US Politics in Trump era Public date: 02.10.2020 20:59:01

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15 Oct 2019

US bombs at Turkish airbase complicate rift over Syria invasion

An estimated 50 nuclear bombs stored at a US airbase in Turkey have become potential bargaining chips in the tense relationship between Washington and Ankara in the wake of the Turkish offensive into Syria. The presence of B61 nuclear gravity bombs at İncirlik airbase, which is about 100 miles from the Syrian border and which the US air force shares with its Turkish counterpart, is complicating Washington’s calculations.
An estimated 50 nuclear bombs stored at a US airbase in Turkey have become potential bargaining chips in the tense...
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competence, foreign policy, governance, kurds, nuclear weapons, syria, trump agenda, turkey
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1 Jun 2019

US cuts funds for ‘anti-propaganda’ Iran group that trolled activists

The US state department has cut off funding to a group that purported to combat Iranian propaganda, after it was found to be trolling US journalists, human rights activists and academics it deemed to be insufficiently hostile to the government in Tehran. The group also focused on supporters of the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, which Donald Trump withdrew from last year, particularly the National Iranian American Council, which has advocated nuclear diplomacy with Tehran. It used the hashtag #NIACLobbies4Mullahs.
The US state department has cut off funding to a group that purported to combat Iranian propaganda, after it was found...
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foreign policy, iran, nuclear talks, social media, trump agenda
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15 May 2019

No increased Iran threat in Syria or Iraq, top British officer says, contradicting US

The top British general in the US-led coalition against Isis has said there is no increased threat from Iranian-backed forces in Iraq or Syria, directly contradicting US assertions used to justify a military buildup in the region. Hours later however, his assessment was disowned by US Central Command in an extraordinary rebuke of an allied senior officer.
The top British general in the US-led coalition against Isis has said there is no increased threat from Iranian-backed...
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foreign leaders, foreign policy, iran, warmongering
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22 Mar 2019

Trump says US will recognize Israel’s sovereignty over Golan Heights

Donald Trump has announced that the US will recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights, captured from Syria in 1967, in a dramatic move likely to bolster Benjamin Netanyahu’s hopes to win re-election, but which will also provoke international opposition. Previous US administrations have treated Golan Heights as occupied Syrian territory, in line with UN security council resolutions. Trump declared his break with that policy in a tweet.
Donald Trump has announced that the US will recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights, captured from Syria...
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extreme measures, foreign policy, israel, jewish lobby, syria, warmongering
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20 Jun 2018

US quits UN human rights council – ‘a cesspool of political bias’

The US is withdrawing from the United Nations human rights council, the Trump administration announced on Tuesday,  calling it a “cesspool of political bias” that targets Israel in  particular while ignoring atrocities in other countries.
The US is withdrawing from the United Nations human rights council, the Trump administration announced...
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extreme measures, human rights, israel, trump agenda, united nations
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23 May 2018

Mike Pompeo claims Iran carrying out ‘assassination operations’ in Europe

Mike Pompeo’s claim that the Iran’s Revolutionary Guard is carrying out “assassination operations in the heart of Europe” has bewildered  security experts and Iranian exiles, who say they are not aware of any  evidence for the allegation.
Mike Pompeo’s claim that the Iran’s Revolutionary Guard is carrying out “assassination operations in the heart of...
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18 May 2018

Trump’s warning to Kim Jong-un: make a deal or suffer same fate as Gaddafi

Donald Trump has threatened Kim Jong-un with the same fate as Muammar Gaddafi if the North Korean leader “doesn’t make a deal” on his nuclear weapons programme. The US president issued the threat at t he White House when he was asked about the recent suggestion by his national security adviser, John Bolton, that the “Libyan model”  be a template for dealing with North Korea at a summit between Trump and  Kim planned for 12 June in Singapore.
Donald Trump has threatened Kim Jong-un with the same fate as Muammar Gaddafi if the North Korean leader...
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competence, donald trump, foreign policy, governance, north korea
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22 Feb 2018

Mueller files new charges against ex-Trump aides Manafort and Gates

The special counsel investigating possible collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin has stepped up pressure on the former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, by filing new sealed court charges against him. Reuters saw a court record referring to the sealed charges, which were also directed against Rick Gates, Manafort’s former business associate, but the documents provided no details on the nature of the charges.
The special counsel investigating possible collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin has stepped up...
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fbi, investigation, paul manafort
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14 Oct 2017

Trump threatens to rip up Iran nuclear deal unless US and allies fix ‘serious flaws’

Donald Trump  has threatened to terminate the 2015 Iran nuclear deal if Congress and US allies fail to amend the agreement in significant ways. In a vituperative speech on Friday that began by listing Iran’s alleged crimes over the decades, Trump announced he would not continue to certify the agreement to Congress, but stopped short of immediately cancelling US participation in the deal.
Donald Trump  has threatened to terminate the 2015 Iran nuclear deal if Congress and US allies...
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8 Oct 2017

The Trump-Russia dossier: why its findings grow more significant by the day

Originally commissioned by a private firm as opposition research by Donald Trump’s Republican and then Democratic opponents, the dossier cite a range of unnamed sources, in Russia and the US, who describe the Kremlin’s cultivation over many years of the man who now occupies the Oval Office – and the systematic collusion of Trump’s associates with Moscow to help get him there.
Originally commissioned by a private firm as opposition research by Donald Trump’s Republican and...
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21 Sep 2017

Tillerson says Iran is not meeting ‘expectations’ of nuclear deal

A rift between the Trump administration and Europe, over whether to stick to a nuclear agreement with Iran, deepened considerably on Wednesday after a meeting on the deal’s implementation at the United Nations in New York. The US secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, emerged from the meeting conceding that Iran was abiding by the letter of the 2015 deal, but he still insisted Tehran was not fulfilling the “expectations” of the agreement.
A rift between the Trump administration and Europe, over whether to stick to a nuclear agreement with Iran,...
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13 Aug 2017

Chinese president speaks with Trump and urges calm over North Korea

China’s president, Xi Jinping, has told Donald Trump in a phone call that all sides should avoid rhetoric or action that would worsen tensions on the Korean peninsula, according to Chinese state media. Reports quoted Xi as saying: “At present, the relevant parties must maintain restraint and avoid words and deeds that would exacerbate the  tension on the Korean peninsula.”
China’s president, Xi Jinping, has told Donald Trump in a phone call that all sides should avoid rhetoric or...
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china, competence, donald trump, governance, north korea, warmongering
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17 Jun 2017

Trump keeps rolling back Obama legacy by tightening travel and trade with Cuba

Donald Trump has announced a partial rollback of his predecessor’s rapprochement with Cuba, tightening travel and trade rules on the grounds of what he said was a worsening human rights situation on the island. The new rules will stop individual travel to Cuba and seek to  restrict the flow of payments to the many Cuban companies owned by the  regime’s security forces. It will not fully reverse the steps taken by Barack Obama in 2015 to ease the half-century policy of isolating Cuba.
Donald Trump has announced a partial rollback of his predecessor’s rapprochement with Cuba, tightening travel and...
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29 Apr 2017

UK was given details of alleged contacts between Trump campaign and Moscow

The UK government was given details last December of allegedly extensive contacts between the Trump campaign and Moscow, according to court papers.Reports by Christopher Steele, a former MI6 officer, on possible collusion between the the Trump camp and the Kremlin are at the centre of a political storm in the US over Moscow’s role in getting Donald Trump elected.
The UK government was given details last December of allegedly extensive contacts between the Trump campaign and...
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hacked emails, national security, russia, treason
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18 Feb 2017

Louise Mensch: the former British MP who scooped US media on Trump’s Russian ties

Mensch works at News Corp by day, probes Trump-Moscow by night. Here’s how she learned the secret that eluded even the best journalists. On the eve of the November election, Mensch published a sensational story reporting that a special intelligence court in Washington had granted a warrant to allow the FBI to conduct surveillance of “US persons” in an investigation of possible contacts between Russian banks and the Trump organisation.
Mensch works at News Corp by day, probes Trump-Moscow by night. Here’s how she learned the secret that eluded even the...
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16 Feb 2017

Donald Trump says US not committed to two-state Israel-Palestine solution

Donald Trump has dropped a two-decades old US commitment to the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside Israel as part of a permanent Middle East peace agreement. Speaking at a joint press conference with the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, the US president did not rule out a two-state  solution but implied his administration had no ­preference when it came to the final ­geography of the region as part of a ­permanent Middle East peace agreement.
Donald Trump has dropped a two-decades old US commitment to the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside Israel as...
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2 Feb 2017

Trump administration ‘officially putting Iran on notice’, says Michael Flynn

The Trump administration has said it was “officially putting Iran on notice” in reaction to a Iranian missile test and an attack on a Saudi warship by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, but gave no details about how Washington intended to respond. The threat was made on Wednesday by the national security adviser, Michael Flynn, in his first public statement since taking office.
The Trump administration has said it was “officially putting Iran on notice” in reaction to a Iranian missile...
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14 Dec 2016

Russia and conflicts of interest: Rex Tillerson embodies quandaries for Trump

Trumps choice for Secretary of state in the face of allegations that Russia interfered with US elections and Mr. Tillerson's business dealing with Putin reek of "conflict of interest". Mr. Trump himself had promised to clarify his involvement with his businesses during his presidency which he did by tweeting that his sons will be running his business and they will not sign any new deals, backing out of a promised press conference on this topic.
Trumps choice for Secretary of state in the face of allegations that Russia interfered with US elections and Mr....
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conflict of interest, rex tillerson, transition team, trump agenda
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