Sir Kim Darrouch has been the British Ambassador to Washington D.C. since 2016. it goes without saying that he has seen quite a few contrasts between the last administration and the current one. Darrouch has described Donald Trump in...
They say that the cheated upon lover is always the last to know and that may be the case with Donald Trump. Apparently the Trump-Putin bromance is as big a joke in Russia as it is here in the...
This really shouldn’t come as any kind of a surprise. Like the family of a terminally ill patient, we’ve been dreading this day for some time now. The final outcome was never in doubt, the only questions left were...
We have come a loooooong way since Jack and Jackie Kennedy took Paris by storm and all of France became enthralled to the Sorbonne-educated First Lady, who acted as translator for her husband and Charles DeGaulle. (By the by,...
You know, being the spokesman for a country's military, or any other large government agency is really not much different than being a politician. You craft your words to shine and highlight your positions and accomplishments, hopefully without letting...
Former German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer succinctly summarizes the effect that Donald Trump has had on global politics since taking office. From the Iran deal withdrawl, which Fischer characterizes as disastrous, to Israel, which is closer to a war...
If there is one lesson both the United States and the UK have learned since 2016, it’s that a controversial election won by a narrow margin of votes can be disastrous. Theresa May’s government has seen a tumultuous fallout...
So, from what I hear on the news, Ukraine and Russia are still holding Turkish brokered peace talks, and that they're making real progress. That's good, I like a nice bedtime story. Unfortunately, I don't buy it. For a...
Usually a visit by a head of state to jolly old England is attended with much pomp and circumstance. The arrival of the Trumps is set for protests and snark. This is Trump’s first visit to the UK and...
These are dark days, there's no doubt about it. Like Sauron in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Trump has cast his dark cloud over the entire land. Pundits, and even some Democratic presidential candidates are calling the 2020 election more...
