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Pompeo Says the U.S. Government Could Ban TikTok and other Chinese Apps

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If you aren’t familiar with TikTok, it’s a rapidly growing social media app, Made in China. In an interview with Fox News, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the U.S. is looking at a possible ban on TikTok and other Chinese apps. CNBC’s Arjun Kharpal reports: The U.S. is “looking at” banning TikTok and […]

Mexico’s Deadly Crisis – Drug Cartels and Pandemic

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Mexico’s problems become our own? With the rising power of the drug cartels coupled with the destabilizing effects of the Coronavirus pandemic, “the Mexican state is in serious trouble,” warns John Davidson in The Federalist. With so much turmoil and trouble across the country right now, most Americans are probably not thinking about our southern […]

Trump Draws Forces Down in Germany: Some to Poland, Most will Come Home

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The Foreign Policy Security Brief details President Trump’s decision to draw down troops in Germany. It appears most of the troops will come home, with a 1,000 man contingent heading to nearby Poland. FP writes: U.S. President Donald Trump is forging ahead with plans to reduce the U.S. military footprint in Europe, announcing that the […]

President Trump Prepares to Meet Polish President Duda in Washington

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This morning, Colm Quinn reports in the Foreign Policy Morning Brief on President Trump’s impending meeting with Polish President Andrzej Duda. Duda will visit the President in Washington D.C. Quinn reports (abridged): The White House will welcome Polish President Andrzej Duda today for the first visit from a foreign leader since the coronavirus pandemic began. […]

Who Is “The Surgeon” Alexander Zaldostanov?

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Originally posted October 20, 2015. And who are the Night Wolves? Zaldostanov is the leader of the Russian nationalist biker gang known as the Night Wolves. The 5,000-some-member gang conducts stridently nationalistic rallies loyal to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Zaldostanov views his gang as holy warriors and travels widely extolling Russian greatness and warning of […]

Is Appointing John Bolton Trump’s Worst Mistake?

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UPDATE 6.18.20: After leaving the Trump administration in disgrace, John Bolton has chosen to stab the President in the back with a “tell all” memoir. The answer to the question “Is appointing John Bolton Trump’s worst mistake?” which I put to you in this post on March 28, 2018, is an emphatic, “yes!” According to […]

John McCain & John Bolton—Neocons Ablaze

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Originally posted July 23, 2014. Here is just a small taste of why it was never a good idea to consider John McCain a quality presidential candidate. He and fellow War Dog John Bolton, as Pat Buchanan notes, are calling for punitive sanctions, declaring Russia an adversary, putting defensive missiles and U.S. troops in Eastern […]

John Bolton, Most Often Dead Wrong but Never in Doubt

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Originally posted September 14, 2017. At The American Conservative, Jerrod Laber asks publicly the question many foreign policy realists asks themselves routinely, “Why are we still listening to John Bolton?” Laber says Bolton’s repetitive calls to war are like a “bad broken record,” and that he’s been proven wrong so often he shouldn’t be listened […]

Victor Davis Hanson: How to Bust DC’s Stronghold

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Originally posted on May 21, 2018. Back in February there was the predictable uproar over President Trump’s allegedly belittling some underdeveloped countries by calling them “sh**holes:” Shortly after the fuss, Victor Davis Hanson suggested ways to help counter the disparaging remark offensive to many elites. Starting with: Relocate the United Nations to an underdeveloped nation. […]