by drjmcurtis | Dec 11, 2017
Getting the cold shoulder at the European Union in Brussels, 68-year-old Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hoped that 71-year-old President Donald Trump Dec. 6 recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital would go over well. Trump’s declaration was rejected by...
by drjmcurtis | Dec 10, 2017
Hurling insults at Israel after President Donald Trump’s Dec. 6 announcement that he recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, 53-year-old Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called Israel as “terrorist state.” Since the July 15, 2016 Istanbul coup, Erdogan has...
by drjmcurtis | Dec 9, 2017
Taking 71-year-old President Donald Trump seriously, U.N. Under-Secretary General Jeffrey Feltman concluded his four-day meeting in Pyongyang with North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho. Ho was the North Korean official who said Sept. 23 that a North Korean missile...
by drjmcurtis | Dec 8, 2017
Proving that Palestinians speak with one voice, Hamas and the Palestine Liberation Organization [PLO] joined forces to protest and riot 71-year-old President Donald Trump’s Dec. 6 decision to validate a 1995 U.S. law passed by Congress recognizing Jerusalem as...
by drjmcurtis | Dec 7, 2017
Newly minted 49-year-old FBI Director Christopher Wray faced some tough questions in the House Judiciary Committee today, at least from Republicans concerned about the FBI’s investigation into 71-year-old President Donald Trump. Appointing former FBI Director Robert...
by drjmcurtis | Dec 6, 2017
Implementing a 1995 U.S. law that declares Jerusalem the capital of Israel, 71-year-old President Donald Trump dared to go where his predecessors balked. Fearing riots and maybe a new Mideast war, Trump decided to push the peace process along, telling the Palestinian...
by drjmcurtis | Dec 5, 2017
Throwing conventional wisdom to the wind, 71-year-old President Donald Trump looks to move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Palestinian officials reacted badly, warning of a new “intifada” or uprising. Israel annexed Jordan’s Jerusalem and the West Bank,...
by drjmcurtis | Dec 4, 2017
Proving she’s become the Senate’s biggest anti-Trump hack, 84-year-old Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) showed her age, insisting 71-year-old Donald Trump obstructed justice May 9, firing 56-year-old former FBI Director James Comey. Comey said May 10 that Trump, as...
by drjmcurtis | Dec 4, 2017
Putting the public on notice that a war with North Korea is a growing possibility, 62-year-old Sen. Lindsey Grham (R-S.C.) told CBS’s “Face the Nation” that North Korea poses an urgent national security threat. After North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un’s Nov. 29...
by drjmcurtis | Dec 2, 2017
Pleading guilty to one charge of making false statements to FBI agents, 58-year-old former National Security Adviser Gen. Michael Flynn ends his legal battle with Special Counsel former FBI Director Robert Mueller. Flynn pled guilty to telling FBI agents he said...