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…
Author: Frank M. Everett
Presidents set the culture and tone of the nation, whether they like it or not. Presidential behavioral trends will find their way into American society. It is clear that Trump’s rudeness, coldness and incivility have made their way into certain segments of American culture.Under an unwritten rule, presidents do not celebrate the deaths of important people. PoliticusUSA is 100% independent and not beholden to any political party or special interest. Support us by becoming a subscriber.Former FBI Director and Special Advisor Robert Mueller was a transformative person. As FBI director, Mueller reorganized the bureau to focus more on preventing terrorism…
The cost of a gallon of gas is now $3.91. Toward the end of Joe Biden’s presidency in December 2024, the average cost of a gallon of gasoline was $2.98. Gasoline prices have risen nearly a dollar a gallon since Donald Trump returned to the White House, but to hear Donald Trump tell it, rising prices are no problem.PoliticusUSA news and opinions are 100% independent. Support us by becoming a subscriber.Leave a commentTrump said he didn’t want a ceasefire in the Iran war:Well, look, we can dialogue, but we don’t. I don’t want to make a ceasefire. You know, you…
Republicans had looked at the 2026 Senate map and believed the party could be in a strong position to increase its majority. At least that’s the idea we thought at the start of Donald Trump’s second administration.The president took office and embarked on a series of bad policies, including tariffs that slowed economic growth and raised prices. The president also got his party’s majorities in Congress to pass a tax cut for the rich’s bill, which was, in tiny part, financed by massive cuts in food and health insurance subsidies. The result of these policies is that people lose their…
A certain U.S. senator from Maine seems worried about losing her re-election campaign. Even if Donald Trump has launched a war of choice with Iran on not bothering to consult with Democrats, Sen. Susan Collins thinks the vote on providing $200 billion for the war effort should be bipartisan. PoliticusUSA news and opinions are 100% independent. Support us by becoming a subscriber.Semafor reported:The Trump administration will soon seek funding for the war in Iran, and some Republicans don’t want to use the party-line budget reconciliation process to get it done. “It would not be my preference. I understand the need…
Donald Trump is trying to intimidate America’s allies to resume the war that he had grossly misjudged and started for no particular reason.Trump’s meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was destined to be a cringe-fest. PoliticusUSA is 100% independent and not beholden to any political party, special interest or corporation. Support us by becoming a subscriber.What the world got was a portrait of an aging, desperate, crazy president who didn’t seem to have a clue how to deal with the mess he created.Trump said he expects Japan to “step up its efforts.”A member of the Japanese media asked the…
Sometimes it’s easy to tell when someone is overwhelmed. Alarm bells rang when Donald Trump chose a Fox News weekend co-host with no Pentagon experience to lead the Defense Department. It wasn’t just Pete Hegseth’s lack of experience that was the problem. Hegseth was known more for his rumors about drinking and mistreatment of women than for his technical or administrative skills. Placing someone like Pete Hegseth in charge of the U.S. military seemed like a looming problem, because when Donald Trump inevitably came to the Secretary of Defense with one of his poorly thought out ideas, Pete Hegseth lacked…
Donald Trump was a complete disaster for Republicans in the U.S. Senate race in Texas.. Trump had the chance to support a candidate in the Republican Senate primary. The president even hosted an event in Texas where he invited all three candidates running in the primary, only to then not support any of them.On primary night, no Republican received a majority of votes, so the top two finishers, Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, advanced to a runoff election in May.PoliticusUSA news and opinions are 100% independent. Support us by becoming a subscriber.Republicans have already spent $100…
Donald Trump embarrassed himself and the country when he recently called for a dignified transfer for soldiers who lost their lives in the Iran war. wearing a baseball cap. Trump later used this dignified transfer in a fundraising email. The pain families are already feeling from the loss of their loved ones must be compounded by the president treating their time of mourning as an opportunity for promotion. THE P.A. reported Trump’s casual attitude toward Americans dying in his war, in the first war-worthy transfer to Iran:“This is the bad part of war,” he later told reporters. When then asked…
Even though Trump claimed to have some U.S. allies who have committed to sending ships to help open the Strait of Hormuz, all of America’s traditional allies have refused Trumpt after he demanded they join the war to help.NBC News reported on some of the refusals:In Britain, Prime Minister Keir Starmer was criticized by Trump for not participating in the initial attack on Iran.Starmer told a press conference on Monday that he was “working with all our allies, including our European partners”, to “restore freedom of navigation” as quickly as possible.“Ultimately, we need to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to…