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The Trump/DOJ Settlement Agreement:—"Utterly stupid, morally wrong."

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WATCH: Democrats blast Trump Saudi nuclear deal as GOP touts regional alliance

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WATCH: Democrats blast Trump Saudi nuclear deal as GOP touts regional alliance

Democrats warn the Saudi Arabia nuclear deal could spark a Middle East arms race, while Republicans stress the need for regional partnership.

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Trump Tries to Blow Up Canada Bridge Deal After Opening Ceremony Drama

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Trump Tries to Blow Up Canada Bridge Deal After Opening Ceremony Drama

President Donald Trump is suddenly reneging on the terms of the Gordie Howe Bridge project after he claimed Ottawa “disinvited” U.S. officials from the Michigan–Ontario crossing’s grand opening.“Canada disinvited the United States of America to the opening of the Gordie Howe Bridge, which is fine, considering they are paying substantial TARIFFS to the United States, but the original Deal on the Bridge, which was terribly negotiated by a previous Administration, no longer stands,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Friday. “We changed the terms of the Deal so that the United States of America now gets 50 percent of the Profit.”The Gordie Howe Bridge was the creation of a very different period in U.S.-Canadian relations. The international bridge was first proposed in the early 2000s and agreed upon by the two nations in 2012. Under the terms of that agreement, Canada would fully pay for the bridge to get the project moving forward and only share toll revenue once it had recovered its initial costs.At the time, President Barack Obama was revered by America’s northern neighbors, and diplomatic relations between the two countries were good. But Trump has worked hard to undo that long-standing goodwill. Over the last year and a half, the U.S. president has repeatedly attacked Canada, punishing its people with enormous tariffs, baselessly accosting its government, and even threatening to invade its land to make another U.S. state.The latest insult came earlier this week, when Trump announced 50 percent tariffs on a wide range of Canadian products worth $20 billion. Canada rescinded its invitations to U.S. officials for the bridge’s grand opening ceremony shortly thereafter, and moved the ribbon-cutting ceremony from the international border line at the center of the bridge to a nearby inspection plaza.“In light of trade action threatened by the United States earlier this week, it would be inappropriate to proceed with a celebratory event between the two countries,” the office of Canada’s infrastructure minister said, in a statement obtained by The New York Times. “The Gordie Howe International Bridge remains a vital infrastructure project that reflects years of hard work and will be a major economic driver.”Now Trump is threatening the bridge by claiming that the two countries will split the revenue 50-50, which was not what was agreed upon nearly 15 years ago.It’s not the first time that Trump has meddled with the bridge. In February, Trump promised that he would block the grand opening unless Canada “fully compensated” the U.S. “for everything” and give him “at least half” ownership of the bridge.It was not clear, even then, what Canada needed to compensate Washington for. Canada footed the bill for the Gordie Howe International Bridge. The project created new American labor and was constructed with U.S. supplies to boot.Trump’s take was an unexpected backtrack from how he felt about the bridge during his first term: Trump seemed to wholeheartedly support the endeavor in a joint statement issued in 2017 by himself and former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, claiming at the time that the bridge would “serve as a vital economic link” between the two countries.

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Iran launches more strikes against neighbors after rejecting reports of new US peace deal

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Iran launches more strikes against neighbors after rejecting reports of new US peace deal

Iran claimed responsibility for new attacks in the Middle East on Friday, after denying reports that a new peace deal from the United States was delivered to, and rejected by, it. Tehran targeted strikes on U.S. assets in Bahrain, Jordan, and Kuwait, according to Iran. The drone strikes targeted Bahrain’s Sheikh Isa Air Base and […]

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With Saudi Arabia, Another Inferior Nuclear Deal

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With Saudi Arabia, Another Inferior Nuclear Deal

Once again, Mr. ‘Art of the Deal’ underperforms his predecessors.

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Karoline Leavitt sparks backlash over Trump's nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia

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Karoline Leavitt sparks backlash over Trump's nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt defended the Saudi nuclear deal Thursday, claiming it prioritizes American companies and workers while putting "America first." When pressed about why Saudi Arabia receives a civilian nuclear deal and Iran doesn't, Leavitt stated the agreement "gives priority access for American companies and the Saudi nuclear energy program, which will ultimately benefit American industry workers and supply chain." Her remarks ignited social media backlash from political commentators and strategists."Remind me again of which government was known and found to have been associated with the 9/11 attacks? Oh! That’s right, Saudi Arabia. But yep it’s about ‘Murica 1st!" wrote Corbin Trent, a democratic strategist. He was the former communications director for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and a former member of Sen. Bernie Sanders' (D-VT) team. Trent now runs the Super PAC A Fight Worth Having. Similarly, progressive political commentator Sarah Larchmont posted, "15 of the 19 9/11 terrorists were from Saudi Arabia? As was the mastermind, Osama bin Laden." Jim Stewartson, writer and political commentator, referenced the 2018 murder of Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi operatives. "Saudi Arabia flew planes into American buildings on 9/11 and chopped up a journalist they didn’t like," he wrote."A $1B Trump complex is not putting America first," Political scientist Natascha Dea Burdeinei posted on X. "Anything that prioritizes a Trump or billionaire pocket over the security and wellbeing of the American people is not America first." Watch the video below. Your browser does not support the video tag.

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"America First or Israel First?" Ex-Israeli Negotiator Daniel Levy on Saudi Nuclear Deal, Iran & More

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"America First or Israel First?" Ex-Israeli Negotiator Daniel Levy on Saudi Nuclear Deal, Iran & More

The status of a newly signed U.S.-Saudi nuclear deal is in question after President Trump made the surprise announcement that the deal is off unless Saudi Arabia normalizes relations with Israel. The deal paves the way for Saudi civil nuclear development, although critics warn that it could lead to the proliferation of nuclear weapons in the politically volatile Middle East. Saudi Arabia has long maintained that it would not officially recognize Israel by joining the Abraham Accords, the U.S.-negotiated diplomatic deal between Israel and a number of Arab states, until there is a pathway toward the creation of a Palestinian state. The Abraham Accords provision indicates that “Israel is calling the shots again,” when it comes to U.S. policy in the Middle East, notes Daniel Levy of the U.S./Middle East Project. Levy says it is unlikely that Saudi Arabia will agree to Trump’s new conditions, at a cost to U.S. business interests, which stand to profit handily from the sale of nuclear energy technology to the oil-rich kingdom.

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What's going on with the US-Saudi nuclear deal?

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What's going on with the US-Saudi nuclear deal?

Less than 24 hours after the agreement was signed, President Trump posted on social media that the deal required Saudi Arabia to sign up to the Abraham Accords.

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Security expert sounds alarm over Trump's 'worst nuclear deal in history'

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Security expert sounds alarm over Trump's 'worst nuclear deal in history'

President Donald Trump is walking into what could end up being "the worst nuclear deal in history," one leading security expert warned for MS NOW, as his new deal with Saudi Arabia "could unleash a flood of new nuclear programs."Joseph Cirincione is a national security expert who currently serves as the vice chair of the Center for International Policy Board of Directors. On Saturday, he published a piece for MS NOW digging into Trump's recently announced nuclear deal with the Saudi government, which will allow the Middle Eastern country — where Trump's family has done numerous business deals — to "enrich uranium and reprocess plutonium, the two ingredients used in nuclear bombs."This comes despite Trump and his administration's dogged insistence that "nuclear technology is a grave threat in the hands of Iran’s ruling regime," and that it would inevitably use these materials to create a nuclear bomb. The ruling family of Saudi Arabia has in the past asserted that it would pursue the development of such weapons if Iran ever came to possess one. Cirincione warned in his piece that this situation could become a perilous slippery slope, arguing that "If the Saudis get this technology, others will demand it too.""Since the dawn of the Nuclear Age, U.S. policy has denied the ability to enrich uranium and reprocess plutonium to other nations because it is a shortcut to nuclear weapons," Cirincione explained. "The huge and expensive facilities can be developed openly and legally until a government takes the quick jump from making fuel rods to making the cores of bombs. With this deal, Trump has effectively just green-lit a Saudi nuclear bomb program. How did we get here?"Despite Saudi Arabia's past claims about an interest in nuclear power, Cirincione saw numerous flaws in that logic, noting that "Nuclear is the most expensive way to produce electricity, and Saudi Arabia sits on an ocean of oil and is ideally suited for much cheaper solar and wind energy production." The nation pushing for nuclear power would "make little economic sense.""Saudi Arabia wants the entire nuclear fuel cycle," he continued. "It wants to make the fuel for the reactors, then reprocess the spent fuel rods when they are used up. The same centrifuges that spin uranium gas to enrich it to the low levels required for nuclear fuel can spin it to the high levels for the cores of nuclear bombs. The same reprocessing plants that can break down used fuel rods for waste disposal can separate out the reactor-produced plutonium in those rods for use in nuclear bombs. With these plants, Saudi Arabia would have both pathways to the bomb. The Hiroshima atomic bomb was made of uranium; the Nagasaki bomb, plutonium."He concluded: "... Saudi influence in Washington is powerful, particularly with Trump and his business partners, who could profit handsomely from the deal. It will take an all-out effort to block what could be the worst nuclear deal in history."

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