TODAY  Xi Warns Trump About Taiwan

CHINA SYNDROME: Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned President Trump that if the Taiwan situation is handled poorly that could lead to conflict and “an extremely dangerous situation.”

YESTERDAY  Ceasefire “On Massive Life Support”

DIRE STRAITS: Control of the Strait of Hormuz was one of the demands made by Iran in the peace proposal abruptly rejected yesterday by President Trump. Iran also wanted war reparations and an end to American sanctions and blocked assets, according to a social media post by Iranian state media.

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  Speaking at a state banquet in Beijing Xi warmed up Trump saying, “The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and making America great again can go hand in hand.” Then he said of the Taiwan situation, “If handled poorly, the two countries will collide or even clash, putting the entire U.S.-China...

  The island country of Taiwan, 100 miles off the coast, has a long history of invasion and colonization by European countries as well as annexation by Chinese dynasties. The Chinese communists failed to take Taiwan when they won the rest of the country in 1949, and they’ve wanted it ever since.

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DIRE STRAITS: President Trump conducting diplomacy on social media yesterday dismissed out of hand the Iranian response to a peace proposal. He wrote, “I have just read the response from Iran’s so-called ‘Representatives.’ I don’t like it — TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!”    The …

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DIRE STRAITS: The war that Donald Trump says is over continues.    US forces yesterday struck Iranian military facilities believed to be the source of “unprovoked” missile, drone, and small boat attacks against American warships in the Strait of Hormuz, US Central …

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May 7, 20296 DIRE STRAITS: As the US awaits Iran’s response to a peace proposal, one Iranian official dismissed it as a “list of American wishes” while another said the offer was under consideration.   Both governments have officials giving conflicting messages on what’s …

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It's Been Said

"Christians, get out and vote, just this time. You won't have to do it anymore. Four more years, you know what, it will be fixed, it will be fine, you won't have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians. I love you Christians. I'm a Christian. I love you, get out, you gotta get out and vote. In four years, you don't have to vote again, we'll have it fixed so good you're not going to have to vote."

  • Donald Trump courting the vote of the Christian right