Interview with Randy Wray.Inverse InnovationExpert [L. Randall Wray] Says Trump's State of the Union Infrastructure Plans Don't Add Up Alasdair Wilkins
Read More »Nikolas K. Gvosdev — Trump Unveiled These Key Geoeconomic Plans in His State of the Union
Why the globalists — "Davos man" — are so opposed to Donald Trump's vision for domestic and foreign policy. America Fist and Making American Great Agains are Jacksonian nationalism and populism instead of Post WWII liberal globalization.The National InterestTrump Unveiled These Key Geoeconomic Plans in His State of the Union Nikolas K. Gvosdev is the Captain Jerome E. Levy chair of economic geography and national security at the Naval War College. He is also a contributing editor to the...
Read More »Pat Lang — Trump kicked the Islamic world in the teeth today, and loved doing it.
Stirring up the hornet's nest.Sic Semper Tyrannis Trump kicked the Islamic world in the teeth today, and loved doing it.Col. W. Patrick Lang, US Army (ret.) At the Defense Intelligence Agency, Lang was the Defense Intelligence Officer (DIO) for the Middle East, South Asia and counter-terrorism, and later, the first Director of the Defense Humint Service. At the DIA, he was a member of the Defense Senior Executive Service. He participated in the drafting of National Intelligence Estimates....
Read More »Moon of Alabama — Trump Offloads Foreign Policy Problems – Lets EU Grow A Spine
The question is becoming, "Who lost Europe?"Moon of AlabamaTrump Offloads Foreign Policy Problems - Lets EU Grow A Spine brelatedUne parole francheRex Tillerson in "The New York Times": Pride and PrejudiceGilbert Doctorow | European Coordinator of The American Committee for East West Accord Ltd.
Read More »Patrick Armstrong — Trump Cuts the Gordian Knot of Foreign Entanglements
Interesting theory along the lines of Scott Adams, who has pretty consistently been proved correct by events and who Armstrong cites. (All real theories must be falsifiable; let's see in a year's time whether the US is more entangled or less entangled. It should be pretty apparent by then and, by the end of Trump's first term, obvious to all.) Strategic Culture FoundationTrump Cuts the Gordian Knot of Foreign Entanglements Patrick Armstrong
Read More »Thomas Piketty — Trump, Macron: same fight
It is customary to contrast Trump and Macron: on one hand the vulgar American businessman with his xenophobic tweets and global warming scepticism; and on the other, the well-educated, enlightened European with his concern for dialogue between different cultures and sustainable development. All this is not entirely false and rather pleasing to French ears. But if we take a closer look at the policies being implemented, one is struck by the similarities. In particular, Trump, like Macron,...
Read More »Alexander Mercouris — The Trump – Putin call: summary and analysis
Everything you might want to know about the phone "summit" without actually listening in. Positive overall. The Trump-Putin relationship seems to be developing along the lines of the Trump-Xi relationship. Basically good relations. The DuranThe Trump – Putin call: summary and analysis Alexander Mercouris
Read More »Pat Lang — And now, a civics seminar …
I have long been an originalist, strict construction libertarian believing as did Mr. Jefferson (the slave owner and sage) that "the best government is the least possible." The trick being to discern what the least possible might be.Therefore I find it odd that I am somewhat disturbed by what is being said on the Democratic Party side of Congress, in the MSM... Sic Semper TyrannisAnd now, a civics seminar ... Col. W. Patrick Lang, US Army (ret.) At the Defense Intelligence Agency, Lang...
Read More »Scott Adams — President Trump’s 2017 Report Card (first draft)
Scott Adams grades Donald Trump in key areas. A few A's and one F'.Dilbert BlogPresident Trump’s 2017 Report Card (first draft)Scott Adams
Read More »Ray McGovern — Mocking Trump Doesn’t Prove Russia’s Guilt
Good summary of the witch hunting to date. While he doesn't use the McGovern "soft coup" to characterize what is happening, he implies it. It's really about Trump rather than Russia. The US deep state has always had it in for Russia and won't rest until the US controls it, this is really aimed at neutralizing the president and continuing the effort to remove him from power. Perhaps you saw "news" reports last week calling William Binney, formerly the NSA's technical director for world...
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