It’s fair to wonder if any part of the Trump administration is living in reality. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt hadn’t held a press briefing in the past two weeks, but on Wednesday she took questions from reporters, and it didn’t go well.PoliticusUSA news and opinions are 100% independent. Support us by becoming a subscriber.Leavitt was asked who Trump was supposed to negotiate with in Iran, and she couldn’t answer.The press officer said:I will not go into detail about these negotiations and conversations that continue to take place.As you can of course imagine, these are very sensitive diplomatic discussions.…
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Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have led the charge and sounded the alarm about the threat AI poses to American workers, the environment and communities.PoliticusUSA is 100% independent and not beholden to any political party or corporation. Support us by becoming a subscriber.For example, in a recent letter calling on Amazon’s Jeff Bezos to testify before Congress, Senator Sanders wrote:As you know, the pace of technological advancements in robotics, automation and artificial intelligence (AI) has rapidly accelerated in recent years. These revolutionary technologies will have a profound impact on the lives of virtually every American worker.Our job is…
One of Trump’s favorite revisionist history topics is Joe Biden’s economy. Trump will claim that he saved the American economy and that the economy under former President Biden was the worst in history.Trump’s delusional revisionism is not reshaping reality for most Americans.Every move by Donald Trump makes the economy worse, and the American people took notice.PoliticusUSA news and opinions are 100% independent. Get every word of every story by becoming a subscriber.Reuters reported on the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll:Americans’ views of Trump have deteriorated significantly regarding his handling of the economy and the cost of living, as gasoline prices have soared…
Donald Trump has put himself in this position. Numerous reports appear to confirm that Trump launched a war of choice against Iran at the behest of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. The Trump administration does not appear to have a plan to end the war.PoliticusUSA is non-partisan and 100% independent. Support us by becoming a subscriber.As gasoline prices continue to rise in the United States, the president has made a series of increasingly bizarre statements about the end of the war and the status of negotiations, which the Iranians claim do not exist.In the United States, journalists have noted that Trump…
Trump’s war on mail-in voting has always been an absurd grudge born from his defeat in the 2020 election. It’s the 2020 election, and Trump’s psychological inability to overcome a loss that will always and permanently be part of his legacy is fueling much of his second administration. Beyond rampant corruption, Trump 2.0 is a constant effort to rewrite history. Donald Trump attempted to use the Justice Department to delegitimize those who tried to prosecute him or hold him accountable. Trump has attempted to rewrite the entire history of the 1/6 attack on the Capitol, and he is using government…
If American politics were a disaster movie, this would be the moment when small tornadoes combine to form a giant storm that puts everyone in danger.There is now a growing divide between Trump and Senate Republicans, who are ready to strike a deal with Democrats on funding the TSA and ending long lines at airports.PoliticusUSA news and opinions are 100% independent. Support us by becoming a subscriber.Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) presented the proposed deal to Trump over the weekend, and Punch bowl NewIts reported that Senate Republicans were willing to support a deal that would have funded the…
Vietnam has condemned China’s land reclamation activities at the Antelope Reef in the disputed Paracel Islands, following reports of accelerated dredging, landfilling and construction operations that a US-based think tank said could make it “the largest Chinese feature” in the South China Sea.“Any foreign activity carried out in Hoang Sa, including Hai Sam Reef, without Vietnam’s permission is completely illegal and invalid,” Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Pham Thu Hang said Saturday, referring to the archipelago and reef claimed by Hanoi and Beijing, as well as Taiwan, by their Vietnamese names. “Vietnam resolutely opposes such activities.”Last week, the Asia Maritime Transparency…
Behind Donald Trump’s unexpected assertion that the United States wants a peace deal with Iran lie familiar patterns, and talks are underway.PoliticusUSA is 100% independent. We are not beholden to any political party or special interest. Support us by becoming a subscriber.Donald Trump has often viewed the stock market as the American economy, and since his first administration, he has been fond of manipulating it through posts and statements on social media. Watch Sarah Jones talk about Trump sending ICE to keep airports safe.On Monday, Trump told reporters before leaving for Memphis, Tennessee:So, tomorrow morning, on their time, we were…
America has had its share of bad wartime presidents. For every FDR in World War II, there was an LBJ in Vietnam or a George W. Bush in Iraq. One need only look back at the television era to see that bad war presidents outnumber good ones. However, never in American history has a president started a war and been so incompetent that he he has given billions of dollars to the country he is currently at war with.PoliticusUSA is nonpartisan. We provide 100% independent news and opinions. Support us by becoming a subscriber.This is what Donald Trump is preparing…
The Pentagon’s $200 billion funding request to finance the war in Iran has not yet been made official, but Democratic opposition to this massive request is quickly becoming vocal. Republicans are the same party that said the country couldn’t afford to spend $60 billion over two years to ensure that millions of people don’t face rising health insurance premiums and lose their access to health care, but now they want to spend $200 billion to finance an unpopular war in the Middle East that costs taxpayers billions of dollars a day.Much like the rest of the American people, Democrats were…