Like Romeo and Juliet, star-crossed lovers Donald Trump and Kim Jon Un had to sneak away – to the DMZ – to share their forbidden love. (Such pairings are often said to be doomed from the start.) “Oh Kim, your love letters were so beautiful, I just had to defy my family and come see … Read more
ABOVE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump (centre L) and Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (centre R) conversing during a group photo of members during the G20 Summit at the INTEX Osaka in Osaka on June 28, 2019. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/GETTY IMAGES The “family photo” of the world leaders is a renowned fixture of the G20 … Read more
As Anita Kumar says, Trump can’t help himself when it comes to Putin: Every time the president has a chance to cast aside doubts about his relationship with the Russian leader, he does the opposite. Putin’s puppet reported for his annual employee performance review at the G-20 Summit, and he did not disappoint his boss. … Read more
Oh here we go. This morning we learned that Iran shot down a US surveillance drone, heightening tensions: Iran’s Revolutionary Guard shot down a U.S. surveillance drone Thursday in the Strait of Hormuz, marking the first time the Islamic Republic directly attacked the American military amid tensions over Tehran’s unraveling nuclear deal with world powers. … Read more
The Washington Post has an editorial today about Deepfake videos are dangerous — and they target a huge weakness. The Post is talking about political attack ads, but the same could be said of heavily edited military videos that purport to show evidence of a hostile state actor attacking U.S. interests in support of going … Read more