On Friday, the Iranians offered to open the Strait of Hormuz in 76 days’ time. Their proposal was more or less a revivification of the Memo of Understanding from June. President Trump says he has rejected the idea. However, the Iranians are saying the parties acting as go-betweens have not told them of the rejection.
The Republican Party has a leadership problem. For years, GOP candidates have had to toe the line laid down by Donald Trump. Failure to do so meant a primary challenge against a rival who had the backing of the president, and therefore, of the MAGA voters. Now that the primary season is over, many Republican
Donald Trump addressed the UN General Assembly yesterday in a speech that demonstrated several of his numerous flaws. It was delusional. It was boastful. It was incoherent. It was indecisive. It was petty. It was laced with ego. In short, it was an embarrassment on the global stage for both the man and the country
Donald Trump is in New York City right now, but one would be hard pressed to show proof of it. The White House Press Corps is boycotting his trip because he has banned Politico, CNN and MS Now from the White House. The rest of the media has stood with them, not doing the usual
Yesterday, the German lander of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and of Berlin went to the polls to elect regional parliaments. In the former, the neo-Nazi Alternativ fur Deutscheland finished in first place, but the AfD failed to secure a majority. In the latter, the Left Party (the odds and sods aligned with the former communists) finished first.
