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Trump wanted to bomb Russian & Iranian targets amid Syria strikes

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President Donald Trump reportedly favored bombing Russian and Iranian targets in Syria, before Pentagon chief James Mattis talked the US leader out of it. Trump discussed three military options for Syria last week with his revamped national security team, led by Bush-era hawk John Bolton, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing sources familiar with White House decision-making. The least... 

Neocon Trump Signs “Monstrous Spending Bill that Would make Obama Blush”

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Last Friday, US President Donald Trump signed a $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill for 2018 that was so “monstrous that it would have made the biggest spender in the Obama Administration blush,” Libertarian activist and former Congressman Ron Paul has said. Writing in his regular column on his personal website, Paul said that the “image of leading Congressional Democrats Pelosi and Schumer... 

Trump Announces Harsh Vetting Measures on Muslims During Pentagon Speech

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Beloved president Donald Trump has kept his word again! Was at the Pentagon on Friday attending the swearing-in of his new Defense Secretary, General James Mattis. Trump made a statement regarding Muslim immigration: I’m establishing new vetting measures to keep radical Islamic terrorists out of the United States of America. We don’t want ’em here. We finally have a President who names the enemy,... 

Trump immediately signs executive order to ease the burden of Obamacare

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President Donald Trump wasted no time getting to work on Friday night, heading straight to the Oval Office where he signed his first executive orders since arriving at the White House. He christened the Resolute Desk by signing an order to confirm General James Mattis as Secretary of Defense and another order to ‘ease the burden of Obamacare’. He has already made changes to the Oval Office... 

US stations 15,000 troops in Kuwait

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The United States is not at war with Iran yet, but just in case, the Pentagon says they want to be prepared. To do so, the Department of Defense has dispatched 15,000 troops to the neighboring nation of Kuwait. Gen. James Mattis, the Marine Corps head that rules over the US Central Command, won approval late last year from the White House to deploy the massive surge to the tiny West Asian country... 
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