Donald Trump

This is the final installment in a 3 part series. Read parts 1 and 2 here. President Trump’s wall will increase the power of the most dangerous drug cartels, it will contribute to the introduction of more dangerous variants of drugs it makes in short supply, and it is unlikely to pay for itself because […]

The political divorce between former Defense Secretary James Mattis and President Donald Trump was about as ugly as these things can get. Although even Trump’s criticisms of Mattis have been somewhat muted compared to his usual (and colorful) posts on the social media platform Twitter, it’s hard to deny that there’s little love lost between […]

Over the years, I’ve been accused of all sorts of political bias. Some days, I’m a closeted communist for suggesting that Donald Trump’s aggressive approach to foreign policy actually reduces America’s diplomatic leverage over its allies. Others, I’m a Trump-humping fascist for pointing out that, despite the media spin, Trump’s emphasis on space defense is […]

This is part 2 of a 3 part series. You can read part 1 here. The border wall will make transportation of opioids and other drugs much more difficult, and therefore the cost of transportation will shoot up. When this happens, marginal, smaller suppliers will have to drop out of the (black) market, leaving larger, […]

After Defense Secretary James Mattis offered a very public rebuke of President Trump’s characterization of his departure from the administration by way of making his resignation letter public, Trump has decided to push the former Marine General out of his position two months sooner than expected. Patrick Shanahan, who has served as the Deputy Secretary […]

This is part 1 of a 3 part series. In the latest round of negotiations and public stumping for his border wall, President Trump told Congress he wants $15 billion in wall funding attached to the year-end spending bill. The president’s desire to build a “big, beautiful” wall on the southern border is nothing new; […]

This is part 2 of a 3 part series. Please read part 1 here. Take for example the apocalypse to end all apocalypses (literally, in that if the more radical projections are to be believed it is already too late to stave off Armageddon): climate change. From the outset, it should be noted that to […]

While the debate around whether or not a permanent border wall should be built rages on, concerns over a government shutdown concerning the wall’s funding have been temporarily alleviated. On Wednesday, Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that Congress would vote on a “stop-gap” measure to provide financing for essential government services, but would not […]

In the era of social media and 24-hour news cycles, every story is “breaking,” and everything is apocalyptic. We tweet about how President Trump has already destroyed America, or, alternatively, about how political correctness is one step away from plunging the country over the cliff and into the proverbial “thousand years of darkness.” Ironically, though, […]

As NEWSREP has covered a number of times in the past, the Russian military has continued to expand — uncontested — throughout the Arctic region. Moscow’s success in the frozen north can be attributed to three things, and the fact that Russia has more Arctic coastline than any nation on earth is certainly one of […]

Santa Claus and the entire cast of performers sing during the grand finale at the Lighting of the National Christmas Tree Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018, on the Ellipse in Washington, D.C.   Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks   Watch President Trump and the First Lady light the National Christmas Tree below:    

For large swaths of America, the concept of a space-based branch of the military was relegated to science fiction until President Trump made the announcement that he was directing the Pentagon to establish a “Space Force,” but for those attuned to the defense industry, it was merely another bullet point in a long standing debate […]