Back channels to foreign leaders: Shocking or business as usual?

Back channels to foreign leaders: Shocking or business as usual?

by WorldTribune Staff, May 28, 2017 Establishing so-called “back channels” with foreign governments is not the big deal the major media is making it out to be, Trump administration officials and analysts say. Asked about reports that U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner had attempted to set up a secret channel of […]

Art of the Saudi deal: Body language signals, political theater and a delicate dance with the Wahhabi clergy

Art of the Saudi deal: Body language signals, political theater and a delicate dance with the Wahhabi clergy

by WorldTribune Staff, May 22, 2017 A public overture by the Saudi king to the U.S. president’s wife “signaled that the restrictions declared by the Wahhabi clergy are no longer the ultimate arbiter of personal behavior,” in Saudi Arabia, said an analysis of the president’s Middle East trip and his much-heralded deal with the kingdom. […]

Fight for control of the Trump’s NSC? Warring narratives rage in DC media

Fight for control of the Trump’s NSC? Warring narratives rage in DC media

by WorldTribune Staff, April 13, 2017 The centrist and nationalist wings within President Donald Trump’s National Security Council (NSC) are battling for ultimate control of the most pressing foreign policy decisions, according to D.C. media outlets. But is the fight for real or is it media factions outside the White House that is obsessed with […]

FYI: A look at the top Jewish officials so far in the Trump administration

FYI: A look at the top Jewish officials so far in the Trump administration

by WorldTribune Staff, January 29, 2017 President Donald Trump has won praise for bringing several Jewish officials into his administration after much media anxiety over his Cabinet choices, including a number of solid conservatives who have been branded extreme by left-leaning critics. Trump won 24 percent of the Jewish vote, with especially strong support in […]