Saturday, February 8, 2025
Monday, January 20, 2025
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Are Trump's threats against Greenland and Panama aggression or negotiation?
Trump's account omits some key facts.
After the end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the U.S. and Europe persuaded Ukraine to give up Soviet-era nuclear weapons in exchange for a strong security commitment from Washington, Moscow and London. In 2008, the U.S. convinced NATO to state its willingness eventually to welcome Georgia and Ukraine as members. Later that year, Russia invaded Georgia and the Bush administration and Europe did nothing.
Six years later, after Barack Obama promised Putin he "would be more flexible" after his 2012 reelection, Russia seized Eastern Ukraine and Crimea. Neither the Obama administration nor the first Trump administration did anything to persuade Putin to reverse his illegal land grabs. The U.N. Charter's prohibition against "the threat or use of force" means that war is the responsibility of the aggressor, not the victim as Trump's comments would suggest…
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5082972-trump-greenland-panama-russia-china/
Friday, June 7, 2019
Two of Trump’s companies were just accused in court documents of ‘intentionally evading taxes’ - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/06/two-of-trumps-companies-were-just-accused-in-court-documents-of-intentionally-evading-taxes/
Monday, March 5, 2018
Ethics experts say their 'fear has been realized' as Trump faces one of his most consequential conflicts of interest yet - Business Insider:
http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-organization-panama-hotel-conflict-2018-3
Wednesday, November 22, 2017
Ivanka's signature real estate deals were disasters linked to drug cartels and money laundering -- ThinkProgress.org
https://thinkprogress.org/ivankas-real-estate-deals-corruption-33f65f778d0f/



