WAR: “Former president Donald Trump suggested Saturday at a campaign event here that the U.S. Civil War ‘could have been negotiated,’ a remark that drew criticism from historians as well as political opponents. ‘The Civil War was so fascinating, so horrible,’ Trump said. ‘So many mistakes were made. See, there was something I think could […]
Category: War
2/25/2023
JOE BIDEN/WAR: “This is the most dangerous time in the history of our Country. World War III is looming, like never before, in the very dark and murky background. ‘Leadership’ is solely responsible for this unprecedented danger to the USA, and likewise, the World. HOPELESS JOE BIDEN IS LEADING US INTO OBLIVION!!!” -Donald Trump, Truth […]
6/1/2022
UKRAINE/WAR: “Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shut down a Newsmax interviewer who prompted him to say that there would be no war in Ukraine if former President Donald Trump were still the US president… Zelenskyy said: ‘Well, I believe what’s the most important is the assistance from the people of the United States. They are paying […]
9/8/2021
AFGHANISTAN/CIVIL WAR/POLITICAL FIGURES: “Robert E. Lee is considered by many Generals to be the greatest strategist of them all. President Lincoln wanted him to command the North, in which case the war would have been over in one day. Robert E. Lee instead chose the other side because of his great love of Virginia, and […]
1/6/2021
2020 ELECTION/JOE BIDEN/PROTESTS/WAR: “Through war and strife, America has endured much. And we will endure here and prevail now. https://twitter.com/i/status/1346963759156195332″ ––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, January 6, 2021 12:36 pm […]
12/11/2020
MILITARY/NORTH KOREA/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “No war with North Korea, tamed fighting in Idlib Province and many other places. NO WARS STARTED BY U.S., Troop removals all over, and so much more. Thank you Larry! RT @larryelder Where’s the apology to @realDonaldTrump, Mr. Kerry? Maybe @BarackObama can give his Nobel Peace Prize to someone who actually […]
12/10/2020
JOE BIDEN/WAR: “We must prepare to meet the challenges of the future — not keep fighting the wars of the past. https://twitter.com/i/status/1337143047990099969″ ––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, December 10, 2020 10:12 am […]
11/15/2020
JOHN BOLTON/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “John Bolton was one of the dumbest people in government that I’ve had the ‘pleasure’ to work with. A sullen, dull and quiet guy, he added nothing to National Security except, ‘Gee, let’s go to war.’ Also, illegally released much Classified Information. A real dope!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 15, […]
11/2/2020
2020 ELECTION/BORDER/CHINA/CORRUPTION/JOBS/JOE BIDEN/MANUFACTURING/NAFTA/PENNSYLVANIA/TRADE DEALS/WAR/WTO: “Joe Biden is a globalist who spent 47 years outsourcing your jobs, opening your borders, and sacrificing American blood and treasure in endless foreign wars. He shuttered your steel mills, annihilated your coal jobs, and supported every disastrous trade deal for half a century… …He was a cheerleader for NAFTA and […]
11/2/2020
2020 ELECTION/ANTIFA/BORDER/CORRUPTION/CRIME/DEMS/DRUGS/EDUCATION/JOE BIDEN/LOBBYING/POLICE/RELIGION/WAR: “Every corrupt force in American life that betrayed you and hurt your are supporting Joe Biden: The failed establishment that started the disastrous foreign wars; The career politicians that offshored your industries & decimated your factories; The open borders lobbyists… …that killed our fellow citizens with illegal drugs, gangs & crime; The […]
10/31/2020
IRAN/MIDDLE EAST/MILITARY/PENNSYLVANIA/TERRORISM/VA/WAR: “We invested $2.5 TRILLION in the Military and we saved the Philly Shipyard. We passed VA Choice and VA Accountability. [Iraqi terrorist Abu Bakr] Al-Baghdadi and [Iranian major general Qasem] Soleimani are DEAD. I withdrew from the disastrous Iran Nuclear Deal—and instead of endless war, we are forging PEACE in the Middle East!“ […]
10/30/2020
2020 ELECTION/IMMIGRATION/JOE BIDEN/REFUGEES/TAXES/TERRORISM/TRAVEL BAN/WAR: “Biden has pledged a staggering 700% increase in refugees from the most dangerous and violent terrorist hot spots on earth. He has also vowed to terminate our national security travel bans, allowing for unlimited migration from war zones, and terrorist havens… …Biden’s deadly migration policies will overwhelm taxpayers and open the […]
10/30/2020
2016 ELECTION/2020 ELECTION/BORDER/CHINA/CORRUPTION/JOBS/JOE BIDEN/MEDICARE/MEXICO/MICHIGAN/NAFTA/SOCIAL SECURITY/VOTING/WAR/WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION: “Joe Biden spent the last 47 years outsourcing your jobs, opening your borders, and sacrificing American blood and treasure in endless foreign wars. He is a diehard globalist who cares nothing for working people. He repeatedly tried to cut Medicare & Social Security. Biden was… …a cheerleader for […]
10/29/2020
2020 ELECTION/BORDER/CHINA/CORRUPTION/FLORIDA/JOBS/JOE BIDEN/WAR: “For half a century, Joe Biden has been outsourcing your jobs, opening your borders, and sacrificing American blood and treasure in endless foreign wars. Joe Biden is a corrupt politician—If Biden Wins, China Wins. When We Win, Florida Wins—and America Wins!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 29, 2020 10:05 am […]
10/17/2020
2020 ELECTION/BORDER/CORRUPTION/ECONOMY/HILLARY CLINTON/JOBS/JOE BIDEN/MANUFACTURING/WAR: “Joe Biden is the living embodiment of the corrupt political class that enriched itself while draining the economic life and soul from our Country. For the last 47 years, Joe Biden shipped away your jobs, shut down your factories, threw open your borders, and ravaged our cities… …while sacrificing American blood […]
10/12/2020
MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM/WAR: “So Crazy to watch Senator [Richard] Blumenthal of Connecticut lecture all on morals & ethics when for 25 years he said he was a Great War Hero in Vietnam, and he was never even there. He lied & cheated right up until the day he got caught. Thank you to those in […]
10/8/2020
JOE BIDEN/WAR: “Every generation that has followed Gettysburg has been faced with a moment when it must answer this question: Will we allow the sacrifices made in that battle, and that war, to be in vain? We cannot, and we must not. It’s time to come together.“ ––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, October 8, 2020 11:42 am […]
10/7/2020
AFGHANISTAN/MILITARY/WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We should have the small remaining number of our BRAVE Men and Women serving in Afghanistan home by Christmas!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 7, 2020 1:28 pm […]
9/27/2020
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM/WAR: “YES, for many years, and hundreds of times a year. He is a Senatorial JOKE! RT @ScottJoughNJ Replying to @GovMikeHuckabee Didn’t [Senator Richard] Blumenthal [D-CT] lie about serving in Vietnam?” ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 27, 2020 3:50 am […]
9/27/2020
AMY CONEY BARRETT/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM/WAR: “Hanoi Dick [Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)], who lied for years by saying he was a war hero in Vietnam, and was never even there (Impeach him!), should not be entitled to a vote on anything of importance [the Supreme Court nomination of Amy Coney Barrett]!” ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September […]
9/23/2020
JOE BIDEN/JOHN MCCAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA/WAR: “I hardly know Cindy McCain other than having put her on a Committee at her husband’s request. Joe Biden was John McCain’s lapdog. So many BAD decisions on Endless Wars & the V.A., which I brought from a horror show to HIGH APPROVAL. Never a fan of John. Cindy can […]
9/17/2020
CHINA/DEFENSE/IRAN/IRAQ/ISIS/JOE BIDEN/MILITARY/WAR: “No one has been more wrong, more often than Biden. He voted FOR the Iraq War, he supported the defense sequester that gutted our military, he opposed the mission to take out Osama bin Laden, he opposed killing Soleimani, he oversaw the rise of ISIS, and he cheered the rise of… …China as […]
9/3/2020
2020 ELECTION/ARIZONA/FAKE NEWS/JOHN MCCAIN/MILITARY/VA/VETS/WAR: “I was never a big fan of John McCain, disagreed with him on many things including ridiculous endless wars and the lack of success he had in dealing with the VA and our great Vets, but the lowering of our Nations American Flags, and the first class funeral he was given […]
8/29/2020
IRAQ/MEDIA/MILITARY/WAR: “U.S. planning to cut military presence in Iraq – https://oann.com/u-s-planning-t“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 29, 2020 4:38 pm […]
8/14/2020
MILITARY/NATIVE AMERICANS/WAR: “Today, we honor the brave Native American/First Nations soldiers who served our Nation and played a vital role in America’s victory in WWII. The Navajo Code was never broken and saved untold American lives. Our country will be forever grateful. Happy Navajo Code Talkers Day!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 14, 2020 3:29 am […]
7/23/2020
LIZ CHENEY/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “Liz Cheney is only upset because I have been actively getting our great and beautiful Country out of the ridiculous and costly Endless Wars. I am also making our so-called allies pay tens of billions of dollars in delinquent military costs. They must, at least, treat us fairly!!!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
6/15/2020
AFRICAN AMERICANS/JOE BIDEN/TRADE DEALS/WAR: “I’ve done more in less than 4 years than Biden’s done in more than 40 years, including for Black America. Biden has been a part of every failed decision for decades. Bad Trade Deals, Endless Wars, you name it, he has shown a complete lack of leadership. He’s weak & shot!!!“ […]
6/7/2020
2020 ELECTION/AFGHANISTAN/JOE BIDEN/IRAQ/WAR “Colin Powell, a real stiff who was very responsible for getting us into the disastrous Middle East Wars, just announced he will be voting for another stiff, Sleepy Joe Biden. Didn’t Powell say that Iraq had ‘weapons of mass destruction?’ They didn’t, but off we went to WAR!“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June […]
5/27/2020
AFGHANISTAN/MILITARY/WAR: “We are acting as a police force, not the fighting force that we are, in Afghanistan. After 19 years, it is time for them to police their own Country. Bring our soldiers back home but closely watch what is going on and strike with a thunder like never before, if necessary!“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
1/29/2020
IRAQ/LEGISLATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “On the Iraq War Resolution being voted on tomorrow in the House of Represenatives, we are down to 5000 soldiers, and going down, and I want everyone, Republican and Democrat, to vote their HEART!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 29, 2020 10:33 am […]
1/7/2020
NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “RT @LindseyGrahamSC: I will oppose any War Powers resolution pushed by @SpeakerPelosi so as to allow this President to have the latitude he…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 7, 2020 6:59 am […]
1/3/2020
ASSASSINATION/IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “In the hours after an American drone strike in Iraq killed Iran’s most important military leader, Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, a question has dominated discussion in the Middle East, in Congress and on social media. Could this lead to war between the United States and Iran? In a sense, it already has. […]
1/3/2020
IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “Iran never won a war, but never lost a negotiation!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 3, 2020 7:44 am […]
12/31/2019
IRAN/MIDDLE EAST/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “President Trump toughened his rhetoric toward Iran on Tuesday [12-31-19], saying the country would ‘be held fully responsible’ for the attack by Iraqi demonstrators on the United States Embassy compound in Baghdad, an assault that Mr. Trump said was directed by Tehran…The growing crisis has strained Mr. Trump’s aversion to war […]
11/25/2019
CRIME/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WAR: “President Donald Trump on Monday [11-25-19] defended his intervention in the cases of three service members implicated in war crimes, asserting that he was ‘sticking up’ for America’s armed forces amid an escalating controversy over the ouster of his Navy secretary…The president went on to contrast his recent interference in the […]
11/22/2019
LEGAL/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “U.S. Navy Secretary Richard Spencer said on Friday [11-22-19] a Navy SEAL convicted of battlefield misconduct should face a board of peers weighing whether to oust him from the elite force, despite President Donald Trump’s assertion that he not be expelled…A military jury in July convicted Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher of […]
11/1/2019
AFGHANISTAN/MIDDLE EAST/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “Tyler Wade was awarded the Purple Heart while serving in Afghanistan, and says he is ‘proud of everything’ he did during his service. He also believes the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan were a mistake, as do a growing number of veterans — from retired generals to those who served across […]
10/21/2019
MIDDLE EAST/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “President Trump has repeatedly promised to end what he calls America’s ‘endless wars,’ fulfilling a promise he made during the campaign. No wars have ended, though, and more troops have deployed to the Middle East in recent months than have come home. Mr. Trump is not so much ending wars, as […]
10/18/2019
KURDS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TURKEY/WAR: “Just spoke to President @RTErdogan of Turkey. He told me there was minor sniper and mortar fire that was quickly eliminated. He very much wants the ceasefire, or pause, to work. Likewise, the Kurds want it, and the ultimate solution, to happen. Too bad there wasn’t…..” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 18, 2019 […]
10/17/2019
MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “RT @realDonaldTrump: I am the only person who can fight for the safety of our troops & bring them home from the ridiculous & costly Endless…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 17, 2019 7:58 am […]
10/15/2019
KURDS/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “To understand why President Trump’s withdrawal from Syria has unleashed such violence, it helps to see this moment as the culmination of a problem that has been building since the conflict began. In the war’s first days, northern Syria’s large Kurdish population effectively seceded and, later, came to control the area. The […]
10/14/2019
KURDS/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “….and Assad to protect the land of our enemy? Anyone who wants to assist Syria in protecting the Kurds is good with me, whether it is Russia, China, or Napoleon Bonaparte. I hope they all do great, we are 7,000 miles away!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 14, 2019 2:10 pm […]
10/14/2019
SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TURKEY/WAR: “Syrian government troops moved into a series of towns and villages in northern Syria Monday [10-14-19], setting up a potential clash with Turkish-led forces in the area, as U.S. troops prepared to pull out. The Syrian army’s deployment near the Turkish border came hours after Syrian Kurdish forces previously allied with the […]
10/13/2019
KURDS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TURKEY/WAR: “…..The Kurds and Turkey have been fighting for many years. Turkey considers the PKK the worst terrorists of all. Others may want to come in and fight for one side or the other. Let them! We are monitoring the situation closely. Endless Wars!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 13, 2019 8:09 am […]
10/13/2019
MIDDLE EAST/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TURKEY/WAR: “Very smart not to be involved in the intense fighting along the Turkish Border, for a change. Those that mistakenly got us into the Middle East Wars are still pushing to fight. They have no idea what a bad decision they have made. Why are they not asking for a Declaration […]
10/12/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “The Endless Wars Must End!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 12, 2019 4:20 pm […]
10/9/2019
SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TURKEY/WAR: “President Trump on Wednesday [10-9-19] called a Turkish incursion into Syria ‘a bad idea’ but reiterated his opposition to ‘endless, senseless wars,’ striking a far milder tone than outraged members of Congress, foreign allies and officials in his own administration, who said the offensive must be stopped. And later in the day, […]
10/9/2019
MIDDLE EAST/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “The United States has spent EIGHT TRILLION DOLLARS fighting and policing in the Middle East. Thousands of our Great Soldiers have died or been badly wounded. Millions of people have died on the other side. GOING INTO THE MIDDLE EAST IS THE WORST DECISION EVER MADE…..” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 9, […]
10/9/2019
ISIS/MIDDLE EAST/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “Fighting between various groups that has been going on for hundreds of years. USA should never have been in Middle East. Moved our 50 soldiers out. Turkey MUST take over captured ISIS fighters that Europe refused to have returned. The stupid endless wars, for us, are ending! https://t.co/Fbcem9i55Z” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
10/8/2019
NATO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “…..good health, at my request, Pastor Brunson, who had many years of a long prison term remaining. Also remember, and importantly, that Turkey is an important member in good standing of NATO. He is coming to the U.S. as my guest on November 13th. #ENDENDLESSWARS” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 8, 2019 7:30 […]
10/7/2019
CHINA/MILITARY/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “I was elected on getting out of these ridiculous endless wars, where our great Military functions as a policing operation to the benefit of people who don’t even like the USA. The two most unhappy countries at this move are Russia & China, because they love seeing us bogged…..” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
10/7/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “….almost 3 years, but it is time for us to get out of these ridiculous Endless Wars, many of them tribal, and bring our soldiers home. WE WILL FIGHT WHERE IT IS TO OUR BENEFIT, AND ONLY FIGHT TO WIN. Turkey, Europe, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Russia and the Kurds will now have […]
8/16/2019
AFGHANISTAN/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “President Donald Trump’s efforts to end the U.S. war in Afghanistan keep hitting a major roadblock: his own proclamations that he wants to get out. Trump has repeatedly made it known he wants to remove all U.S. troops from the 18-year-old Afghan conflict, a topic he returned to Friday [8-16-19] afternoon as […]
8/16/2019
AFGHANISTAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “Just completed a very good meeting on Afghanistan. Many on the opposite side of this 19 year war, and us, are looking to make a deal – if possible!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 16, 2019 5:58 pm […]
8/6/2019
TRUMP PEOPLE/VETS/WAR: “RT @senatemajldr: As we commemorate #DDay75, let us give thanks for the valiant Allied soldiers who helped turn the tide of the Second Worl…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 6, 2019 6:00 am […]
8/2/2019
EU/IRAN/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “George H.W. Bush led a coalition of some three dozen countries that kicked Saddam Hussein’s Iraq out of Kuwait in 1991. George W. Bush had his ‘coalition of the willing’ behind the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003. But so far, Donald Trump’s coalition to protect oil tankers from alleged Iranian aggression […]
8/1/2019
AFGHANISTAN/MILITARY/NATO/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “The Trump administration is in the midst of carrying out a dramatic scaling back of the US embassy in Afghanistan, with the goal of cutting half of the embassy’s personnel by the end of September, according to five sources familiar with the matter. The diplomatic draw down comes as the US is […]
7/31/2019
LEGAL/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “President Trump intervened Tuesday [7-30-19] once again on behalf of a Navy SEAL who was charged but acquitted of war crimes in the death of a captured Islamic State fighter in Iraq, ordering the military to punish the prosecutors who tried the case in the first place. Mr. Trump angrily lashed out […]
7/26/2019
FOREIGN POLICY/IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “This week President Donald Trump demonstrated one of the most consistent themes of his presidency — speak loudly but carry a very small stick. Talking about Afghanistan in his meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, Trump told reporters in the Oval Office ‘I could win that war in a week. […]
7/23/2019
AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “Afghanistan demanded a clarification on Tuesday [7-23-19] of President Trump’s comments a day earlier that he could have had the country ‘wiped off the face of the earth’ but did not ‘want to kill 10 million people.’ In a sharply worded statement, the government of President Ashraf Ghani noted that Afghanistan expected […]
7/22/2019
AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “President Trump, who on Twitter last year accused Pakistan’s leaders of ‘nothing but lies & deceit,’ welcomed the country’s prime minister to the White House on Monday [7-22-19] in an effort to mend relations and seek help in ending the war in neighboring Afghanistan. Seated next to Prime Minister Imran Khan in […]
6/25/2019
IRAN/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WAR: “Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accused U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton of plotting for war against Iran in a tweet on Tuesday [6-25-19]. ‘Wanna know why those with proven record of detesting diplomacy are suddenly interested in talks? Just read @AmbJohnBolton’s 2017 recipe for destroying the #JCPOA,’ Zarif […]
6/20/2019
IRAN/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “President Donald Trump warned Thursday [6-20-19] that Iran ‘made a very big mistake’ after its military claimed responsibility for shooting down an American drone, but appeared to suggest the incident would not immediately result in an armed conflict following a week of steadily escalating tensions…Iran’s Revolutionary Guard claimed it destroyed the drone […]
6/19/2019
9/11/CONGRESS/IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “In public remarks and classified briefings, Trump administration officials keep emphasizing purported ties between Iran and Al Qaeda. Some lawmakers suspect that the executive branch is toying with claiming that it already has congressional authorization to attack Iran based on the nearly 18-year-old law approving a war over the Sept. 11, 2001, […]
6/14/2019
IRAN/MILITARY/OIL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “The Trump administration began an urgent debate on Friday [6-14-19] over how to respond to what officials say has grown into a shadow war with Iran, after attacks on oil tankers in the Persian Gulf that appeared meant to assert Iranian control over one of the world’s most strategic shipping lanes at […]
6/14/2019
IRAN/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “The drumbeat of war between the United States and Iran grew louder on Friday [6-14-19] as President Donald Trump flatly rejected Tehran’s insistence that it had nothing to do with a pair of oil tanker explosions this week…The remarks are the latest instance of the Trump administration ratcheting up pressure on the […]
6/6/2019
EU/HOLIDAY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VETS/WAR: “Standing on a sun-drenched bluff above the Normandy beaches, where 10,000 soldiers sacrificed themselves to a savage fusillade of gunfire and opened the way for Europe’s liberation in 1944, President Trump declared on Thursday [6-6-19], ‘We are gathered here on freedom’s altar.’ Seventy-five years after the D-Day invasion, the president, who has […]
5/29/2019
FOREIGN POLICY/IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “In repeating his readiness to pursue a new nuclear deal with Iran, President Trump this week left unmentioned his administration’s aim to hobble what officials call Tehran’s ‘expansionist foreign policy’ — an ambitious priority that is far more likely to lead the United States into war. The expansive, open-ended mission of […]
5/15/2019
IRAN/IRAQ/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “In the Trump administration’s recent bellicose talk about Iran, Iraqis hear eerie echoes of the months just before the American invasion of Iraq. Iraqi officials, wary of another war on their land, say they have warned armed groups tied to Iran to refrain from taking any action that could provoke American retaliation…In […]
5/9/2019
CONGRESS/IRAN/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “When the White House suddenly announced this past week that it was deploying a Navy carrier strike group and a bomber task force to send a message to Iran, it framed the decision as having a clear and urgent reason. The announcement, issued Sunday [5-5-19] night by national security adviser John Bolton, […]
4/16/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VETO/WAR/YEMEN: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [4-16-19] vetoed a bipartisan measure to cut off U.S. support for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen’s civil war, calling it ‘an unnecessary, dangerous attempt to weaken my constitutional authorities.’ Tuesday’s veto was the second of Trump’s presidency, coming a month after he vetoed a resolution to reverse […]
4/16/2019
MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VETO/WAR/YEMEN: “President Donald Trump vetoed a resolution passed by Congress to end U.S. military assistance in Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen. The veto — the second in Trump’s presidency — was expected, and Congress lacks the votes to override it. But passing the never-before-used war powers resolution was viewed as a milestone for […]
4/11/2019
FRANCE/HOLIDAY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “Surrounded by World War II veterans in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump said Thursday [4-11-19] that he will travel to France in June to celebrate the 75th anniversary of D-Day. ‘I’ll be there,’ Trump said of ceremonies in France to commemorate the June 6, 1944, landing of allied forces on Normandy’s coast. Trump […]
4/4/2019
FOREIGN POLICY/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “The House on Thursday [4-4-19] approved a measure to cut off U.S. support for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen’s bloody civil war, in yet another harsh, bipartisan rebuke of President Donald Trump’s foreign policy. Trump is expected to veto the measure, which passed with support from Republicans and Democrats […]
3/13/2019
ISIS/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “With the Syrian Civil War entering its ninth year this month, the Trump administration is proposing to zero out all new US funding for stabilization efforts in the country. This move comes as the administration is pressing allies to step up their commitment to the ongoing crisis both militarily and financially and […]
1/7/2019
MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “Endless Wars, especially those which are fought out of judgement mistakes that were made many years ago, & those where we are getting little financial or military help from the rich countries that so greatly benefit from what we are doing, will eventually come to a glorious end!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January […]
12/31/2018
MEDIA/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “I am the only person in America who could say that, ‘I’m bringing our great troops back home, with victory,’ and get BAD press. It is Fake News and Pundits who have FAILED for years that are doing the complaining. If I stayed in Endless Wars forever, they would still be unhappy!” […]
12/31/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “…..Except the results are FAR BETTER than I ever said they were going to be! I campaigned against the NEVER ENDING WARS, remember!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 31, 2018 8:19 am […]
12/31/2018
MEDIA/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “…I campaigned on getting out of Syria and other places. Now when I start getting out the Fake News Media, or some failed Generals who were unable to do the job before I arrived, like to complain about me & my tactics, which are working. Just doing what I said I was […]
12/23/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WAR: “Thanks @RandPaul ‘I am very proud of the President. This is exactly what he promised, and I think the people agree with him. We’ve been at war too long and in too many places…spent several trillion dollars on these wars everywhere. He’s different…that’s why he got elected.’” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December […]
12/19/2018
AFGHANISTAN/ISIS/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “President Donald Trump is pulling out of the wrong war at the wrong time. (The right war to bring to an end, as he’s toyed with in the past, is Afghanistan, which after 17 years is probably unwinnable.) But unless cooler, saner heads in the Pentagon, the White House or his political […]
12/19/2018
ISIS/MILITARY/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “President Trump has ordered the withdrawal of 2,000 American troops from Syria, bringing a sudden end to a military campaign that largely vanquished the Islamic State but ceding a strategically vital country to Russia and Iran. In overruling his generals and civilian advisers, Mr. Trump fulfilled his frequently expressed desire to bring […]
12/19/2018
GOP/MILITARY/NATIONAL SECURITY/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “Seated at the head of his Situation Room conference table, President Donald Trump was adamant: American troops must come home from Syria. He had just announced as much to a crowd in Ohio. The assembled military and national security advisers told him the move was rash and unwise. So he gave […]
12/13/2018
MEDIA/MILITARY/SAUDI ARABIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “The Senate on Thursday [12-13-18] passed a resolution condemning Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, ratcheting up pressure on President Donald Trump who has aligned himself with the Saudi kingdom in the aftermath of the brutal killing. Just prior to passing the resolution […]
12/13/2018
MEDIA/MILITARY/SAUDI ARABIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “In a historic bipartisan rebuke of the president and a marked shift in the long-standing U.S. alliance with Saudi Arabia, the Senate voted Thursday [12-13-18] to try to force the Trump administration to end its military support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen. Although the measure will stall in the House […]
12/13/2018
MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “The Senate passed a resolution Thursday [12-13-18] to withdraw U.S. support for Saudi-backed forces at war in Yemen in a rare bipartisan rebuke to President Donald Trump. The resolution, led by Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), invokes the War Powers Act and passed in a […]
12/8/2018
EU/MILITARY/NATO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “The idea of a European Military didn’t work out too well in W.W. I or 2. But the U.S. was there for you, and always will be. All we ask is that you pay your fair share of NATO. Germany is paying 1% while the U.S. pays 4.3% of a much larger […]
11/29/2018
RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WAR: “President Trump on Thursday [11-29-18] abruptly canceled his planned meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, citing the unresolved naval standoff between Russia and Ukraine and upending his hopes of further cementing the relationship between the two leaders. The president’s decision, announced on Twitter barely an hour after he told […]
11/11/2018
HOLIDAY/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “Exactly 100 years ago today, on November 11th, 1918, World War I came to an end. We are gathered together, at this hallowed resting place, to pay tribute to the brave Americans who gave their last breath in that mighty struggle…. https://t.co/JPUkOr4rW1“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 11, 2018 11:38 pm […]
11/10/2018
FRANCE/HOLIDAY/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “I am in Paris getting ready to celebrate the end of World War One. Is there anything better to celebrate than the end of a war, in particular that one, which was one of the bloodiest and worst of all time?” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 10, 2018 3:17 am […]
11/9/2018
FRANCE/INTELLIGENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “Every week, I offer a glimpse of the kind of intelligence assessments that are likely to come across the desk of the President of the United States. Modeled on the President’s Daily Briefing, or PDB, which the director of national intelligence prepares for the President almost daily, my Presidential Weekly Briefing focuses […]
5/9/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/IRAN/IRAQ/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “Fifteen years after invading Iraq over weapons of mass destruction and ties to al Qaeda that both proved non-existent, the United States is again steering toward a possible confrontation with a Middle East power for suspected work on nuclear weapons and support for terrorism. U.S. President Donald Trump’s Iran policy sounds […]
4/8/2018
RUSSIA/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VLADIMIR PUTIN/WAR: “President Trump on Sunday [4-8-18] promised a ‘big price’ to be paid for what he said was a chemical weapons attack that choked dozens of Syrians to death the day before, and a top White House official said the administration would not rule out a missile strike to retaliate against the […]
7/31/2016
HILLARY/IRAQ/WAR: “I was viciously attacked by Mr. Khan at the Democratic Convention. Am I not allowed to respond? Hillary voted for the Iraq war, not me!” – 7/31/2016, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 7/31/2016 […]
12/1/2014
AFGHANISTAN/OBAMA/WAR: “Now Obama is keeping our soldiers in Afghanistan for at least another year. He is losing two wars simultaneously.” – 12/1/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 12/1/2014 […]
7/24/2014
IRAN/IRAQ/OIL/WAR: “Iran will only get stronger in Iraq with the latest civil war. We should have taken the oil immediately after the invasion.” – 7/24/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 7/24/2014 […]
11/21/2013
AFGHANISTAN/WAR: “We have wasted an enormous amount of blood and treasure in Afghanistan. Their government has zero appreciation. Let’s get out!” – 11/21/2013, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 11/21/2013 […]
11/21/2013
AFGHANISTAN/WAR: “Do not allow our very stupid leaders to sign a deal that keeps us in Afghanistan through 2024-with all costs by U.S.A. MAKE AMERICA GREAT!” – 11/21/2013, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 11/21/2013 […]
9/1/2013
OBAMA ADMIN/WAR: “It is truly amateur hour at the White House – and this is why we should not be doing the ‘war thing’ right now!” – Sept. 1, 2013, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 9/1/2013 […]
9/1/2013
OBAMA/WAR: “In war, the elememt of surprise is sooooo important.What the hell is Obama doing.” – Sept. 1, 2013, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 9/1/2013 […]