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The World At HomeSINCE I’m still not 100 per cent certain that Beto O’Rourke will be running for US president in 2020, I will devote this column to discussing some of the myths that President Donald Trump has promoted about himself throughout his business and political career.
We will never give up our right to returnAfter US president Donald Trump’s shameful displays of racism, sexism and Islamophobia in his own country, he came for me personally.
Charles Laffiteau's Bigger PictureOn 16 July, the world witnessed something the likes of which we have never before seen in the post-war era. What was most notable about US President Donald Trump’s Helsinki summit meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin was the fact that for the first time in history, an American president told the world that the word of an ex-KGB agent was more believable than the overwhelming evidence gathered by America’s foreign and domestic intelligence agencies. So it should come as no surprise that a majority of Americans also now believe Russia has “compromising information” on President Trump.
Trump is not the man for a Nobel PrizeOn a visit to the US earlier this month, Britain’s foreign secretary Boris Johnson suggested that President Donald Trump should be considered for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Charles Laffiteau's Bigger Picture: The World at HomeWhat is US President Donald Trump more afraid of? That Robert Mueller’s investigation would uncover more ties between his business interests and Russian mobsters? Or that Mueller would reveal he is worth far less than the $10bn he claims? Or is he more afraid of the general public discovering he is now and has always been far less wealthy than he professes to be?
Charles Laffiteau's Bigger PictureI found it interesting that a week after the FBI raid on the home and offices of Michael Cohen, US President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, a business associate of Cohen’s in the New York taxi cab business – Evgeny Friedman, the so-called ‘Taxi King’ – agreed to a new plea deal that did not include prison time.
Charles Laffiteau's Bigger PictureAll I can do is offer some insights that might help you better understand why US President Donald Trump continues to make outrageous statements that create turmoil both inside and outside the White House.
US travel ban is only good for terrorismIn late January, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order barring citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States – and suspending indefinitely the acceptance of refugees from war-torn Syria. Highlighting the rationale, if any, behind these new strict measures, President Trump said they were aimed at keeping radical Islamic terrorists out of the US.
Charles Laffiteau's Bigger PictureIf nothing else, during his first few weeks in office President Donald Trump has already succeeded in rattling both friends and foes alike in America and around the world. While it remains to be seen if his frenetic pace and chaotic management style will lead to the kind of change his supporters are hoping for, all of his executive orders and adversarial tweets are aimed at solidifying the support of the older, less-educated white voters who put him in office. In other words, there is a method to President Trump’s madness.
The World At Home : Charles Laffiteau's Bigger PictureIn contrast to some of his other cabinet appointments, US President Donald Trump’s choices to run our country’s intelligence, national security and defence establishments all possessed the kind of government and military experience that one would expect the leaders of these key organisations to have. However, even though Trump’s top foreign policy choice has no such experience, I actually think Rex Tillerson may turn out to be one of the most inspired cabinet selections.