Foreign Policy
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July 17th, 2018
Trump-Putin summit in Helsinki
By: Ben Shapiro – nationalreview.com – July 16, 2018 On Monday, President Trump gave a deeply disgraceful press conference with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. The presser began with Trump announcing that although the Russia–U.S. relationship has “never been worse than it is now,” all of that “changed as of about four hours ago.” It was downhill from there. Trump proceeded...
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July 16th, 2018
Van Taylor at the Border
By: Van Taylor – vantaylor.com – 2018 Securing our Border and Stopping Illegal Immigration As a United States Marine, I served on the U.S. / Mexico border as part of Joint Task Force 6 and know it is not secure. In the Texas Senate, I used this background to pass important legislation granting Texas military personnel legal safeguards to protect...
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July 13th, 2018
Trump Exits Bldg.
By: Victor Davis Hanson – townhall.com – July 12, 2018 Critics of Donald Trump claim there is no rhyme or reason to his foreign policy. But if there is a consistency, it might be called reciprocity. Trump tries to force other countries to treat the U.S. as it treats them. In “don’t tread on me” style, he also warns enemies...
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July 13th, 2018
Trump Exits Bldg.
By: Victor Davis Hanson – townhall.com – July 12, 2018 Critics of Donald Trump claim there is no rhyme or reason to his foreign policy. But if there is a consistency, it might be called reciprocity. Trump tries to force other countries to treat the U.S. as it treats them. In “don’t tread on me” style, he also warns enemies...
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July 13th, 2018
IPI Logo
By: Merrill Matthews – ipi.org – July 10, 2018 President Donald Trump has a message for the majority of members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization: Spend what you pledged on national defense. It’s an important message in these troubled times, especially with the Russian bear once again on the prowl. Trump’s issue is the money member countries pledged to...
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July 11th, 2018
Trump in Nevada
By: Avery Anapol – thehill.com – July 10, 2018 Lawmakers on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted in favor of a motion supporting NATO, as President Trump continues to criticize the alliance ahead of his summit in Europe. The nonbinding motion, which came as the Senate voted to reconcile its version of the annual defense policy bill with that of the House, expresses...
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July 6th, 2018
Chinese Shipping container on the docks
By: Merrill Matthews – thehill.com – June 16, 2018 President Trump has just slapped a 25 percent tariff on about $50 billion worth of Chinese products. His complaint is that China imposes significantly higher tariffs on the U.S. than the U.S. imposes on China. According to the World Trade Organization, the president is correct. Trump has been relentless in his...
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June 27th, 2018
US Immigration Detention Facility
By:  Samuel Chamberlain – www.FoxNews.com – June 26, 2018 How much damage has family separations issue done to Trump? Newt Gingrich breaks down the optics of the president’s handling of the immigration debate. Attorneys general from 17 states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration Tuesday over its policy of separating families who cross the U.S-Mexico border illegally....
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June 27th, 2018
Supreme Court Bldg - anti-travel ban protesters
By: Adam Liptak & Michael D. Shear – www.nytimes.com – June 26, 2018 The Supreme Court upheld President Trump’s ban on travel from several predominantly Muslim countries, delivering to the president on Tuesday a political victory and an endorsement of his power to control immigration at a time of political upheaval about the treatment of migrants at the Mexican border....
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June 27th, 2018
Mitch McConnell & wife, Sec. Elaine Chao
By: Elizabeth Zwirz – foxnews.com – June 26, 2017 Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao tried to intercede between protesters and her husband, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, as they continually asked McConnell why he was “separating families,” at an event in Washington, D.C. on Monday. The couple was departing an event held at Georgetown University, The Hill reported, when the individuals...
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