John Bolton is the National Security Advisor of the United States of America, and last year he directed Donald Trump’s National Security Council to explore options for a preemptive military operation that would attack the country of Iran. The Wall Street Journal reported this shocking new information in its Sunday edition. “The National Security Council,…
The Trump administration on Monday moved to put back in place the first round of economic sanctions on Iran that had been suspended under the 2015 nuclear agreement. US moves to restore some Iran sanctions lifted under nuclear dealhttps://t.co/SbLKYJA5xO pic.twitter.com/2cmz5xI22z — Top News Today (@topnewstodayx) August 6, 2018 By taking this action the Trump administration…
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gave his first major foreign policy speech on Monday morning laying out many new demands that Iran must meet if they want to make a new nuclear deal with the United States. “We will apply unprecedented financial pressure on the Iranian regime,†Pompeo said during his presentation at the…
Foreign affairs is not an area of expertise for President Donald Trump, and his withdrawal of the U.S. from the Iran nuclear deal is just the latest example. As Stimson Center arms control expert Michael Krepon aptly put it recently, “Diplomacy isn’t Trump’s strong suit. Trashing Barack Obama’s accomplishments is.” Trump’s approach to foreign policy, and the…
Could Donald Trump’s move on the Iran deal have been done to spike oil prices to save the Russian economy? We can’t know the answer to that question, because Trump’s motives are not clear. However we do know with certainty that Russia’s economy has been in deep trouble because of low oil prices. We also…
Trump’s move on Iran has increased the chances of war in the Middle East, according to the Washington Post. And if that happens there is a real possibility that the United States would directly be involved in the war and not just watch from the sidelines. Soon after President Trump reimposed sanctions on Iran on…
When Barack Obama was president, Joe Biden was vice president, and John Kerry was secretary of state, the U.S. government seemed to operate much more smoothly. Those three people were not only brilliant and dedicated statesmen but they knew how to work together, tamping down their egos for the good of all. Now, however, the…
Republican strategist Steve Schmidt said on MSNBC that incompetent Trump had made the world less safe because he is obsessed with undoing Obama’s legacy.
Former President Barack Obama released a statement after Trump withdrew the US from the Iran nuclear deal that amounted to a point by point debunking of Trump’s falsehoods about the agreement.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) said that Trump has undermined national security and made a historic mistake by withdrawing from the Iran deal.
Trump was snorting, out of it, and seemed to have no idea what he was reading as he withdrew the US from the Iran deal.
One of the economic consequences of Trump’s killing of the Iran deal is that it will cost already increasing gasoline prices to go even higher.
MSNBC’s Ali Velshi cut through the administration’s lies and rhetoric and delivered the facts on the Iran deal that Trump appears to be allergic to uttering.
European Union leaders will on Thursday reaffirm their full commitment to the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, regardless of whether an increasingly critical United States pulls out.
Whether it’s our allies in Europe or our adversaries in Iran, Russia, and North Korea, the United States has become viewed as a weak and untrustworthy laughingstock under Donald Trump.
President Donald Trump is expected to announce soon that he will decertify the landmark international deal to curb Iran’s nuclear program, a senior administration official said on Thursday, in a step that could lead to renewed U.S. sanctions against Tehran.
Trump’s reckless determination to tear up the legacy of his far superior predecessor – Barack Obama – may make him feel better, but it’s putting actual lives at risk.
After bombing two countries, provoking North Korea, and losing an aircraft carrier, the Trump administration is now picking a fight with Iran.
The recent revelation of a House Freedom Caucus ‘questionnaire for prospective candidates for the Speakers’ position clears up why Republicans are terrified of being Speaker, and why there is no good outcome as long as Cruz’s House Freedom Caucus is allowed to exist.
Mitch McConnell tried to threaten Senate Democrats into supporting the resolution of disapproval of the Iran deal, and Democrats responded by handing the Senate Majority a second humiliating defeat.
Another Republican falsehood has been blown to pieces as it has been confirmed that Iran will not be self-inspecting their sensitive nuclear sites.
House Republicans marked the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks by voting against peace by rejecting a resolution to approve the Iran deal.
President Obama rubbed a little salt in the Republican wound with a statement offered an unspoken reminder that Democrats stood together and won again.
While announcing his support for the Iran nuclear agreement, Sen. Sanders (I-VT) called out the Republicans who wrong about Iraq and now oppose the Iran deal.
Donald Trump went on an empty demented rant at the right-wing’s anti-Iran deal rally that demonstrated why he should never be president.
Just in case Republicans thought that they had any hope of stopping the deal on Iran’s nuclear program, the White House issued a veto threat that put an emphatic exclamation point on President Obama’s victory.
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) spent years filibustering Democrats when he was in the minority, but as Majority Leader, McConnell is begging Democrats not to filibuster the Iran deal resolution of disapproval.
Representative Brian Higgins (D-NY) issued his pledge of support for the Iran deal with a brilliant, must read statement.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) humiliated himself on national television today by getting the basics of the Iran resolution wrong while refusing to admit that President Obama has won.
Accusing Democrats of working for the Iranians, warmonger Lindsey Graham threw a temper tantrum after the Obama win on the Iran deal.
Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) is the 34th pledge of support in the Senate for the Iran deal.
After Sen. Chris Coons of Deleware announced his support for the Iran nuclear agreement, President Obama is just one vote short away from locking up a major foreign policy victory.
The Republican plan to build opposition to the Iran deal has backfired, and with Democratic momentum growing, President Obama is moving to crush the Republican resolution of disapproval in the Senate.
President Obama is within three votes of guaranteed victory on the Iran nuclear agreement after Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley (OR) announced his support for the deal.
As another Democratic senator announced, her support for the Iran deal increasingly desperate Republicans are turning to former Vice President Dick Cheney to give a major address against the deal.
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has put Republicans on the ropes by strongly announcing his support for President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran.
President Obama outsmarted Republicans by using their own obstruction and gridlock against them to set up an environment that virtually guarantees him victory on the Iran deal.
Liberals have President Barack Obama’s back on the Iran deal, as Senator Al Franken (D-MN) came out in strong support of it. Another yes vote for sanity.
President Obama has a liberal firewall in the House of Representatives as Nancy Pelosi has kept her Democrats together, and they are ready to deliver total victory for the president on the Iran deal.
A report out of Israel claims that Prime Minister Netanyahu is covering up and suppressing Israeli intelligence that disagrees with his opposition to Obama’s Iran nuclear deal.
President Obama hit Republicans hard on CNN when he explained why his comparison to the GOP Iran deal opposition to the extremists who shout death to America is factually correct.
While campaigning in Iowa, Hillary Clinton slammed Mike Huckabee for his Holocaust comments that were offensive to every American and over the line.
During his press conference on the Iran deal, President Obama annihilated Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Congressional Republican talking points by calling them out for supporting military action against Iran.
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) lost his mind after President Obama’s announcement of a landmark deal with Iran, saying “We will do everything we can to stop” a bad deal that paves the way to a nuclear Iran.
President Obama didn’t just threaten to veto the disapproval resolution of the Iran deal that the Republican-led Congress is likely to pass. The President vowed to veto ANY attempts by Republicans to block the deal that will prevent Iran from developing their own nuclear weapons.
Cotton’s tactics served to force some wayward Democrats back to their side of the aisle and kill a needed win for Rubio, as well as Cruz, though let’s face it, hardly anyone in the Republican Party is rooting for Ted Cruz.
Liberal groups Credo, Daily Kos, Democracy for America, MoveOn.org Political Action and USAction sent a letter to Senate Democratic leadership warning them that they will be held accountable if they vote to help Republicans kill the deal on Iran’s nuclear program.