What the media call Trump’s “belligerent isolationism” is actually a restoration of traditional American leadership in the world through the pursuit of American interests and the defense of American allies.
UK Prime Minister Theresa May has unexpectedly departed from the UK mainstream media narrative dominating the State Visit, that the President is damaging international security, when she hailed him for tackling the long-standing issue of NATO members not pulling their weight in the alliance.
Turkey on Tuesday confirmed it would not withdraw from a deal with Russia to buy S-400 missile defense systems despite pressure from the United States to reconsider.
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Tuesday his country is prepared to face U.S. sanctions for proceeding with its controversial purchase of Russian S-400 surface-to-air missiles while continuing to argue Turkey is not threatening American or NATO security by acquiring the Russian weapons.
Last week, President Trump signed an executive order effectively barring Chinese telecom giant Huawei from doing business in the United States.
“If we continue this battle going on the last three years for another four … China is going to be in 5G. AI is going to be owned by them,” Biden said.
The German Defense Ministry says experts are assessing whether any serious damage was done to one of its submarines after its rudder touched the ground as it was leaving a Norwegian harbor.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is issuing an executive order to help protect the United States against foreign adversaries that are taking advantage of technological vulnerabilities to threaten U.S. communications systems.
Spanish Navy frigate ESPS Méndez Núñez broke away from the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and its carrier strike group (CSG) Tuesday as it entered the Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tension between the U.S. and Iran.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban offered a preview of his meeting with President Donald Trump as the two sat together at the White House Monday, including the protection of Christians around the world.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo canceled a trip to Berlin this week and instead made an abrupt visit to Iraq.
The head of the Norwegian Armed Forces’ operational headquarters (FOH) has admitted that as a result of failing to upgrade the country’s military, Norway would not be able to defend itself in an attack. Speaking to Norway’s state broadcaster NRK, Lieutenant-General
Turkey is prepared to look “elsewhere” if the U.S. doesn’t deliver the F-35 fighter jets it ordered, the country’s foreign minister announced Tuesday.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Moscow on Monday to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and discuss the increasingly close economic and strategic partnership between their countries.
Germans are more unwilling than willing to defend NATO ally the United States should she be attacked by Russia, according to a YouGov survey.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, in a speech Wednesday marking the alliance’s 70th anniversary before a joint session of Congress, asserted that U.S. President Donald Trump’s insistence that member nations pay their fair share for their defense “is having a real impact” on increasing spending by allies.
“Security is more important to me than trade,” Trump told reporters during remarks at the Oval Office on Tuesday.
Former Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI) told Breitbart News that President Donald Trump’s positions on international trade have reshaped the Republican Party’s voter base.
BRUSSELS (AP) – NATO has extended the mandate of its top civilian official, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, for two years, making the former Norwegian premier one of the longest-serving heads of the military alliance. Stoltenberg said Thursday he is “honored” by
Two American service members were killed while on a NATO mission in Afghanistan as the U.S. continues to negotiate a peace treaty with the Taliban.
German politicians on Tuesday threatened to expel U.S. Ambassador Richard Grenell over his sharp criticism of Germany’s low defense spending. Grenell took Germany to task for failing to meet its own spending goals, let alone its commitment to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
NATO members increased their defense spending over the course of 2018 following pressure from the United States, yet just six countries are meeting targets set last year by President Donald Trump.
The United States must “pay attention” to “routine” joint military operations in Europe by growing allies Russia and China, the top American commander in the region told a House panel on Wednesday.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has backed the suggestion by her anointed successor to pursue a joint European aircraft carrier, a major symbol of military capability only operated by a handful of nations worldwide.
President Donald Trump, in an exclusive Oval Office interview with Breitbart News on Monday afternoon, said he does not want immigrants coming to the United States to be dependent on welfare programs.
Victor Davis Hanson likened President Donald Trump to “chemotherapy” used to cure the “cancer” of America’s “permanent political class.”
The United States should refuse to sell its high-tech F-35 warplane and other weapons systems to NATO ally Turkey if Ankara moves forward with the purchase of the S-400 missile system from Russia, Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, the head of U.S. European Command (EUCOM), suggested this week.
The risk of Islamic terrorism in Europe “remains high” despite a dramatic drop in fatalities from terrorist attacks last year, the top American commander in the region warned on Tuesday while European leaders grapple with the wave of battle-hardened jihadis returning home to the continent as the so-called Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) territorial caliphate collapses.
The top U.S. commander in Europe on Tuesday declared that American and NATO troops could not yet mount a credible deterrence against Russian aggression, noting the Kremlin’s efforts to modernize its armed forces are eroding the United States’ military advantage in Europe.
Shanahan had a rocky meeting with U.S. senators at a security conference in Munich, Germany, that could jeopardize his chance to become permanent defense secretary.
Former Vice President Joe Biden, who is mulling a 2020 presidential run, trashed Trump administration policies on an international stage in Munich during the weekend.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) congratulated President Trump for destroying the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria’s caliphate, at the Munich Security Conference on Friday.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) – The Norwegian Intelligence Service says GPS signal disruption as seen during major NATO drills in Norway last year “is of particular concern” for the military and “is also a threat to civil aviation in peacetime.” The
The woman largely expected to take over as chancellor of Germany has echoed calls by her mentor Angela Merkel and French ally Emmanuel Macron for a “European army” to avoid becoming a “plaything” of Russia, China, and the United States on the global stage.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is to host a key meeting in London in December, an event which will bring dozens of government and state leaders from allied nations across to the world to the British capital just months after the United Kingdom officially departs the European Union.
Footage has emerged of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn slamming the “empire” of the European Union and its habit of re-running popular referendums until it gets its way.
Having already admitted it would fail to meet the two per cent of GDP spent on defence it promised in 2014, Germany is now set to likely miss even its reduced target in news that will doubtless do nothing to ease tensions between Chancellor Merkel and U.S. President Trump, who is pushing for fellow NATO members to pull their own weight.
Russia angrily denounced Trump’s withdrawal from the INF Treaty. So much for collusion. Now Democrats must explain why they oppose NATO.
The strategic relationship between Russia and China, long marred by tensions and mutual suspicions, is “likely to strengthen” further in 2019 as both countries seek to upend the “liberal democratic model” across the globe and counter U.S. objectives, warned the U.S. intelligence community (IC) in its latest Worldwide Threat Assessment released on Tuesday.
Stephen Cohen said the “Russiagate fiction” may prevent Donald Trump from negotiating peaceful resolutions to conflicts with Russia.
