Trump tells Netanyahu direct talks are the only hope for peace

Trump tells Netanyahu direct talks are the only hope for peace

by WorldTribune Staff, January 23, 2017 Peace between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) will require direct talks between the two parties, U.S. President Donald Trump told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Jan. 22. The two leaders spoke by phone in their first conversation since Trump was sworn in on Jan. 20. Trump invited Netanyahu […]

Germany’s Merkel readies her pitch for early Trump meeting

Germany’s Merkel readies her pitch for early Trump meeting

by WorldTribune Staff, January 22, 2017 German Chancellor Angela Merkel is doing her homework on President Donald Trump in preparation for her first meeting with the new U.S. leader, according to German news reports. Merkel, who is running for a fourth term in Germany’s fall elections, is said to have already drawn red lines, including […]

‘Mad Dog’ Mattis makes his entrance

‘Mad Dog’ Mattis makes his entrance

by WorldTribune Staff, January 22, 2017 The Pentagon during the Trump administration will be “devoted to gaining full value from every taxpayer dollar spent on defense,” Secretary of Defense Gen. James “Mad Dog” Mattis said on Jan. 20. Mattis sent a letter to Department of Defense employees almost immediately after being sworn in. “It’s good […]

Iran deal negotiator on Trump vow: ‘We will have our options’

Iran deal negotiator on Trump vow: ‘We will have our options’

by WorldTribune Staff, January 20, 2017 Iran is “not worried at all” that the U.S.’s new president will follow through on his vow to “rip up” the nuclear deal. “We are not going to be wary of what Trump does and we will have our options,” Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Jan. […]

Here comes the ax: Congress and even Trump’s cabinet have yet to learn of planned cuts

Here comes the ax: Congress and even Trump’s cabinet have yet to learn of planned cuts

by WorldTribune Staff, January 19, 2017 The ax cometh, as WorldTribune correspondents report Washington, D.C. is like an armed camp. The security measures are in preparation for both an inauguration and a power struggle  on a scale the capital of the Free World has never seen. Congress and even President-elect Donald Trump’s own cabinet are […]

Give him a chance? No! Trump-haters plot virulent ‘resistance’ movement

Give him a chance? No! Trump-haters plot virulent ‘resistance’ movement

by WorldTribune Staff, January 19, 2017 Agitators, rabble-rousers and assorted celebrities on the Left are organizing an unprecedented “resistance” movement against Donald Trump’s presidency. “When he takes office Jan. 20, Mr. Trump will be facing some of the most virulent opposition ever to confront a new president,” Janet Hook wrote for The Wall Street Journal […]

Shock and awe: Trump landing parties traumatize Washington

Shock and awe: Trump landing parties traumatize Washington

by WorldTribune Staff, January 17, 2017 The comfort level in government offices has plummeted with the news on Jan. 17 that President-elect Donald Trump intends to cut the federal workforce by 20 percent. Sources said at least two of Trump’s “landing teams” in Cabinet agencies have been tasked with making the staff cuts, which also […]

Palestinians’ Abbas warns Trump not to move U.S. embassy to Jerusalem

Palestinians’ Abbas warns Trump not to move U.S. embassy to Jerusalem

by WorldTribune Staff, January 18, 2017 Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas warned U.S. President-elect Donald Trump not to follow through on his pledge to move the American embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. To do so, he said, would be regarded as a “provocation that would harm the peace process.” “We hope he will not […]

President Obama lays multiple landmines for new administration . . .

President Obama lays multiple landmines for new administration . . .

by WorldTribune Staff, January 17, 2017 For all of his talk of a smooth transition, President Barack Obama is laying down a slew of landmines that Donald Trump must defuse before he can get comfortable in the Oval Office, the New York Post said in a Jan. 17 editorial. “Presidential transitions are traditionally apolitical and […]

Germany hits Trump, Clinton, Obama and accuses U.S. of creating Europe’s refugee crisis

Germany hits Trump, Clinton, Obama and accuses U.S. of creating Europe’s refugee crisis

by WorldTribune Staff, January 17, 2017 Germany will not make itself “submissive” to Donald Trump, the country’s deputy chancellor said in response to the president-elect’s scathing criticism of Berlin over the weekend. “We are not inferior to him, we have something to bring to the table too,” Sigmar Gabriel, who is also minister of the […]

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