He’s deploying economic weapons against friend and foe alike. Americans will end up paying the price.
China
Posted inPolitical Animal
Trump’s Recklessness on North Korea Presents Our Greatest Risk
Why does the president want Kim Jong Un to preside over “one of the great economic powers” in the world?
Posted inPolitical Animal
Roger Stone Adds Shilling for the Chinese to His List of Sins
As if he didn’t have enough problems, Roger Stone just admitted to working with the Chinese in an effort to get a dissident extradited.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Democrats Should Quickly Approve the ‘New’ NAFTA
Better to let Trump have this victory. He’ll eventually bury it anyway under headlines about his outlandish behavior.
Posted inBooks, Magazine, September/October 2018
China’s Risky Play for Global Power
A colossal infrastructure investment program could make Beijing a lot of friends around the world—or a lot of enemies.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Trump Blames China for Getting Suckered by Kim Jong-un
The president can’t appear weak so it’s time for his old pattern of lie, distract and blame.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Will July 6 Be a Day That Lives in Infamy?
The trade war started today. Will July 6th be a day that lives in infamy?
Posted inPolitics
Trump’s Refugee Policies Are Disturbing and Inhumane. China’s Are Even Worse.
China is ignoring the scads of international migrants seeking safe-harbor and survival.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Full-Blown Insanity: Trump’s Paranoia Gets Worse
Trump will never lay down his weapons in his war against civility, legality and democracy.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Don’t Let David Buckel’s Death Be in Vain
As they say, desperate times call for desperate measures—and when it comes to the climate crisis, we are indeed living in desperate times. It’s hard to overstate the passion and principle of pioneering attorney David Buckel, who died one week ago today at the age of 60. He did not pass away from a dreadful […]
