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As world hunkers down, Trump moves full-speed against US foes
France24 ^
| March 27, 2020
Posted on 03/27/2020 10:24:05 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Washington (AFP) - The coronavirus pandemic is shaking up the world, but not US foreign policy.
As billions hunker down to halt the spread of the virus, President Donald Trump has only ramped up sanctions and other pressure against frequent targets such as Iran and Venezuela.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has led calls for an "immediate global ceasefire" to refocus on fighting COVID-19 and on Friday appealed for the "waiving of sanctions that can undermine countries' capacity to respond to the pandemic."
The appeals have fallen on deaf ears in Washington. The Trump administration has kept sweeping sanctions on Iran, one of the countries worst hit by the pandemic, and in recent weeks has blacklisted more Iranians including over the clerical regime's heavy involvement in neighboring Iraq.
On Venezuela, which like Iran has appealed for IMF help to cope with the health crisis, the Justice Department on Thursday unveiled criminal charges on drug-trafficking against President Nicolas Maduro, with a $15 million reward for his arrest.
The indictment treated the leftist leader like a common criminal as Washington steps up its more than one-year campaign to oust Maduro, who presides over a crumbling economy.
The Trump administration, which has faced criticism at home for its handling of the crisis, has also launched a rhetorical campaign over the pandemic.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ceasefire; china; globalceasefire; iran; maduro; venezuela; virus; vrenezuela
To: Oldeconomybuyer
GO TRUMP!!! OPEN UP AMERICA SOON ALSO!
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posted on
03/27/2020 10:31:06 AM PDT
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Yes I always knew the president cuz walk and chew gum at the same time lol. Sorry cuz should be good no could. Combine voice to text with an old cell phone and you got a recipe for weird posts. 🙂
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posted on
03/27/2020 10:33:56 AM PDT
by
proud American in Canada
(RIP Neil Peart. My heart is still broken. I will never get over the loss. So intelligent so talented)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Apparently the UN is displeased they aren’t ruling the World right now.
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posted on
03/27/2020 10:34:48 AM PDT
by
rockinqsranch
(Dems, Libs, Socialists Call 'em what you will, they all have fairies livin' in their trees)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
U.S. foes? You mean in congress?
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posted on
03/27/2020 10:35:53 AM PDT
by
Old Yeller
(Abortion mills are kept open as a necessity, but the churches have been closed.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
The indictment treated the leftist leader like a common criminal as Washington steps up its more than one-year campaign to oust Maduro, who presides over a crumbling economy. He's not a common criminal. He's a murderous thug.
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posted on
03/27/2020 10:37:15 AM PDT
by
sauropod
(Fear can turn a human into an animal. Our speech is violence. Their violence is speech.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
MORE PROOF that this whole overblown pandemic reponse was designed to derail ALL US foreign and domestic policy initiatives, and to destroy Trump personally.
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posted on
03/27/2020 10:38:12 AM PDT
by
backwoods-engineer
(Politics is the continuation of war by other means. --Clausewitz)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
I wonder if Nicolas Maduro remembers old Pineapple Face Manuel Noriega and what happened to him....
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posted on
03/27/2020 10:50:21 AM PDT
by
srmanuel
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
03/27/2020 10:59:20 AM PDT
by
moovova
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
03/27/2020 11:27:33 AM PDT
by
gogeo
(The left prides themselves on being tolerant, but they can't even be civil.)
To: moovova
“Pompeo told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt.”
Hugh is no conservative. He is as much a conservative as Billy Krystal.
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posted on
03/27/2020 11:28:29 AM PDT
by
Kozy
(new age haruspex; "Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.")
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Best news I’ve heard all month.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
No one like him (attitude & balls wise) since Harry T...
Kick ass and take names...
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posted on
03/27/2020 12:03:55 PM PDT
by
SuperLuminal
(Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Dear France24, tell me again why so many US Soldiers are buried within your borders? Your actions over the past century informs us well that instead of striving to join us in resisting tyrants and succoring the oppressed, you'd rather join them and drag us down to you!
NON!
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posted on
03/27/2020 12:17:57 PM PDT
by
SES1066
(Happiness is a depressed Washington, DC housing market!)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
03/27/2020 1:50:47 PM PDT
by
FLT-bird
To: Kozy
Wasn’t Hugh one of the ones that came out against Trump in a National Review article?
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posted on
03/27/2020 2:52:23 PM PDT
by
moovova
To: moovova
Probably. Don’t listen to him on radio, watch him on tv or read his writings. Guy is snake of first degree.
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posted on
03/27/2020 5:23:47 PM PDT
by
Kozy
(new age haruspex; "Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.")
To: Oldeconomybuyer
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has led calls for an "immediate global ceasefire" to refocus on fighting COVID-19 and on Friday appealed for the "waiving of sanctions that can undermine countries' capacity to respond to the pandemic." The appeals have fallen on deaf ears in Washington.
Y'know, because if some of the criminal despots of the world get overthrown, there will be significantly less need for socialist do-nothing bureaucrats like the unaccountable appointee a-holes at the UN.
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posted on
03/27/2020 11:15:21 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
If Trump plays his cards right he will end up looking like Churchill during the Blitz.
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posted on
03/27/2020 11:20:24 PM PDT
by
Polynikes
( Hakkaa paalle)
To: moovova; Kozy
Hugh Hewitt ambushed Trump
with an obscure gotcha question during one of the GOP primary debates.
Hewitt is the poster boy for smarmy GOP establishment hacks. Romney fanboy.
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posted on
03/28/2020 10:17:32 AM PDT
by
Pelham
(RIP California, killed by massive immigration)
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