Published December 19, 2023
President Biden has said that US support to Israel is unconditional, and yet also recently chastised the close US ally for “indiscriminate” bombing of Gaza and the soaring civilian death toll there, in an unexpected about-face on the issue. Biden also refused to let the Pentagon respond directly to Yemeni Houthi attacks on both commercial shipping and US Navy vessels (some Pentagon officials described feeling handcuffed given US inaction), but then just this week belatedly reversed course again and set up a 10-nation naval coalition to counter Houthi attacks in the Red Sea.
It’s obvious to anyone that the Middle East is in chaos and on edge. Apart from conflicts in Yemen and the Red Sea, and the still raging Israeli ground operation which has stretched into Gaza’s south of late, there could easily be a major war in Lebanon, as Hezbollah and Israel are exchanging fire on the northern border. But the commander-in-chief is sleepier than ever.
Former US President Donald Trump has seized on all this and has made it central to his campaign messaging, having told a recent campaign rally in Reno, Nevada that the Middle East is “out of control” under Joe Biden.
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SOURCE: www.zerohedge.com
RELATED: Trump plans to radically reshape US foreign policy
Published December 19, 2023
Donald Trump’s potential second term in the White House might see Washington stop funding Ukraine, withdraw from NATO, and further cut economic ties with China, Reuters reported on Monday, citing anonymous sources.
During his 2017-2021 presidency, many of Trump’s policies ended up obstructed by unelected government officials and sometimes even his own appointees, according to numerous insider accounts. He seeks to get around that problem by appointing “loyalists” more amenable to his “isolationist policies and whims,” the outlet claimed.
Reuters admitted that Trump himself has offered “few clues” about his intentions. The article was based on interviews with almost 20 current and former aides and diplomats, most of whom were not named.
According to eight European diplomats, there are “acute fears” that the second Trump administration would cut off aid to Ukraine and doubts whether it would honor the US commitment to “defend NATO allies.”
“There are rumors that he wants to take the US away from NATO or withdraw from Europe, of course it sounds worrying but… we are not in a panic,” said a diplomat from one Baltic country.
Another diplomat, representing a northern European NATO member state, outlined the options his and some other embassies have sent to their capitals about the November 2024 election. If the incumbent president, Democrat Joe Biden, is reelected, “Things might go rather well: the US keeps on rehabilitating herself,” he said.
A “mild” version of the second Trump presidency would be “a repetition of his first term with some aggressive overtones.” If he actually follows through on pledges to dismantle the ‘Deep State’ apparatus, that would be the “doomsday option,” according to the diplomat.
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SOURCE: www.globalvillagespace.com
RELATED: Mr. Trump said the situation in the Middle East was out of control
Published December 19, 2023
ormer US President Donald Trump said that the situation in the Middle East is “out of control” and he is the only US presidential candidate who can realize his commitment to prevent World War III.
In a comment posted on the social network Truth Social on December 17, former US President Donald Trump said that the situation in the Middle East was out of control and disaster would occur if there were no strong and effective measures. fit. He appeared to be referring to the current conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip and tensions in the Middle East.
Mr. Trump also declared that he has the ability to prevent a potential disaster in this region and around the world.
“I am the only candidate who can make this promise to you: I will prevent World War III,” said the former White House owner.
Under Mr. Trump, the United States has brokered a series of normalization treaties between Israel and Arab states. Saudi Arabia is said to be negotiating a similar agreement between Israel and Hamas, but the prospects of reaching such an agreement in the near future are slim.
US President Joe Biden’s administration supports Israel’s military campaign against Gaza in response to an attack by Hamas in early October. Washington rejects the option of a complete ceasefire, instead favoring only short-term ceasefires to facilitate humanitarian operations.
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SOURCE: www.vietnampostsen.com
