Donald Trump’s VP Pick: Retired Army Lieutenant General Michael Flynn?

Could Donald Trump’s vice presidential pick come from the Pentagon’s alumni? On Tuesday, the New York Post reported that the presumed Republican presidential nominee has begun whittling down his list of potential running mates for this fall. Along with the expected slate of lawmakers and advisers, the newspaper included retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn as […]

Donald Trump Is About To Start Getting Intelligence Briefings

Harry Truman had been vice president for only 82 days when Franklin Roosevelt died, so there was quite a lot he needed to learn when he became president in 1945. “He didn’t even know the atomic bomb existed,” historian David Priess said. “He didn’t know about the Manhattan Project.” Director of National Intelligence James Clapper […]

SOFREP Poll: Overwhelming Majority of Military & Veterans Support Trump over Hillary

It seems more apparent that Trump will likely get the Republican nomination. In an online poll SOFREP surveyed over two thousand people with one simple question, Trump or Clinton. The results were overwhelming, with 913 responses, and 89% of veterans and active duty U.S. military choosing Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton as the next President […]

Donald Trump considers setting up commission on radical Islamic terrorism

Donald Trump is considering the possibility of setting up a commission to “take a very serious look” at radical Islamic terrorism and his proposals to temporarily bar Muslims from entering the United States, even floating the name of former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani to spearhead the operation. “We have to be extremely careful,” […]

Military Times survey: Troops prefer Trump to Clinton by a huge margin

In a new survey of American military personnel, Donald Trump emerged as active-duty service members’ preference to become the next U.S. president, topping Hillary Clinton by more than a 2-to-1 margin. However, in the latest Military Times election survey, more than one in five troops said they’d rather not vote in November if they have to choose […]

Trump: Military leaders shouldn’t talk to the press

If he becomes commander in chief, Donald Trump won’t let military generals speak to “the dishonest press,” out of fear they’ll spill national security secrets. “I don’t want them saying things like ‘our nation has never been so ill-prepared.’ Even though it’s true, I don’t want the enemy knowing that.”“A general should not be on television,” […]

Trump gives foreign policy speech filled with glittering generalities

Presidential candidate Donald Trump gave a speech today outlining his foreign policy direction.  By comparison to some of his past statements on foreign policy issues, this was a bit more polished and clearly Trump has started reading off the script (and using a teleprompter) rather than shooting from the hip.  That may be a helpful […]

Trump snubbed in CPAC straw poll

Nearly 2,700 attendees voted in the event’s straw poll to place Donald Trump, the GOP’s contentious frontrunner, second to last ahead of only John Kasich.