Tag: Trump Administration
CovertAction Bulletin: NATO Dayton Assembly Exposes Outrageous War Spending
Rachel Hu and Chris Garaffa - 0
NATO held its 2025 Parliamentary Assembly in Dayton, Ohio between May 22 and 26. Though it promotes itself as a force in defense of peace and security, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s history exposes its true purpose: propping up Western imperialism and hegemony...
Donald Trump held phone calls with both Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, then announced that the two countries will “immediately start negotiations toward a ceasefire” in the 3-year-long conflict between the two...
Trump Administration’s Suspending Enforcement of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Will Undoubtedly Pave the Way For Greater Global Corruption
Rachael Gonzalez - 2
In a world increasingly marred by corporate misconduct and political complicity, the Trump administration’s decision to effectively suspend the enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) stands out as a staggering abdication of moral leadership.
By retreating from this critical anti-corruption framework, Washington sent a clear and troubling message:...
“Stupid, asinine, insane” was Scott Ritter’s description of President Donald J. Trump’s decision to launch massive bombing attacks on Yemen on March 15. The Ansar Allah movement (also known as the Houthis) resumed its blockade of Israel-bound ships in the Red Sea after Israel re-launched its war and siege...
Over the weekend, federal agents arrested Mahmoud Khalil, a permanent legal resident of the United States, and said they were stripping him of his permanent resident status and going to deport him back to Palestine...
CovertAction Bulletin: Trump’s “Peace” in Ukraine Prepares U.S. for War with China
Rachel Hu and Chris Garaffa - 0
Following up on last week's show where we discussed the quickly-changing dynamics of U.S.-European relationships under Donald Trump, we look at the “peace deal” Trump has penned with Ukraine that reportedly includes significant mineral rights for the U.S...
CovertAction Bulletin: The U.S., Europe and the Growing Right-Wing Threat
Rachel Hu and Chris Garaffa - 0
As the Trump administration openly threatens historic American allies in Europe, weighs in on German elections in favor of the far-right, and pushes the idea of MEGA—Make Europe Great Again—it’s becoming increasingly clear that the relationships and dynamic between the U.S. and Western Europe is changing at a scale we haven’t seen in almost a century...
A chorus stretches to the horizon that praises the Trump administration for shutting down USAID.
I feel only deep revulsion when I hear their hymns. I smell a sickening stench when I dig into their fallacious arguments.
Could it be that it is considered to be perfectly okay for politicians, journalists...
CIA Offshoot, the National Endowment for Democracy, Faces Significant Budget Cuts in Age of Trump
Jeremy Kuzmarov - 1
As part of its evisceration of government agencies, the Trump administration imposed a funding freeze for the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a CIA offshoot that meddles in elections and pushes regime change around the world in the name of “promoting democracy.”
On February 12, Elon Musk’s Department of Government...
CovertAction Bulletin: Will Trump and McMahon Dismantle Public Education?
Rachel Hu and Chris Garaffa - 0
Donald Trump has nominated Linda McMahon, a former executive with World Wrestling Entertainment and twice-failed Senate candidate as well as the Administrator of the Small Business Administration under his first term, to lead the Department of Education. Speaking about her nomination in early February, Trump said he wants her to put herself out of a job—to shutter the US Department of Education...