For First Time, Moscow Publishes Photocopies of Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and Its Secret Protocols
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For First Time, Moscow Publishes Photocopies of Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and Its Secret Protocolsby paul goble (noreply@blogger.com)
Впервые опубликованы сканы советского оригинала Договора о ненападении между Советским Союзом и Германией от 23 августа 1939 года и секретного дополнительного протокола к нему. Ранее историкам были доступны лишь фотокопии немецких оригиналов этих документов.
Сканы предоставлены Историко-документальным департаментом МИД России и опубликованы в научном издании «Антигитлеровская коалиция 1939: формула провала», выпущенным в свет Институтом внешнеполитических исследований и инициатив.
Документ № 1.
Договор о ненападении между СССР и Германией. 23 августа 1939 г. Советский оригинал на русском языке.
Документ № 2.
Договор о ненападении между СССР и Германией. 23 августа 1939 г. Советский оригинал на немецком языке.
Документ № 3.
Секретный дополнительный протокол к Договору о ненападении между СССР и Германией. 23 августа 1939 г. Советский оригинал на русском языке.
Документ № 4.
Секретный дополнительный протокол к Договору о ненападении между СССР и Германией. 23 августа 1939 г. Советский оригинал на немецком языке.
Документ № 5.
Разъяснение к секретному дополнительному протоколу к Договору о ненападении между СССР и Германией. 28 августа 1939 г. Советский оригинал на русском языке.
Документ № 6.
Разъяснение к секретному дополнительному протоколу к Договору о ненападении между СССР и Германией. 28 августа 1939 г. Советский оригинал на немецком языке.
Публикация документов: Антигитлеровская коалиция — 1939: Формула провала. Сборник статей / Под общей ред. В.Ю. Крашенинниковой. М.: Кучково поле, 2019. С. 321 — 331.
Подробнее о Договоре о ненападении между СССР и Германией и его последствиях см.: Дюков А.Р. «Пакт Молотова — Риббентропа» в вопросах и ответах. М.: Фонд «Историческая память», 2009. 176 с. (pdf)
For First Time, Moscow Publishes Photocopies of Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and Its Secret Protocolsby paul goble (noreply@blogger.com)
Paul Goble
Staunton, June 1 – For the first time, a Moscow portal, Istoricheskaya pamyat, has published photocopies of the Russian originals of the 1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and its secret protocols, the agreements which made Hitler and Stalin allies, opened the way to World War II in Europe, and divided the continent into German and Soviet spheres of influence.
Throughout the Soviet period, Moscow officials denied the existence of such texts in the archives and used the lack of such texts to challenge the German originals which had been available to scholars since the late 1940s. In the 1990s, Moscow did publish its own translation of these documents, but before yesterday, it had not issued photocopies.
This should make it impossible for Russian authors to deny the existence of the documents but not, of course, to deny the reading of them that Western historians and people in the countries most profoundly affected by the pact have given to that Nazi-Soviet agreement and especially to its secret protocols.
The new Russian publication is available online at historyfoundation.ru/2019/05/31/pakt/. It has been presented and discussed by Radio Liberty at svobodaradio.livejournal.com/3991674.html).
"Donald Trump kept a book of Hitler's speeches by his bed" - This is the explanation of his oratorical style and very posiibly, his mentality. - M.N. - In my Opinion - Post
Does Donald Trump speak German?
But the point of this question is, if he speaks German. I think, he does speak some German; it is very likely that he had a German nanny, and it is possible that he read Hitler's speeches in German.
Another part of this question is: Does Melania Trump speak German? She is from the German-Slovenian family, and it is very likely that she does.
I wonder, what do they discuss in German (just like the old Russian Royalty-Nobility) during their daily, three hours long, private family meals?
FBI, could you please publish the transcripts?
Or would you need the separate subpoenas for that?
Michael Novakhov
6.1.19
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It’s been reported that as an adult, Trump studied the oratorical style of Adolf Hitler, and had a book containing his collected speeches
Hitler's collected speeches, My New Order
My New Order has attracted the attention of the press with the rise of Donald Trump as candidate for President of the United States
because his first wife Ivana Trump revealed that Donald Trump reads a book of Hitler’s collected speeches, My New Order, which he keeps in a cabinet by his bed. It can be seen that there are clear similarities between the speeches of Trump and the speeches of Hitler. Here are examples: They repeat themselves constantly, saying the same things over and over again. They never admit they have made a mistake nor do they ever take anything back. To any criticism, they respond by insults and name calling. They use a low form of language, with simple sentences even a person with the lowest level of education or with no education at all can understand. Another contrast is the sheer volume of words. Hitler gave a thousand speeches and spoke millions of words. Hitler communicated almost entirely through his speeches. Hitler's speeches were long, usually one and a half to two hours long. Trump made one of the longest speeches ever to accept the Republican Party nomination for President of the United States. His speech lasted one hour fifteen minutes. Trump communicates almost entirely through his speeches and through his tweets. Tweets are short 140-character messages. He almost never uses emails. Trump never gives an analysis or a logical justification for his views. Hitler is similar. Trump has written nothing. His one book, “The Art of the Deal”, was written by a ghostwriter. Similarly, Hitler only wrote “Mein Kampf”. One can see from the foreword here by Raoul de Roussy de Sales there are clear similarities between the speaking style of Hitler and that of Trump. “To use constantly and untiringly the same arguments and to pound into the heads of his listeners the same formulas is part of Hitler's oratorical technique.” “Hitlers speeches are weapons as much as part of his strategy of conquest as more direct instruments of warfare. Hitler is past master of throwing up verbal smoke screens to conceal his intended moves. He knows equally well the effectiveness of massive oratorical assaults that shake the nerves of his victims and opponents and break down their resistance. He knows how to give pledges that will be broken later but will serve temporally to divide and confuse and to create the illusion of Security. He uses insults and lies in the same manner as his generals use Stuka planes and tanks to break the respectable but often weak front of his adversaries. He contradicts himself constantly but his contradictions often produce the effect of a psychological pincer-movement which crushes the best defenses of logic and ordinary morality.” "The Greatest Anthology of Broken Promises Ever Compiled". Hitler made and then broke treaties. Trump is speaking of breaking our treaties with NATO countries, and with Japan and South Korea. This book is a collection of speeches made by Hitler during the 20,s and 30,s in which he affirmed his Anti Antisemitism, his desire for World Domination, and his contempt of efforts by the rest of the world to stop him. The original book, published in 1941, is 1008 pages long. This is too long to be published in soft cover, so it has been divided into to volumes. The first volume is Hitler's speeches from the rise to power, 1918 to 1933 to the bloodless annexations Annexation of Austria and the Dismemberment of Czechosolvakia.
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Donald Trump kept a book of Hitler's speeches by his bed, according to his ex-wife
Hitler was one of history's most prolific orators, building a genocidal Nazi regime with speeches that bewitched audiences
Does Donald Trump speak German?
But the point of this question is, if he speaks German. I think, he does speak some German; it is very likely that he had a German nanny, and it is possible that he read Hitler's speeches in German.
Another part of this question is: Does Melania Trump speak German? She is from the German-Slovenian family, and it is very likely that she does.
I wonder, what do they discuss in German (just like the old Russian Royalty-Nobility) during their daily, three hours long, private family meals?
FBI, could you please publish the transcripts?
Or would you need the separate subpoenas for that?
Michael Novakhov
6.1.19
_____________________________________________________
Does Donald Trump speak German?
Iosaf Mac Diarmada, Writer,classical musician,linguist,historic guide
Answered Jul 17, 2018 · Author has 951 answers and 584.3k answer views
TL;DR ::: Of course not, the man can barely use English.
I was not under the impression that POTUS 45 (I no longer write out his name) might be capable of speaking or writing English. I have read many times that his family pretended to be of Swedish immigrant extraction to avoid anti-German prejudice during the world war 2 period. Surprises me because his father was an out and out convicted member of the KKK whose personal supremacist convictions (forgive the word play) brought him to march in robes and be fined 500$ in 1927, back when 500$ was a lot of money and not the kind of cash a loser would have to get out of jail-
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Dan Birchall, Trump Casinos webmaster in the 1990s
Answered Apr 28, 2018 · Author has 6.3k answers and 7.7m answer views
Trump was born just after World War II, at a point in history where any German his parents even knew would have been best kept to themselves. During his formative years, it’s unlikely anyone would put much effort into teaching him the language of a country we’d just defeated after years of war that cost hundreds of thousands of American lives.
It’s been reported that as an adult, Trump studied the oratorical style of Adolf Hitler, and had a book containing his collected speeches, but the book was almost certainly an English translation. I wouldn’t expect Trump to know much German beyond “Sieg Heil!”
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Dec 8, 2015 - Adolf Hitler addresses a crowd at a rally in 1941 ( Getty Images ) ... time to time her husband reads a book of Hitler's collected speeches, My ... prolific orators, building a genocidal Nazi regime with speeches that ... "People were most willing to follow him, because he seemed to have the ..... Report Comment.
Hitler's collected speeches, My New Order
My New Order has attracted the attention of the press with the rise of Donald Trump as candidate for President of the United States
because his first wife Ivana Trump revealed that Donald Trump reads a book of Hitler’s collected speeches, My New Order, which he keeps in a cabinet by his bed. It can be seen that there are clear similarities between the speeches of Trump and the speeches of Hitler. Here are examples: They repeat themselves constantly, saying the same things over and over again. They never admit they have made a mistake nor do they ever take anything back. To any criticism, they respond by insults and name calling. They use a low form of language, with simple sentences even a person with the lowest level of education or with no education at all can understand. Another contrast is the sheer volume of words. Hitler gave a thousand speeches and spoke millions of words. Hitler communicated almost entirely through his speeches. Hitler's speeches were long, usually one and a half to two hours long. Trump made one of the longest speeches ever to accept the Republican Party nomination for President of the United States. His speech lasted one hour fifteen minutes. Trump communicates almost entirely through his speeches and through his tweets. Tweets are short 140-character messages. He almost never uses emails. Trump never gives an analysis or a logical justification for his views. Hitler is similar. Trump has written nothing. His one book, “The Art of the Deal”, was written by a ghostwriter. Similarly, Hitler only wrote “Mein Kampf”. One can see from the foreword here by Raoul de Roussy de Sales there are clear similarities between the speaking style of Hitler and that of Trump. “To use constantly and untiringly the same arguments and to pound into the heads of his listeners the same formulas is part of Hitler's oratorical technique.” “Hitlers speeches are weapons as much as part of his strategy of conquest as more direct instruments of warfare. Hitler is past master of throwing up verbal smoke screens to conceal his intended moves. He knows equally well the effectiveness of massive oratorical assaults that shake the nerves of his victims and opponents and break down their resistance. He knows how to give pledges that will be broken later but will serve temporally to divide and confuse and to create the illusion of Security. He uses insults and lies in the same manner as his generals use Stuka planes and tanks to break the respectable but often weak front of his adversaries. He contradicts himself constantly but his contradictions often produce the effect of a psychological pincer-movement which crushes the best defenses of logic and ordinary morality.” "The Greatest Anthology of Broken Promises Ever Compiled". Hitler made and then broke treaties. Trump is speaking of breaking our treaties with NATO countries, and with Japan and South Korea. This book is a collection of speeches made by Hitler during the 20,s and 30,s in which he affirmed his Anti Antisemitism, his desire for World Domination, and his contempt of efforts by the rest of the world to stop him. The original book, published in 1941, is 1008 pages long. This is too long to be published in soft cover, so it has been divided into to volumes. The first volume is Hitler's speeches from the rise to power, 1918 to 1933 to the bloodless annexations Annexation of Austria and the Dismemberment of Czechosolvakia.
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Donald Trump kept a book of Hitler's speeches by his bed, according to his ex-wife
Hitler was one of history's most prolific orators, building a genocidal Nazi regime with speeches that bewitched audiences
In the Vanity Fair article, Ivana Trump told a friend that her husband's cousin, John Walter "clicks his heels and says, 'Heil Hitler," when visiting Trump's office.
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"To use constantly and untiringly the same arguments and to pound into the heads of his listeners the same formulas is part of Hitler's oratorical technique." "Hitlers speeches are weapons as much as part of his strategy of conquest as more direct instruments of warfare. Hitler is past master of throwing up verbal smoke screens to conceal his intended moves. He knows equally well the effectiveness of massive oratorical assaults that shake the nerves of his victims and opponents and break down their resistance. He knows how to give pledges that will be broken later but will serve temporally to divide and confuse and to create the illusion of Security. He uses insults and lies in the same manner as his generals use Stuka planes and tanks to break the respectable but often weak front of his adversaries. He contradicts himself constantly but his contradictions often produce the effect of a psychological pincer-movement which crushes the best defenses of logic and ordinary morality." "The Greatest Anthology of Broken Promises Ever Compiled". Hitler made and then broke treaties. Trump is speaking of breaking our treaties with NATO countries, and with Japan and South Korea. This book is a collection of speeches made by Hitler during the 20,s and 30,s in which he affirmed his Anti Antisemitism, his desire for World Domination, and his contempt of efforts by the rest of the world to stop him. In these speeches Adolf Hitler talks about his views on Jews and Other Races, his Domestic Program, his Foreign Policy, and the Aryan Master Race. (William L. Shirer author of Berlin Diary). "Most important book of the year. I do not see how any intelligent citizen can read it carefully without seeing that Hitler's aim is world slavery, that he intends to use Europe and British Isles merely as a base of operations from which to take off the real prize, America. Would be worth reading were it only for the careful commentaries of the editor. They comprise the clearest charting of the changing contour of Nazism I have yet encounter." Here are the words which Adolf Hitler has used to rise from the prison in which MEIN KAMPF was written to the position of a twentieth-century Genghis Khan-the scourge of Europe today, the ruler of the world, he hopes, tomorrow. Only a small portion has ever appeared in any English translation. These words are more than rhetoric and oratory. They are weapons, as much a part of his strategy of conquest as more direct instruments of warfare. My New Order, reveals, for the first time, the whole of that program and of the methods used to attain it. My New Order is Adolf Hitler in action, through the nine phases of his extraordinary career, beginning with his rise to power during the world depression and ending with his declaration of war on Russia. Adolf Hitler has never varied his fundamental objectives, and the strategy which he employed to seize power in Germany was used again, with very little variation, when he undertook to master Europe. Here in black and white and in his own words, is: Adolf Hitler's New Order,Set Down For Us All to Read and Understand.
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12:04 PM 5/30/2019 - Kaiser-Trump, Mugger-Trump, You Are Abwehr's MAAGGA Trump: Make Abwehr And Germany Great Again! by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Novakhov (Mike Nova))
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Comment to J. Comey's op-ed in WP
I think that Comey is correct. It looks like Trump is engaged in (possibly deliberate) hostile, anti-English Speaking Alliance (see his recent anti-UK & anti-Australia remarks about the subjects of "Barr Investigation", with the Ukraine thrown in, for the good deceptive measure), PROPAGANDA; with overtly and/or covertly expressed "pro-Axis": pro-Germany and pro-Japan sentiments, and also some pro-Nazi racial hints, from his symbolic perspectives of the USS WASP, and other dubious optics of his Memorial Day 2019 Japan visit. I think humbly, realizing all the seriousness of this statement, that Mr. Trump might be the "unwitting" or "witting" (this has to be determined) agent or asset of the New Abwehr and German Intelligence, which also corresponds, "rhymes well" with his personal, family history and background; and also, of course, with his "special relationship" with the Deutsche Bank. All these assertions and suspicions have to be investigated very thoroughly.
The Russian subversive activity was and is present undoubtedly, as was stated and demonstrated in Mueller Investigations, but it should be viewed and understood in conjunction and in the light of the not so new, and renewed German-Russian Intelligence and Security Partnership Alliance, so to speak.
The main suspects for the roles of masterminds-culprits, in my humble opinion, appear to be the New Abwehr, German Intelligence, and their high agents: Gerhard Schroeder, Ernst Uhrlau, SPD, Putin, and many, many others; visible and invisible, known and unknown.
If we as the Society and Civilization, do not look into this hypothesis and do not investigate and research it properly, we will commit one of the gravest errors.
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TRUMP-RUSSIA AND CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATIONS
Special Counsel Robert Mueller yesterday reignited demands for President Trump’s impeachment, breaking his two-year silence to deny that the U.S. president is innocent of a crime. Mueller, whose report on Russian election interference and alleged collusion with the Trump campaign was published last month, delivered a nine-minute statement that many have interpreted as a signal to Congress to act on his finding that Trump sought to obstruct justice, David Smith reports at the Guardian.
“If we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime … we would have said so,” Mueller said, reading from prepared notes at the Department of Justice (D.O.J.) at a late notice public appearance. Mueller also noted that while D.O.J. policy prohibits charging a sitting president with a crime, the Constitution provides for another remedy to accuse a president of wrongdoing — a nod toward Congressional ability to conduct impeachment proceedings, Shron LaFraniere reports at the New York Times.
Mueller took no questions and announced his resignation from the D.O.J., shutting down the special counsel’s office and returning to private life. That announcement brings to an end his inquiry into Russian interference, Byron Tau, Aruna Viswanatha and Sadie Gurman report at the Wall Street Journal.
Mueller emphasized that there were “multiple… systematic” attempts to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. “I will close by reiterating the central allegation of our indictments, that there were multiple, systematic efforts to interfere in our election …and that allegation deserves the attention of every American” Mueller stated, Morgan Gstalter reports at the Hill.
“I hope and expect this to be the only time that I will speak to you in this manner … I am making that decision myself,” Mueller said in the course of his televised remarks, adding “any testimony from this office would not go beyond our report … the report is my testimony.” Natasha Bertrand reports at POLITICO.
The D.O.J. and special counsel’s office have claimed that there is “no conflict” between statements made by Attorney General William Barr and Mueller about the role that D.O.J. guidelines regarding indictment played in Mueller’s obstruction inquiry. “The Attorney General has previously stated that the Special Counsel repeatedly affirmed that he was not saying that, but for the [Office of Legal Counsel] opinion, he would have found the President obstructed justice … the Special Counsel’s report and his statement today made clear that the office concluded it would not reach a determination – one way or the other – about whether the President committed a crime … there is no conflict between these statements,” D.O.J. spokesperson Kerri Kupec and special counsel spokesperson Peter Carr in a statement issued yesterday evening. Morgan Chalfant reports at the Hill.
“Nothing changes from the Mueller Report,” the president responded in a message sent on Twitter, adding “there was insufficient evidence and therefore, in our Country, a person is innocent … the case is closed! Thank you,” Dartunorro Clark reports at NBC.
House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) – who has been resistant to calls for impeachment – remained cautious in response to Mueller’s statement, stating: “I thank special counsel Mueller for the work he and his team did to provide a record for future action both in the Congress and in the courts. The Congress will continue to investigate and legislate to protect our elections and secure our democracy,” Kadhim Shubber reports at the Financial Times.
“You don’t bring an impeachment unless you have all the facts,” an “unruffled” Pelosi said in California several hours after Mueller gave his statement, although she added that “nothing is off the table.” Stephen Collinson reports at CNN.
“With respect to [the] impeachment question … at this point … all options are on the table and nothing should be ruled out,” House Judiciary Chair Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) commented when asked about his current stance of affairs. In an earlier statement following the special counsel’s comments, Nadler claimed it now “falls to Congress to respond to the crimes, lies and other wrongdoing of President Trump,” and that the Constitution “points to Congress to take action to hold the President accountable,” Rebecca Shabad reports at NBC.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said yesterday that lawmakers “look forward” to Mueller’s testimony, despite the special counsel’s stated reluctance to testify on Capitol Hill. “We look forward to Mueller’s testimony before Congress … while I understand his reluctance to answer hypotheticals or deviate from the carefully worded conclusions he drew on his charging decisions, there are, nevertheless, a great many questions he can answer that go beyond the report,” Schiff said in a statement yesterday afternoon, Morgan Chalfant reports at the Hill.
Senate Democrats are intensifying a push for Congress to pass additional election security legislationfollowing Mueller’s statement yesterday. Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chair Mark Warner (D-Va.) said Mueller made clear during his remarks that Congress should “take steps to protect our democracy by passing legislation that enhances election security, increases social media transparency, and requires campaign officials to report any contact with foreign nationals attempting to coordinate with a campaign,” Jordain Carney reports at the Hill.
Pelosi yesterday slammed social media giant Facebook, arguing that the company’s refusal to take down altered videos of her demonstrated how the it had contributed to misinformation and enabled Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. “We have said all along, poor Facebook, they were unwittingly exploited by the Russians,” Pelosi said in an interview with the public radio station K.Q.E.D., adding “I think wittingly, because right now they are putting up something that they know is false,” Cecilia Kang reports at the New York Times.
Former aide to longtime Trump associate Roger Stone – Andrew Miller – appears to have given up a yearlong quest to challenge Mueller’s authority by resisting a grand jury subpoena. Miller’s arguments against Mueller did not find favor with a federal district court judge and an appeals court panel in Washington, Josh Gerstein and Natasha Bertrand report at POLITICO.
An updated list of substantive documents in cases related to the Russia investigation is provided at Just Security.
TRUMP-RUSSIA AND CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATIONS: OPINION AND ANALYSIS
Mueller’s statement yesterday was “starkly different” from the address Attorney General William Barr gave six weeks ago, Mark Mazzetti and Charlie Savage write in an account of yesterday’s events at the New York Times.
Mueller’ statement was “far from the ‘total exoneration’ that Trump has repeatedly — and falsely — claimed,” Anita Kumar writes in an analysis of the implications of yesterday’s events for the president’s position at POLITICO.
Mueller “hewed to Justice Department legal opinions that have not been tested in the courts and were rooted in past presidential crises,” Rosalind S. Helderman explains in an analysis of Mueller’s reasoning at the Washington Post.
“Mueller could have avoided much confusion and short-circuited the administration’s attempt to manipulate public opinion if he had made his statement weeks ago,” the Washington Post editorialboard argues.
Mueller advised Congress and the American public to “focus on two interlocking pieces,” Editor-in-Chief Ryan Goodman writes at Just Security, identifying “the gravity of Russia’s actions” and “the gravity of obstruction” as the two priority areas arising from yesterday’s statement.
Following Mueller’s statement Nancy Pelosi will “now be under pressure to retreat to a new line … or abandon it altogether” Edward Luce comments at the Financial Times.
Mueller’s statement was delivered using respectful and nuanced language, “but his message was clear: ‘it’s about Russia, stupid!’” Barbara McQuade comments at The Daily Beast.
A “translation” of Mueller’s “cautious language” is provided by the New York Times editorial board.
U.S.-RUSSIA RELATIONS
Russia may be conducting low-level nuclear tests to help it upgrade its nuclear arsenal, according to a new U.S. intelligence assessment. The assessment marks the first time the U.S. has said the Kremlin has failed to observe its commitments under the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, Michael R. Gordon reports at the Wall Street Journal.
“The U.S. believes Russia is probably not adhering to the nuclear testing moratorium in a manner consistent with the zero-yield standard,” Defense Intelligence Agency Director – Lt. Gen. Robert P. Ashley Jr. – told reporters yesterday at the Hudson Institute. In a question-and-answer session afterward, he stated only that Russia “has the capability” to conduct a test with a low nuclear yield, Julian E. Barnes and William J. Broad report at the New York Times.
There was no immediate response from the Russian government and the head of a body monitoring a global nuclear treaty commented there was no sign of such violations by Moscow. Head of the Russian State Duma Defense Committee Vladimir Shamanov told news agency Interfax that Ashley “could not have made a more irresponsible statement,” Reuters reports.
U.S. national security adviser John Bolton is to meet with his Israeli and Russian counterparts in Jerusalem in June to discuss regional security matters. Reuters reports.
It is not Russian [intercontinental ballistic missiles] or hypersonic vehicles that pose the greatest threat to U.S. national security – but rather Moscow’s covert influence and destabilization operations, Michael Carpenter writes in an Op-Ed at Just Security.
The TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has shifted his standards on the makeup of the Supreme Court, Carl Hulse writes at the New York Times, contrasting McConnell’s “oh, we’d fill it” comment Tuesday with his previous refrain shown regarding filling a vacancy.
McConnell will do anything to fill the Supreme Court with nominees who will answer the commands of conservative interest group – regardless of what voters decide year to year, E.J. Dionne Jr. comments at The Washington Post, arguing that “the courts are being packed, politicized and pushed hard to the right.”
The KOREAN PENINSULA
Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan states recent North Korean missile tests “are a violation of a U.N. Security Council resolution,” breaking with President Trump. Trump has repeated in recent days that he was “not bothered” by the short-range missile tests earlier this month and that he remains hopeful for diplomacy with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Tal Axelrod reports at the Hill.
North Korea yesterday accused the U.S. of showing “evil ambition” and “bad faith” in negotiations by conducting nuclear and missiles tests and military drills to defeat North Korea by force. A statement released by the North Korean foreign ministry accused U.S. officials of a “hostile scheme to stifle us by force,” adding that “the U.S. has … showcased its ulterior intention that it seeks a strength-based solution of the issues, though outwardly it advocates for dialogue,” David Brunnstrom reports at Reuters.
IRAN
U.S. national security adviser John Bolton warned Iran yesterday that any attacks in the Gulf will draw a “very strong response” from the U.S. “The point is to make it very clear to Iran and its surrogates that these kinds of action risk a very strong response from the United States,” Bolton told journalists in the U.A.E. capital, Abu Dhabi, Jon Gambrell reports at the AP.
U.S. warmongers continue to push for conflict with Iran, according to Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. Araghchi reportedly stated: “we are aware that evident elements are trying to put America into a war with Iran for their own goals,” accusing Bolton and “other warmongers” of plotting against Iran, Al Jazeera reports.
Iran will not negotiate with the U.S. over its nuclear and missile programs, according to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s website. “We said before that we will not negotiate with America, because negotiation has no benefit and carries harm,” Khamenei commented yesterday, after President Hassan Rouhani indicated talks with Washington might be possible if sanctions were lifted, Reuters reports.
“We will not negotiate over the core values of the revolution … we will not negotiate over our military capabilities,” Khameni stated, according to a state T.V. program, Reuters reports.
A U.S. military top general believes recent threats from Iran are “different” because they were “more of a campaign” than previous threats. “What’s not new are threat streams … what I would argue was qualitatively different is we saw something that was more of a campaign than an individual threat,” Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford commented, Rebecca Kheel reports at the Hill.
The Trump administration’s mission to counter Iran’s foreign policy is more likely to lead the U.S. into war “well before any showdown over a nuclear program,” according to lawmakers, former government officials and analysts. Edward Wong reports at the New York Times.
Remember the intelligence lessons of Iraq as Bolton marches to war with Iran, Peter Eisner cautions at CNN, urging the U.S. to examine Bolton’s past behavior.
Iran and Russia will remain allies with an easily defined common enemy, so long as the U.S. continues its aggressive and erratic policies in the region, Reese Erlich comments at Foreign Policy, arguing that U.S. sanctions could create new strategic alliances rather than isolating Tehran.
IRAQ
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has not yet decided whether to extend a 90-day U.S. waiver exempting Iraq from sanctions to buy energy from Iran, Reuters reports.
Two Turkish soldiers were killed yesterday in northern Iraq in a new operation against Kurdish militants, according to a statement made on Turkey’s official news agency, the AP reports.
U.S.-led airstrikes continue. U.S. and coalition forces carried out 10 airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq between April 21 and May 4 [Central Command].
SYRIA
The latest strikes in the wave of regime bombardment on the rebel-held northwestern province of Idlib killed at least 15 civilians yesterday, despite calls to halt the attacks, according to U.K.-based monitor Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Seven of yesterday’s victims were reportedly killed in an air raid on the village of Sarja, AFP reports.
The European Union (E.U.) yesterday called for a ceasefire in Idlib province and said Russia, Turkey, Iran and the Syrian government must protect civilians under siege. At least 180,000 people have fled the surge in violence, and government bombing has killed dozens in the past three weeks, Reutersreports.
U.S. forces quietly sent at least 30 suspected foreign Islamic State group (I.S.I.S.) fighters captured in Syria last year and in late 2017 to stand trial in Iraq, according to interviews with the men, Iraqi sources and court documents. The Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service (C.T.S.) have denied that the men were transferred into their custody, also denying unverified torture claims made by four of the men, Reutersreports.
ISRAEL-PALESTINE
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form a new government yesterday, triggering a new election and becoming the first elected prime minister in Israeli history unable to forge a working government. Paul Goldman reports at NBC.
“Middle East peace is only possible with the creation of a Palestinian state,” Jordan’s King Abdullah told President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner. According to a palace statement, Abdullah – who is reportedly “deeply concerned” about Trump’s long-awaited Israeli-Palestinian peace plan – told Kushner that Israel had to withdraw from the West Bank, Reuters reports.
Trump’s Israeli-Palestinian peace plan is “doomed to fail” and the Palestinian resistance movement will respond firmly to those who proposed such deal, Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards said in statement released yesterday, Reuters reports.
U.S.-TURKEY RELATIONS
An analysis of how U.S. sanctions over a Russian weapon could rattle Turkey is provided at Reuters.
Turkish-American scientist Serkan Golge – detained in Turkey for nearly three years – has been released. State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus welcomed the decision but declined to discuss why Golge was released, the AP reports.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and U.S. President Trump agreed during a phone call yesterday to meet on the sidelines of a G.20 meeting set for June 28-29 in Japan, the Turkish Presidency’s communications director announced in messages sent on Twitter. The two leaders discussed issues such as boosting mutual trade, Turkey’s planned purchase of a Russian missile defense system and “the opportunity to continue the discussion” during the G.20 summit, White House spokesperson Judd Deere said in an email. Reuters reports.
U.S. MILITARY
The White House wanted the U.S. Navy to move the warship U.S.S. John S. McCain “out of sight” ahead of President Trump’s visit to Japan, according to a May 15 email to U.S. Navy and Air Force officials. The ship was named after the father and grandfather of the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) — a frequent target of Trump’s ire — with the senator’s own name added to the ship last year, Rebecca Ballhaus and Gordon Lubold report at the Wall Street Journal.
Trump denied knowing anything about the request, sending a message on Twitter claiming that he “was not informed about anything” related to the ship. The Navy Chief of Information also sent a messageclaiming that the ship’s name “was not obscured,” also adding that “the Navy is proud of that ship, its crew, its namesake and its heritage” although not denying that an initial request had been made, the BBC reports.
“Trump is a child who will always be deeply threatened by the greatness of mydads incredible life,” McCain’s daughter Meghan McCain stated in a message on Twitter, adding “there is a lot of criticism of how much I speak about my dad, but nine months since he passed, Trump won’t let him RIP … so I have to stand up for him … it makes my grief unbearable,” Colby Itkowitz, Dan Lamothe and Josh Dawsey report at the Washington Post.
A critique of Defense Dept General Counsel Ney’s recent remarks on the law of war is provided by Adil Ahmad Haque at Just Security.
OTHER DEVELOPMENTS
A mutual defense cooperation deal between the U.S. and the U.A.E came into force yesterday, amid increasing tensions between Washington and Tehran. Al Jazeera reports.
At least six people have been killed – and six injured – in a suicide bomb attack today in the Afghan capital. The explosion took place near an Afghan military training center after the attacker was prevented from entering the Marshal Fahim National Defense University, according to an anonymous official, Reuters reports.
China has stepped up efforts to design and manufacture chips itself rather than buy from the U.S., in response to the threat of U.S. sanctions in its high-tech industry.
“Now the U.S. has made a full-on strike on Huawei with no concrete evidence … the chip industry has fully realized the importance [of self-sufficiency],” chief analyst at Shanghai-based semiconductor research company ICWise – Gu Wenjun – commented, Yuan Yang, Nian Liu and Sue-Lin Wong report at Financial Times.
Venezuelan opposition leader and self-declared interim president Juan Guaidó has vowed to press ahead with street protests, after talks with government officials hosted by Norway ended yesterday without progress towards resolving the country’s political crisis, Reuters reports.
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In morning tweets, the president also seemingly acknowledged that Russia helped him get elected.
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