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America continues to increase its debt to unsustainable levels and public benefits coffers run up against funding shortfalls, but that doesn’t slow down a growing defense budget, or foreign aid package to nations which are routinely involved in egregious human rights violations and often serve as a contentious force in a region, the Middle East, becoming ever more destabilized, also at the hand of Washington’s politicians, whether on the right or left.

A recent survey conducted by Reuters shows how many Americans base their support or opposition to a given political stance not on the soundness of the policy, but based on whether or not it comes with the backing of a favored or disfavored political authority.

US President Donald Trump’s policies aimed at ‘making America great again’ openly include the waging of a trade wars against not only America’s trade partners, but also the rest of the planet.

President Donald Trump has just ordered the Department of Defense to create the Space Force, as the sixth branch of the US Military. The biggest question everyone is asking, is will this force be established with peaceful intentions, and what is the purpose and mission of this ‘space force’?
American Dominance
All you need to know can be summed up by this quote via the BBC:

In the aftermath of the successful Kim-Trump summit in Singapore there is again speculation about the prospects of a possible summit meeting between the US and Russian Presidents, with Vienna the likely host city.
The clearest discussion of these rumours and of what such a summit might look like and what it might achieve has been provided by Dr. Gilbert Doctorow.

It would seem that the manner in which the denuclearization of North Korea must be performed before  sanctions may be lifted has been determined by Washington.
The Japanese Foreign Minister, Taro Kono, describes a list of demands which was delivered to Pyongyang by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during his visit.
As to whether these demands have been agreed upon by Kim’s regime isn’t included in the statement.

Yet another piece of Russian military hardware is proving itself to be of a higher quality than those designed and built by American arms manufacturers.
Increasingly, the Russians are developing military components that far surpass the functionality of American made ones.
The most recent case is that of the Russian Mi-17 helicopter, which is being admitted by Pentagon officials as possessive of greater functional capabilities than the American Black Hawk helicopter.

Earlier this year, Trump announced tariffs against Chinese goods, which prompted retaliatory tariffs from Beijing.
Trump followed up China’s retaliation with even further punitive measures, which China then responded to before negotiations in Washington managed to cool the tensions down somewhat.

While staring down the barrel of potential tariffs on autos being levied by the Trump administration, the Mexicans are considering their options.
One of those happens to be a retaliatory tariff on American grown soybeans and corn.
Mexico has been researching other suppliers from which to purchase these goods as well in order to dampen any negative impact on the Mexican economy that these tariffs might pose.

This article was first published by Consortium News and is republished with the author’s permission.
When Richard Nixon returned to Washington after his historic 1972 trip to China, he was welcomed with strong support from Democrats.