Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – There was a difference of opinion in the Russian press about whether the Putin-Trump Helsinki summit was contentless or whether new agreements were reached, especially on strategy and Syria. BBC Monitoring of the Russian press reports an editorial in the Vedomosti business daily on the Helsinki summit, which says that […]
DC Elites Shocked at Trump Bromance with Putin but Give Israel’s Netanyahu a Pass
There is something profoundly hypocritical about US elites pretending that the US doesn’t embrace people like Putin all the time
Trump calls EU “Foe,” on Eve of Putin Summit, on basis of his Zero-Sum Mercantilism
In an Interview with CBS Evening News, Trump categorized the European Union as a “foe” of the US, appearing to put it on the same footing as Russia and China, which he also characterized as “foes.” The EU strongly overlaps with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the chief US military alliance. Trump said, “Well, I […]
Top Three Ways London’s Sadiq Khan is a better Leader than Donald Trump
Sadiq Khan as mayor of London is the opposite of Trump in every way. Trump was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Khan is a second-generation emigrant whose father drove a bus. Trump hates immigrants and Muslims (though of course there is a sense in which Trump is a 2nd-generation immigrant as well, […]
An Offer they Can’t Refuse: Trump’s “Mob Boss Style” on Display in London
Hundreds of thousands of Britons took to the streets to protest Trump’s visit on Friday, as he was ridiculed with a baby Trump blimp. The vast majority of Britons deeply dislike the American president, our homegrown weird hybrid of Mussolini and the scheming trickster Newman from Seinfeld. Trump’s visit was marked by a peculiarly vicious […]
Trump Threatens Iran with “Escalation;” Could it Spin out of Control?
Pompeo has been more or less threatening acts of war for the past week
No Trump, Germany doesn’t Get 70% of its Energy From Putin; it gets 41% from Renewables
Trump made the false claim that Germany gets 70% of its energy from Russia
No, Trump is not going to Save UK or Theresa May from Economic Consequences of Brexit
May has been left blowing in the wind by the right wing of her own party
Trump Trade War: China Refiner dumps US Crude, seeks Iranian Oil
China’s Dongming Petrochemical Group is dropping imports of US crude for its refineries and replacing them with oil from Iran
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