Monday, 31 December 2018

Perhaps Jim Mattis should have stuck it out after all.

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Jim Mattis made the judgment that if his commander-in-chief no longer trusted in his advice it was time to go. He resigned hours after Trump...
Sunday, 30 December 2018

Best news for 2019 would be no Brexit

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There are 89 days left before Great Britain and Northern Ireland leave the European Union. Brexit Day is March 29. Liam Fox, the internation...
Saturday, 29 December 2018

Is Trump enjoying shutting down the government?

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You get the feeling that Donald Trump actually likes playing games with the governing of the United States of America. He is responsible for...
Friday, 28 December 2018

The instant impact of Trump's troop withdrawal from Syria

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The impact of Trump's decision to pull all 2,000 US troops out of Syria has been huge, even though the withdrawal has yet to begin. All ...
Thursday, 27 December 2018

What would $5 billion buy, apart from a bit of Trump's wretched wall?

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Donald Trump has gone on so much about wanting Congress to cough up $5 billion for his south border wall with Mexico that you might think th...
Wednesday, 26 December 2018

Trump visits Iraq but doesn't care about US allies in Syria

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At least Donald and Melania Trump did one thing right. They went to Iraq to see the US troops who serve there with very little recognition f...
Tuesday, 25 December 2018

Trump and his new chief of staff share Christmas bad grace

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There's nothing like a bit of Christmas cheer for everyone. But this year two people have shown about as much grace as the head of New Y...