“Politics ain’t beanbag,” as the saying goes, and that goes especially for Mideast politics, where terrorism and murder of opponents are the coin of the realm. Saudi citizen, journalist, Muslim Brotherhood member and its leading propagandist Jamal (“James”) Khashoggi knew this well. He reportedly gave his cell phone to his fiancee waiting outside, set his […]
Why the Republican House is pushing “Tax Reform 2.0”
Republican legislators in the House of Representatives have announced that they will hold a vote before the end of September on a bill known as Tax Reform 2.0 (“TR2”). The bill would make permanent the politically popular provisions of the original tax bill (“Tax Reform 1.0”) passed by the Republican House and Senate and signed […]
Trump threatens Japan and Canada with ruinous auto tariffs
Trade correspondent L.C. reports: President Trump threatened Japan with unspecified action over its persistent trade surplus with the US. The threat came in a telephone conversation with Wall Street Journal assistant editor James Freeman, who quoted the President as saying that the US has “good relations” with Japan but that he “is still bothered by […]
In Afghanistan, It’s Deja Vu All Over Again
Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and now a 17-year losing war in Afghanistan….One wonders: is the US ever again going to elect a leadership that fights its wars to victory or abstains from engaging in them in the first place? In important respects the Afghanistan fiasco is a carbon copy of earlier failures in Korea, Vietnam, and […]
Trump threatens Canada, NAFTA, WTO, and Congress
Trade correspondent L.C. reports: President Trump this past week issued threats against Canada, NAFTA, the WTO, and Congress. The rest of the world has been responding pro-actively by forming free-trade pacts without the US. In an intense week for the NAFTA renegotiation that followed last week’s announcement of a US-Mexico bilateral agreement, talks with Canada […]
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