Germany likely to renege on pledge to Trump to boost military spending

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BERLIN – Berlin could renege on its pledge to raise military spending, in the latest gesture of defiance by German Chancellor Angela Merkel toward U.S. President Donald Trump. Trump has repeatedly blasted NATO leaders for not meeting a target of spending … Read More

Trump demands Fox News ‘bring back’ Jeanine Pirro, ‘keep fighting’ for Tucker Carlson

President Donald Trump called on Fox News to “fight back with vigor” and bring back Judge Jeanine Pirro’s show, which was pulled this weekend, one week after she made anti-Muslim remarks. Trump’s Sunday morning Twitter tirade blamed “Radical Left Democrats” … Read More

Trump was right to veto resolution blocking his national emergency declaration

President Trump’s veto Friday of a resolution blocking his declaration of a national emergency on the U.S.-Mexico border showed that he understands he wasn’t elected to appease career politicians in the Senate. He was elected, in part, to secure the southern border … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 15 March 2019

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Greetings from Tyler, They’re still wrangling, unsuccessfully, with so-called Brexit. Some have said they’d sign the (EU crafted) deal if Prime Minister Theresa May would resign. The complications are such that most of us wouldn’t want to know the technicalities … Read More

Trump threatens ‘severe’ tariffs on the EU

US President Donald Trump has confirmed he will visit Ireland this year and also that he is considering appointing a new peace envoy for the North. During the traditional St Patrick’s Day celebration meeting with the Taoiseach in the White … Read More

Merkel says Germany will set own security standards after US warning on Huawei

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Germany will define its own security standards for a new 5G mobile network, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday. Washington earlier warned that it would scale back data-sharing with Berlin if China’s Huawei was allowed to participate.“We are defining our … Read More

Huawei 5G battle opens rift between U.S. and Germany

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The Huawei logo, taken from the firm’s Istanbul office. Photo: Serhat Cagdas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images The U.S. has made its first threat to curtail sharing intelligence with an ally if that government ignores U.S. warnings about Huawei 5G equipment, … Read More

40 years of Iranian threats against Israel and few pay any attention

Getty Images Last month a conference in Warsaw brought together high ranking officials from 60 countries, called to discuss the current chaos in the Middle East, and to zero in on the threat posed to the region by the regime in Tehran. … Read More

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