four times what they originally advertised,” security analyst Winslow T. Wheeler said on Dec. 22. Trump had tweeted on Dec. 12 […]

Last-ditch Obama decree seeks to stop Trump energy revival before it can start

Last-ditch Obama decree seeks to stop Trump energy revival before it can start

by WorldTribune Staff, December 21, 2016 In a final effort to counter President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to expand energy extraction, President Barack Obama on Dec. 20 announced a permanent ban on offshore drilling in broad parts of the Arctic and Atlantic coasts. The ban relies on the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act of 1953, which […]

‘Ruling class’ author puts the CIA’s anti-Trump leaks into perspective

‘Ruling class’ author puts the CIA’s anti-Trump  leaks into perspective

by WorldTribune Staff, December 21, 2016 If “ruling class” and the elite media looked behind the foreign policy establishment’s curtains of secrecy, they would discover that the “great wizards” in Washington are hell-bent on undermining Donald Trump’s presidency, wrote the author of the 2010 best-seller “Ruling Class“. “In short, the CIA has always been part of the […]

Before attacking Trump team’s Russia ties, top Democrats were currying favor in Moscow

Before attacking Trump team’s Russia ties, top Democrats were currying favor in Moscow

by WorldTribune Staff, December 19, 2016 Democratic Party leaders who are currently blasting Moscow’s alleged meddling in the 2016 elections and condemning President-elect Donald Trump’s supposed close ties to Vladimir Putin were not too long ago seeking “deepening ties” – and sometimes huge wads of cash – from the very same Russians. Hillary Clinton as […]

Trump lines up team of strong leaders to replace Washington technocrats

Trump lines up team of strong leaders to replace Washington technocrats

by WorldTribune Staff, December 18, 2016 While some pundits see a clash of egos ensuing in President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet, optimists believe the new administration will be, as designed, a coming together of a determined team of titans. Julian Zelizer, a presidential historian at Princeton University, said Trump is building a Cabinet in his own […]

Government in exile: Anti-Trump resistance running ‘war room’ near White House

Government in exile: Anti-Trump resistance running ‘war room’ near White House

by WorldTribune Staff, December 16, 2016 The Leftist think tank Center for American Progress (CAP) has set up a “war room” in the shadow of the White House and the newly opened D.C. Trump Hotel with one overriding theme when it comes to the Donald Trump presidency – “Resist”. That one word clarion call appears […]

20,000 Americans died last year from opioid drugs vs 16,899 in Vietnam, 1968

20,000 Americans died last year from opioid drugs vs 16,899 in Vietnam, 1968

by WorldTribune Staff, December 14, 2016 More Americans died from illicit opioid overdoses in 2015 than did in the deadliest year of the Vietnam War, according to newly released statistics from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). According to the CDC, 12,990 American citizens died from heroin overdoses in 2015, a 23 percent increase from […]

Moving U.S. embassy to Jerusalem remains a ‘big priority’ for Trump, adviser says

Moving U.S. embassy to Jerusalem remains a ‘big priority’ for Trump, adviser says

by WorldTribune Staff, December 13, 2016 President-elect Donald Trump fully intends to follow through on his campaign promise to move the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a top Trump aide said on Dec. 12. “That is very big priority for this president-elect, Donald Trump,” Kellyanne Conway told radio host Hugh Hewitt. […]