Tag: Washington DC

US-China Relations amid COVID-19 Pandemic

Randolph Jason

US-China Relations amid COVID-19 Pandemic Author: Vladimir Terehov for Journal NEO Relations between China and the United States are a key component of this current level of the Great Global Game being played out in international affairs, and the COVID-19 pandemic is a factor that is generally having a negative impact on their relations, putting them under increasing strain. Although more positive trends could seem more appropriate, given that the world is facing a common threat. It is difficult but nonetheless possible to discern those positive trends that give us cause…

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Oil Price Rises After Trump Phones Putin

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Oil Price Rises After Trump Phones Putin by Gary Littlejohn for The Saker The recent rapid decline in oil prices may now be coming to a halt as Trump and Putin agreed in a recent phone call that their oil industry ministers should talk to each other about the oil standoff that began when Russia refused to agree to participate in a cut in oil output proposed by OPEC. This proposed cut was then effectively reversed by Saudi Arabia ‘opening the taps’ to increase its oil output. Russia continued to…

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PRESIDENT TRUMP TELLS IRAN YOU ‘MADE A VERY BIG MISTAKE’ AS PUTIN IN RUSSIA WARNS AMERICA THAT WAR WILL HAVE ‘CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCES’

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PRESIDENT TRUMP TELLS IRAN YOU ‘MADE A VERY BIG MISTAKE’ AS PUTIN IN RUSSIA WARNS AMERICA THAT WAR WILL HAVE ‘CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCES’ by Geoffrey Grider for Now The End Begins President Trump said on Twitter that Iran “made a very big mistake!” His comments come as Russian President Vladimir Putin warned US against using force on Iran, saying it would have catastrophic consequences. Speaking on Thursday during a televised call-in show, Putin said the US military action against Iran would be a “catastrophe for the region as a minimum.” He added…

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Iran Shoots Down US Drone, Says “Ready For War”

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Iran Shoots Down US Drone, Says “Ready For War” from ZeroHedge Tensions between the US and Iran flared on Thursday when the Iranian Revolutionary Guard shot down an American drone that was said to have flown into Iranian airspace (the US claims the drone flew over international territory). The drone was reportedly flying over the Strait of Hormuz – that critical chokepoint for the global oil trade – not far from where two oil tankers were recently attacked. “We will defend Iran’s airspace and maritime boundaries with all our might,”…

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World Ready for US Collapse as Empire Hemorrhages Gold, Oil and Credibility

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World Ready for US Collapse as Empire Hemorrhages Gold, Oil and Credibility by Dmitry Orlov for Russia-Insider Some ironies are just too precious to pass by. The 2016 US presidential elections gave us Donald Trump, a reality TV star whose famous tag line from his show “The Apprentice” was “You are fired!” Focus on this tag line; it is all that is important to this story. Some Trump Derangement Disorder sufferers might disagree. This is because they are laboring under certain misapprehensions: that the US is a democracy; or that…

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Panic Over War With Iran Is A Propaganda Operation To Preserve The Iran Deal

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Panic Over War With Iran Is A Propaganda Operation To Preserve The Iran Deal By Jonathan S. Tobin for The Federalist Obama’s media echo chamber is hyping Iran’s bluster about U.S. sanctions. But their insistence that the only options are appeasement or war offers a false choice. Is the United States on the brink of war with Iran? That’s the message the American people have been getting from much of the mainstream media as well as from prominent Democrats. They are arguing that Trump is blundering the country into war with…

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What Putin and Pompeo did not talk about

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What Putin and Pompeo did not talk about: Pepe Escobar via The Saker Russia is uneasy over the destabilization of Tehran, and on other hotspots the powers’ positions are clear. Even veiled by thick layers of diplomatic fog, the overlapping meetings in Sochi between US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and President Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov still offer tantalizing geopolitical nuggets. Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov did his best to smooth the utterly intractable, admitting there was “no breakthrough yet” during the talks but at least the US…

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Trump Should Stick To His Original Foreign Policy Instincts On Venezuela

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Trump Should Stick To His Original Foreign Policy Instincts On Venezuela By Sumantra Maitra for The Federalist When the bugle calls, Peter Hitchens once wrote, the conservative instinct is to rally around the tattered banner. Nowhere was it truer than the last few days, with Venezuela teetering on the brink of civil war. For all practical purposes, Juan Guaido, the suave Macronist liberal whom the West recognizes as the legitimate president of the oil-rich republic, was on the way to topple the Maduro dictatorship, flanked by dissident military men. But that…

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US Lectures Russia to ‘Keep Out of Western Hemisphere’

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US Lectures Russia to ‘Keep Out of Western Hemisphere’ by Robert Bridge via Russia-Insider With US military assets scattered to the four corners of the planet, and entrenched on Russia’s border, Washington believes the world is a playground that no other nation may enter. This is arrogance at its finest. Imagine how less complicated life would be if American statesmen only took the time to consult a world map before speaking publicly on global events. Had John Bolton, for example, performed this simple exercise he would have avoided appearing like…

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WHICH RELIGION DOES THE RADICAL LEFT HATE MORE: JUDAISM OR CHRISTIANITY?

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WHICH RELIGION DOES THE RADICAL LEFT HATE MORE: JUDAISM OR CHRISTIANITY? by Graeme Gallagher for Daily Caller Multiple members of the Hard Left have been in the news recently for making comments against the religions of Judaism and Christianity. Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar has faced backlash for anti-Semitic tweets and accusing a pro-Israel lobbying group for buying Congressional support. The tweets were met with condemnation from top Democrats, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. In addition, Michigan Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib has been tied to the group “Palestinian American Congress” who…

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