NATO Saber-Rattling: Trying to Secure More Funds or Help Hillary Win?
NATO has been increasingly assertive in Eastern Europe, the Baltics and the Black Sea region, although Russia has done nothing to warrant these activities. This should not come as a surprise since “saber-rattling when there is no need” has always been one of the bloc’s “key characteristics”, Canadian journalist John Bosnitch told Radio Sputnik. Bosnitch, a former war reporter in Bosnia, Krajina, Kosovo...
Trump digs deep to defy Clinton momentum
Donald Trump pledged to pour millions of his own dollars into his presidential bid Wednesday, in defiance of the seemingly unstoppable momentum building behind Hillary Clinton. With less than two weeks before polling day, and with early voting under way in several states, the Democratic nominee remains comfortably on course to become America’s first female president. And Wednesday’s headlines were a telling tale of two...
Trump: Obama should be investigated over Clinton email server
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Tuesday that President Barack Obama should be investigated over a private email server Hillary Clinton used while secretary of state, saying Obama “knew all about” her email arrangements. “That’s why he stuck up for Hillary, because he didn’t want to be dragged in. Because he knew all about her private server,” Trump said of the Democratic...
Clinton: Trump stance on vote results threatens US democracy
Democratic White House hopeful Hillary Clinton on Friday accused her opponent Donald Trump of “threatening” American democracy by refusing to pledge to accept the outcome of the presidential election. “We know the difference between leadership and dictatorship, and the peaceful transition of power is one of the things that sets us apart,” Clinton told a rally in Cleveland, Ohio — one of the key swing...
Obama: Trump ‘undermines our democracy’ by sowing ‘seeds of doubt’ with his claims about a ‘rigged’ election
President Obama denounced Donald Trump’s latest efforts to cast doubt on the integrity of the presidential election as undermining the nation’s democracy. Campaigning for Hillary Clinton in Miami a day after Donald Trump refused to say he would accept the results of the presidential election, Obama urged a crowd of supporters to pay attention to the importance of what Trump said. ‘This is just more than the usual...