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Commentary: Trump Does Not Threaten Europe’s Sovereignty, He Asks Them to Embrace It

March 8, 2020March 7, 2020 Minnesota Sun Staff

For a perfect illustration of Europe’s collapse as a serious political force, one could do no better than to read a February 27 article by former German Vice-Chancellor and Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer. In “The West’s Final Countdown,” Fischer warns the U.S. presidential election in November “will have an overwhelming and decisive impact on the future” of all of Western Europe and of the West generally. So far, so clichéd.

Commentary: Europe Fusses and Fidgets While Trump Defends America

January 25, 2020January 24, 2020 Minnesota Sun Staff

The response to America’s killing of Iranian terrorist chief General Qassem Soleimani illustrates again how useless the Western alliance has become, and how correct this administration is to have defined U.S. national security interests and deployed forces adequate to maintain those interests itself.

Commentary: The Inevitable Unraveling of Our Post-World War II Institutions

December 16, 2019December 15, 2019 Minnesota Sun Staff

Post-World War II institutions are unraveling, and there’s panic here and abroad about it.

The transnational Left is starting to lose the means by which it seeks to shape the world without voter involvement. And the neo-cons are seeing their means of geopolitical intervention weaken.

Commentary: Trump Saves NATO

December 8, 2019December 7, 2019 Minnesota Sun Staff

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization turns 70 this year. NATO is an old man looking for a mission and befuddled by the fact that only nine of its 29 member states pay their agreed dues—up from five last year, thanks to President Trump’s pestering. Not that he gets any credit for it.

Trump Accuses Canada’s Trudeau of Being ‘Two-Faced’

December 5, 2019December 4, 2019 Minnesota Sun Staff

LONDON – U.S. President Donald Trump accused Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of being “two-faced” after Trudeau and other NATO leaders appeared to have been gossiping about him.

Ahead of Summit, NATO Agrees to Re-Balance Nations’ Contributions, Slash the U.S. Share

December 2, 2019December 1, 2019 Minnesota Sun Staff

As Britain prepares for the NATO leaders’ meeting outside London December 3-4, the alliance said Thursday it had agreed to redistribute costs and cut the U.S. contribution to its central budget.

Russian Hybrid Warfare Has Weaponized Disinformation

November 18, 2019November 17, 2019 Minnesota Sun Staff

As the Russian shells and rockets rained down on them in the frontline town of Debaltseve in February 2015, Ukrainian troops began to receive curious, anonymous text messages on their cellphones.

Commentary: Turkey’s Invasion of Syria Tests NATO Alliance, Advises Caution

October 16, 2019October 15, 2019 Minnesota Sun Staff

On Oct. 6, the Office of the White House Press Secretary released a statement that after a telephone conversation by President Donald Trump with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that “Turkey will soon be moving forward with its long-planned operation into Northern Syria. The United States Armed Forces will not support or be involved in the operation, and United States forces, having defeated the ISIS territorial ‘Caliphate,’ will no longer be in the immediate area.”

Survey Shows Less Than Half of Americans Support NATO

April 7, 2019April 6, 2019 Minnesota Sun Staff

A new survey shows that less than half of Americans support the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, an alliance originally designed to provide collective security against the Soviet Union, but now focused on Russia and non-state actors such as the Taliban and the Islamic State group. The YouGov survey, released to…

SURVEY: NATO Countries Want US Help but They Don’t Want to Help the US

April 5, 2019April 4, 2019 Minnesota Sun Staff

by Mary Margret Olohan A survey released Thursday reveals that while the majority of NATO members are content to rely on the American military for defense, they may not be willing to reciprocate and assist the United States. According to The Charles Koch Institute, the survey was conducted by…

Commentary: Retreat, Regroup, and Reinvest in a Realist Foreign Policy

March 6, 2019March 5, 2019 Minnesota Sun Staff

by Christopher Roach Donald Trump’s administration has allowed the United States to renegotiate its orientation to the rest of the world. Partisans have sniped in contradictory ways, criticizing him both as a warmonger and a naïve peacenik, but they rarely offer thoughtful alternatives to the course Trump has taken.…

Pompeo Warns Central European Allies Over Russia, China Ties

February 13, 2019February 12, 2019 Minnesota Sun Staff

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has warned during a trip to NATO allies Slovakia and Hungary that Russia and China are trying to fill a political vacuum in central Europe caused by what he described as the United States’ absence in the region over recent years. Arriving Tuesday in…

House Votes Overwhelmingly to Prohibit Exit From NATO

January 24, 2019January 23, 2019 Minnesota Sun Staff

The House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed a bill affirming congressional support for NATO, amid renewed concerns over President Donald Trump’s commitment to the 29-member alliance. The bipartisan NATO Support Act, which forbids the use of funds to withdraw from the alliance and states that it is U.S. policy to…

Trump to Germany: Don’t Give Russia More Weapons

July 19, 2018July 18, 2018 Admin

By Sheryl Kaufman The press and former CIA Director John Brennan are expressing hysterics over a press conference where President Trump disappointed them by not showering outright insults on the Russian President. The reporters moved past what may be the most significant development of Mr. Trump’s very busy trip…

Trump’s Broadside Against Germany at NATO Finds Some Republican Support

July 12, 2018July 11, 2018 Admin

Reuters They might not have agreed with the U.S. president calling Germany a “captive” of Russia, but some Republican lawmakers on Wednesday said they believe Donald Trump is right to shame one of America’s most important allies into spending more on defense. The Republican president, in Brussels for the…

Dr. Mark Green Commentary: It’s Time for NATO to Draw a Line in the Sand in Ukraine

July 11, 2018 Admin

by Dr. Mark Green, Tennessee State Senator and Candidate for Congress Today starts the annual NATO Summit with President Trump in attendance. Founded in 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has been one of the most effective alliances in history, from standing against the Soviet Union to cooperating fully…

NATO Countries’ Spending Record Improves as President Trump Heads to Annual Summit

July 11, 2018July 10, 2018 Admin

Reuters President Trump is poised to demand again that Europe and Canada raise defense spending at a two-day NATO summit in Brussels from Wednesday, even as billions more dollars are being pledged for allied militaries. NATO agreed in 2014 that each member state would boost military spending to 2…