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       Trump praises Putin and denigrates US leaders at CPAC

       Donald Trump is facing a backlash for claiming to have saved Nato, despite the fact that he routinely denigrated it during his presidency and even reportedly considered pulling the US out of the alliance altogether.

       “I hope everyone is able to remember that it was me, as President of the United States, that got delinquent Nato members to start paying their dues, which amounted to billions of dollars,” Mr Trump said in an emailed statement to reporters.

       “There would be no Nato if I didn’t act strongly and swiftly,” he added, also falsely implying that the Obama administration only sent Ukraine “blankets” in aid when in fact it sent tens of millions of dollars’ worth of non-lethal military equipment.

       Bloomberg columnist Matthew Yglesias called the former president a “relentlessly dishonest egomaniac.”

       “A big problem with having a relentlessly dishonest egomaniac in office at a time like this is there’s no way other countries could possibly cooperate with American policy or even know what American policy was.”

       Meanwhile, former US attorney general Bill Barr says Mr Trump has “shown he has neither the temperament nor persuasive powers to provide the kind of positive leadership that is needed” in a new book.

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       Show latest update 1646115323 US likely to increase staffing at Havana embassy to process visas

       The Biden administration is likely to announce a plan to increase the staffing in the US embassy in Havana in order to restore visa processing for Cubans, reported Reuters.

       The deployment of consular officers is a part of President Joe Biden’s ongoing review of policy towards Cuba and is seen as an initial phase of easing the strict cap on visas imposed under former president Donald Trump.

       The State Department under Mr Trump had scaled back the consular deployment in 2017 following a series of “anomalous health incident”, later known as “ Havana syndrome”.

       The mysterious illness, which has affected military officers, CIA personnel and diplomats around the world, manifests itself as a host of ailments including chronic headache, vertigo, nausea and is said to have first affected US employees in the Cuban capital before cropping up in other parts of the world.

       Namita Singh 1 March 2022 06:15

       1646112073 American lawmakers unite in support of Ukraine

       As lawmakers gather for President Joe Biden’s first State of the Union address, they are finding a common ground against the Russian aggression-- a rare bipartisan resolve, aimed at holding US and its allies together in the defense of a West-oriented democracy.

       The threat from Russia’s president Vladimir Putin has become the unexpected force pulling the parties together, who had until now been arguing viciously over a range of domestic matters– from the investigations in Capitol insurrection to the mask mandate to president’s choice for the Supreme Court first Black woman judge.

       “I think you will see in the State of Union, a strong bipartisan support for our president,” predicted Senator Chris Coons, a Democrat from Delaware.“We’re all together at this point and we need to be together about what should be done,” said Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.

       State of the Union: Amid disputes, common cause for Ukraine As lawmakers gather for President Joe Biden’s first State of the Union address, they are finding common ground in support of Ukraine

       Namita Singh 1 March 2022 05:21

       1646111874 White House denies executive privilege for former Trump advisors

       The White House on Monday confirmed denying executive privilege to advisors of former president Donald Trump, whose testimonies are being sought by a congressional committee probing the 6 January 2021 Capitol riot.

       Explaining the decision, a White House lawyer explained that President Joe Biden had determined that extending executive privileges to Mr Trump’s trade advisor Peter Navarro and his first national security adviser Michael Flynn “is not in the national interest, and therefore is not justified”.

       Read the details here:

       Biden denies Navarro, Flynn privilege claims in 1/6 probe President Joe Biden has denied executive privilege claims made by former Trump administration officials Peter Navarro and Michael Flynn in response to congressional subpoenas from the House committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol

       Namita Singh 1 March 2022 05:17

       1646111700 Bill Barr launches blistering attack on Trump in new book

       Former US attorney general Bill Barr has unleashed a volley of criticism at Donald Trump in his new book, saying the ex-president has “shown he has neither the temperament nor persuasive powers to provide the kind of positive leadership that is needed” and that the Republican party should move on from him.

       In One Damn Thing After Another, Mr Barr writes that his former boss could have won the 2020 election if he had “just exercised a modicum of self-restraint, moderating even a little of his pettiness”, according to the Wall Street Journal.

       Phil Thomas reports from New York.

       Bill Barr launches blistering attack on Trump in new book ‘The absurd lengths to which he took his “stolen election” claim led to the rioting on Capitol Hill’

       Oliver O'Connell 1 March 2022 05:15

       1646110171 Former New Jersey governor takes a jab at Trump for praising Putin

       Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie berated Donald Trump for praising Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

       “How can anyone with any understanding of the world call Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine ‘genius’ and ‘very savvy’ as we watch him unite the rest of the world against Russia in nearly an instant?” the former governor tweeted.

       “Putin has two choices now: an unwinnable occupation of Ukraine after leveling the country and murdering its hero President (if that is even achievable) or a humiliating retreat. Yeah, that’s ‘genius’ and ‘very savvy’ alright. No walking that back. History is watching.”

       Earlier last week, Mr Trump had said that the Russian president is “very savvy” and made a “genius” move by declaring two regions of eastern Ukraine as independent states and moving Russian armed forces to them.

       Namita Singh 1 March 2022 04:49

       1646108988 ‘Relentlessly dishonest egomaniac’: Journalists slam Trump over Nato claims

       Several journalists came forward to demolish the former president’s claims about saving Nato as they slammed him as a ‘dishonest egomaniac’.

       “A big problem with having a relentlessly dishonest egomaniac in office at a time like this is there’s no way other countries could possibly cooperate with American policy or even know what American policy was,” tweeted Vox News founder and Bloomberg columnist Matthew Yglesias.

       “Trump, who discussed pulling the US from NATO takes credit for NATO’s existence in a new statement. Trump, who threatened to withhold weapons funding from Ukraine to get dirt on Biden, takes credit for Ukrainian weapons in same statement,” wrote Politico journalist Sam Stein.

       Eli Stokols, White House correspondent for the Los Angeles Times said: “Trump ordered 12K US forces to leave Germany — because it didn’t do what he wanted. Let History so note!”

       The New York Times’ Maggie Haberman tweeted saying “Trump also got impeached for delaying congressionally-approved aid to Ukraine”.

       Namita Singh 1 March 2022 04:29

       1646108118 Trump claims he knows nothing about Sean Hannity’s desperate Capitol riot texts

       Donald Trump has claimed he doesn’t know anything about text messages sent by Sean Hannity to his chief of staff during the 6 January attacks on the Capitol.

       The House select committee investigating the Capitol riot last month released several text messages sent by the Fox News host to Mark Meadows in the days leading up to, during and after the attack on the Capitol on 6 January.

       Bevan Hurley reports.

       Trump claims he doesn’t know anything about Sean Hannity’s 6 January texts Former president praises Fox News host as a ‘talented person’ who gets ‘fantastic ratings’

       Oliver O'Connell 1 March 2022 04:15

       1646104518 Donald Trump Jr closes out CPAC with rambling speech

       The former president’s son makes false claims about the Biden administration’s drugs policy in a speech taking in several conspiracy theories, writes Andrew Feinberg.

       ‘Crack’s not really my thing’: Donald Trump Jr closes out CPAC with rambling speech The former president’s son makes false claims about the Biden administration’s drugs policy in a speech taking in several conspiracy theories

       Oliver O'Connell 1 March 2022 03:15

       1646100918 Pompeo redirected Trump’s anger by mentioning FBI and Russia in ‘running joke’

       Former secretary of state Mike Pompeo would redirect the ire of Donald Trump by mentioning the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Russia probe, according to a new book.

       Former attorney general Bill Barr wrote in his upcoming book, One Damn Thing After Another, that he and Mr Pompeo had a “running joke” to redirect Mr Trump from yelling by saying he hoped the FBI agents involved would be held accountable.

       Mr Trump would then go off on a tangent about the investigation, according to a preview of the book from The New York Times.

       Justin Vallejo reports.

       Mike Pompeo redirected Trump’s anger by mentioning FBI Russia probe, new book claims Former attorney general Bill Barr writes in his new book that Mike Pompeo would send Trump on long tangent against FBI agents

       Oliver O'Connell 1 March 2022 02:15

       1646097318 Nigel Farage: Between statesman and culture warrior

       At the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, Richard Hall speaks to the former UKIP leader.

       Nigel Farage’s American life: Between statesman and culture warrior At the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, Richard Hall speaks to the former UKIP leader

       Oliver O'Connell 1 March 2022 01:15

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