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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.

(Excerpt) Read more at france24.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ceasefire; china; globalceasefire; iran; maduro; venezuela; virus; vrenezuela

1 posted on 03/27/2020 10:24:05 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

GO TRUMP!!! OPEN UP AMERICA SOON ALSO!


2 posted on 03/27/2020 10:31:06 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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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. 🙂
3 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)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Apparently the UN is displeased they aren’t ruling the World right now.


4 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)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

U.S. foes? You mean in congress?


5 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.)
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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.

6 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.)
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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.


7 posted on 03/27/2020 10:38:12 AM PDT by backwoods-engineer (Politics is the continuation of war by other means. --Clausewitz)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I wonder if Nicolas Maduro remembers old Pineapple Face Manuel Noriega and what happened to him....


8 posted on 03/27/2020 10:50:21 AM PDT by srmanuel
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

No quarter.


9 posted on 03/27/2020 10:59:20 AM PDT by moovova
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

That’s my Prez.


10 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.)
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To: moovova

“Pompeo told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt.”

Hugh is no conservative. He is as much a conservative as Billy Krystal.


11 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.")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Best news I’ve heard all month.


12 posted on 03/27/2020 11:31:16 AM PDT by ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton (Go Egypt on 0bama)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
No one like him (attitude & balls wise) since Harry T...

Kick ass and take names...

13 posted on 03/27/2020 12:03:55 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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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!

14 posted on 03/27/2020 12:17:57 PM PDT by SES1066 (Happiness is a depressed Washington, DC housing market!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Excellent!


15 posted on 03/27/2020 1:50:47 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: Kozy

Wasn’t Hugh one of the ones that came out against Trump in a National Review article?


16 posted on 03/27/2020 2:52:23 PM PDT by moovova
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To: moovova

Probably. Don’t listen to him on radio, watch him on tv or read his writings. Guy is snake of first degree.


17 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.")
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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.

18 posted on 03/27/2020 11:15:21 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

If Trump plays his cards right he will end up looking like Churchill during the Blitz.


19 posted on 03/27/2020 11:20:24 PM PDT by Polynikes ( Hakkaa paalle)
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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.


20 posted on 03/28/2020 10:17:32 AM PDT by Pelham (RIP California, killed by massive immigration)
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