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US Election 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/election/us2016/results
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000004758093/donald-trump-elected-president-2016.html Donald J. Trump addressed supporters in New York early Wednesday after he was elected president in a stunning upset against Hillary Clinton. -
The Art of the Dealin Afganistán.
FEBRUARY 01, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/01/opinion/the-art-of-the-deal-in-afghanistan.html
The United States can best achieve its objective of denying international terrorists sanctuary in Afghanistan by implementing an integrated diplomatic and military strategy. Afghanistan has an alternative to C.P.E.C.
AUGUST 31, 2017
https://dailytimes.com.pk/118582/trumps-new-afghanistan-policy-leaves-pakistan-angry-alarmed/ -
Japan’s Abe heads to Washington this week bearing pledges of jobs and investment
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/japans-abe-heads-to-washington-this-week-bearing-pledges-of-jobs-and-investment/2017/02/05/add13df0-3dfd-4d02-97aa-4390f4dd56fe_story.html?utm_term=.085593d1212f
Shinzo Abe is set to arrive in Washington on Friday for his first official summit with President Trump, and he will arrive armed with proposals on how Japanese companies will create hundreds of thousands of jobs and invest hundreds of billions of dollars in the United States. -
President Trump addressed a joint session of Congress for the first time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/28/us/politics/trump-address-joint-session-congress.html
- Trump suggests anti-Semitic acts are ‘false-flag’ attacks
- Trump: ‘I think I’ve done great things’
- Engel pledges: No handshake for Trump
- On crime and punishment
- The buck stops where?
- Democrats’ guests send anti-Trump message -
Trump’s ‘Plan’ for ISIS
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/12/opinion/man-without-an-isis-plan.html
Yet if Mr. Trump has decided on a new plan for defeating ISIS, it isn’t obvious. The missions underway in Iraq and Syria were set in motion by President Barack Obama. While they have achieved some tactical successes, they point to a deepening American military involvement in both countries. The question now is whether Mr. Trump will continue, or accelerate, that trend. -
Trump Adds Another Chinese Trademark to His Portfolio
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/23/business/trump-china-trademarks.html
Mr. Trump, the businessman, has collected trademarks that span a broad range of countries and industries, including soap in India and vodka in Israel. With the latest approval in China, Mr. Trump could bring his total trademarks in the country to 116, giving his business empire greater access to the world’s second-largest economy. -
20 Democratic attorneys general urge Trump to keep DACA, say it has boosted economy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/immigration/democratic-state-ags-urge-trump-to-keep-daca-say-it-has-boosted-the-economy/2017/07/20/2b13f43c-6da8-11e7-96ab-5f38140b38cc_story.html?utm_term=.45ac4c06ba95
Obama created the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, in 2012 to allow immigrants who arrive in the United States as minors to legally work and live in the United States. Donald Trump vowed as a Republican candidate to end the program for “Dreamers,”. -
Trump tightens Venezuela’s access to U.S. financial system
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-administration-moves-to-restrict-venezuelan-access-to-us-financial-system/2017/08/25/18b22a5e-89ad-11e7-a50f-e0d4e6ec070a_story.html?utm_term=.68204a0cae33
President Trump signed an executive order on Aug. 25, to restrict Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's access to the U.S. economy. National security adviser H.R. McMaster said the action strongly punishes Maduro's "illegitimate dictatorship." -
What are Donald Trump's options for solving the North Korea crisis?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/05/north-korea-crisis-donald-trump-options
Donald Trump has floated three ideas as a candidate and later US president to deal with the crisis: military strikes, punishing China economically and direct talks. -
U.S. to Collect Social Media Data on All Immigrants Entering Country
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/28/us/politics/immigrants-social-media-trump.html
The department will begin collecting the information on Oct. 18, the same day the Trump administration’s new travel ban on citizens of seven countries and restrictions on those from two others are set to take effect. -
Why Decertifying the Iran Nuclear Deal Would Be a Bad Idea
Why: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/05/opinion/trump-iran-nuclear-deal.html
The speech decertifying it Oct 13, 2017: https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/1.817105 -
Donald Trump offers Mexico border wall trade-off for protecting Dreamers
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/09/donald-trump-offers-mexico-border-wall-trade-off-protecting/
The president sent to Congress a list of his priorities that would need to feature in any legislation designed to allow the Dreamers to stay.
