Submitted by Alexander Mercouris of The Duran
In a telephone conversation, President Trump fails to give strong support to Ukrainian President Poroshenko, as other US officials also signal desire by US to put Ukraine crisis behind it in order to focus on detente with Russia and war against Jihadi terrorism and ISIS.
Is The Trump Administration Already Over?
Paul Craig Roberts
Hopes for the Trump administration are not burning brightly. Trump’s military chief, Gen. Mattis, is turning out to be true to his “mad dog” nickname. He has just declared that Iran “is the single biggest state sponsor of terrorism in the world.” https://sputniknews.com/politics/201702041050338034-mattis-iran-terrorism/
He has declared Russia to be the number one threat to the US.
He has threatened intervention in China’s territorial affairs.
Having caused quite a stir domestically when in an interview with Donald Trump airing just before the Superbowl, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly described Putin as "a killer" as he tried to press the U.S. president to explain more fully why he respected his Russian counterpart, on Monday the Kremlin slammed O'Reilly's "factual statement" and said it wanted an apology from Fox News over what it said were "unacceptable" comments.
Kremling spokesman Dmitry Peskov
A video has surfaced online in which warmongers John McCain and Lindsey Graham are caught meeting with the Ukraine military, encouraging them to launch an offensive against Russia and restart hostilities, all the while describing Russia as the “aggressor” that must “pay a heavier price.” Lindsey Graham delivers an incendiary speech in the video, egging on the Ukranian troops to re-start hostilities with Russia. “Your fight is our fight, 2017 will be the year of offense. All of us will go back to Washington and we will push the case against Russia. Enough of a Russian aggression.
Russia are set deploy a new hypersonic fighter jet to space in 2018 which they say will be able to drop nuclear bombs to Earth. According to Lieutenant Colonel Aleksei Solodovnikov from the Russian Strategic Missile Forces Academy, Putin’s scientists have successfully developed a hypersonic jet capable launching a nuclear strike against an enemy from outer space. Anonhq.com reports: The trial model of Russia’s nuclear-capable outer space strategic bomber will be developed (with help from Moscow’s Central AeroHydrodynamic Institute or TsAGI) by 2020.