By Barbara Slavin The Trump administration on Monday unveiled a revised version of its travel and immigration ban that addresses some of the flaws of a blocked first attempt but will still harm US interests even if it doesn’t survive the courts. The purported aim of the executive order is “protecting the nation from foreign […]
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Trump’s Executive Order on Refugees — Separating Fact from Hysteria
Posted January 30th, 2017 at 1:52 pm (UTC-5)
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So, what did Trump do? Did he implement his promised Muslim ban? No, far from it. He backed down dramatically from his campaign promises and instead signed an executive order dominated mainly by moderate refugee restrictions and temporary provisions aimed directly at limiting immigration from jihadist conflict zones.
Donald Trump, U.S. President
Posted January 20th, 2017 at 5:14 pm (UTC-5)
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Just as the Constitution proscribes, the peaceful transfer of power from the 44th President of the United States to the 45th took place at 12:00pm January 20, 2017.
In his inaugural address, Donald J. Trump maintained the “Make America Great Again” campaign mantra that helped sweep him into office. And he took the theme of “transfer of power” a step further, saying “we are transferring power from Washington, DC and giving it back to you, the American people.”
He re-emphasized “America first” and promised to follow “two simple rules: Buy American and Hire American.”
A new chapter in U.S. history is about to be written.
The CIA’s Trump Challenge
Posted January 11th, 2017 at 1:17 pm (UTC-5)
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If the intelligence is sound, then everyone is entitled to articulate their own interpretation of the data. They are not, however, entitled to their own facts — even as they reserve the right to question the sources from which said facts are derived.
Trump Will Inherit the Biggest NATO Buildup in Europe Since the Cold War
Posted January 10th, 2017 at 2:23 pm (UTC-5)
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The second-most dangerous thing in international politics is to draw a red line without truly meaning it…[b]ut the very most dangerous thing is to blur a red line that really is there. Donald Trump’s persistent soft talk invites the Russians to misconstrue what’s on the other side of that line.
President-elect Trump, Trust Your Spies
Posted December 27th, 2016 at 11:47 am (UTC-5)
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The CIA and the myriad other agencies that should make the American President the world’s best-informed head of state cannot become scapegoats for any bad decisions or ill-conceived instincts. The consequences would be altogether catastrophic for his presidency and for the very security of the United States.