South China Sea nation-building courtesy of Beijing

South China Sea nation-building courtesy of Beijing

Over the past several years, the Chinese government has been not-so-quietly building what they term “defensive outposts” by claiming uninhabited reefs across the South China Sea. This area includes a vast network of tiny underwater reefs and small islands called the Spratlys and the Paracels. These areas have long been in dispute among China, Vietnam […]

Stray bag of toys prompts scare at Trump Tower

Stray bag of toys prompts scare at Trump Tower

A stray backpack prompted the partial evacuation of Trump Tower on Tuesday, though bomb squad technicians quickly determined the unattended bag contained children’s toys and was harmless. Video posted online showed people running through the Manhattan skyscraper’s public lobby as uniformed police officers waved them toward the exits. Stephen Davis, the New York Police Department’s […]

Trump Doubles Down with another Twitter Strike on the F-35! Bring on the Super Hornets!

Trump Doubles Down with another Twitter Strike on the F-35! Bring on the Super Hornets!

Earlier today and just 24 hours after meeting personally with Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson, President-elect Trump launched another Twitter strike on the F-35 program. Mr. Trump said that he has asked Boeing to price out a comparable F-18 Super Hornet! President-elect Trump is clearly willing to use his position of power to create a sense […]

Trump calls for more nuke spending, but Obama beat him to it

Trump calls for more nuke spending, but Obama beat him to it

President Elect Donald Trump took to Twitter on Thursday morning to call for the expansion of the U.S. nuclear arsenal just hours after Russian President, Vladimir Putin, did the same in Moscow. “The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes,” […]

Trump Doubles Down with another Twitter Strike on the F-35! Bring on the Super Hornets!

Trump Doubles Down with another Twitter Strike on the F-35! Bring on the Super Hornets!

Earlier today and just 24 hours after meeting personally with Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson, President-elect Trump launched another Twitter strike on the F-35 program. Mr. Trump said that he has asked Boeing to price out a comparable F-18 Super Hornet! President-elect Trump is clearly willing to use his position of power to create a sense […]

Trump and Boeing CEO Meet – Promises a Less Expensive Air Force One

Trump and Boeing CEO Meet – Promises a Less Expensive Air Force One

If you recall it was just a couple of weeks ago that President-elect Trump tweeted to ‘cancel’ the new Air Force One purchase from Boeing because it was too expensive. Today after a meeting with the President-elect, Dennis Muilenburg, the CEO of Boeing stated that he had a “very productive” meeting and promised to produce […]

Clinton supporters blame Russia, racism, and the media… but never their candidate

Clinton supporters blame Russia, racism, and the media… but never their candidate

Featured prominently on CNN’s homepage Monday morning was an interview with a group of Hillary Clinton supporters.  In the segment, journalist Kait Richmond attempted to pinpoint what exactly cost Clinton the presidential election in their minds.  Richmond played the role of “devil’s advocate” – maintaining an objective approach as she posed questions to each of […]

Why is Europe freaking out about Trump?

Why is Europe freaking out about Trump?

The election of Donald Trump has left everyone in absolute shock. Whether you are utterly excited or outraged with the result, the reaction in the rest of the so-called free world has been one of angst. To better understand why that is, it is important to keep in mind that the perception of the political […]

Trump on China’s capture of a US Navy drone: ‘Let them keep it!’

Trump on China’s capture of a US Navy drone: ‘Let them keep it!’

President-elect Donald Trump tweeted Saturday evening that China should be told to “keep” the US Navy underwater drone it recently seized from South China Sea waters and agreed to return. “We should tell China that we don’t want the drone they stole back.- let them keep it!” he tweeted. Earlier on Saturday, Trump had called the capture — an incident that […]

South China Sea: Satellite photos show weapons on Chinese islands

South China Sea: Satellite photos show weapons on Chinese islands

After previously committing to stop building up its military presence in the Spratly Islands, an US think tank has analyzed satellite images of a Chinese installation in the South China Sea and determined the Chinese have put in anti-aircraft guns on at least one of their artificial islands. Often a forgotten-about issue with everything else going […]