2025-07-18: Trump Roundup

So far today: 2025-07-18 2:22pm GMT

John Feffer (2025-07-18). Trump's About Face on Ukraine. counterpunch.org He promised to end the war in 24 hours. He made nice with Russian President Vladimir Putin and parroted Kremlin talking points. He humiliated Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky in front of the cameras in the Oval Office. He refused to send more weapons to Ukraine. But that was the old Donald Trump. The new Donald

W. T. Whitney (2025-07-18). Panamanian Unionists Reject US Claim on Canal, Government Wavers. counterpunch.org President Trump mentioned Panama in his inaugural address on January 20. He indicated the Canal "has foolishly been given to the country of Panama." And "China is operating the Panama Canal. And we didn't give it to China." He added that, "the spirit of our treaty has been totally violated. American ships are being severely

Daniel Warner (2025-07-18). The Bully Pulpit Reveals Trump's Bullying the Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Palestine. counterpunch.org President Theodore Roosevelt often referred to the term "bully pulpit" to mean he would use the country's highest office to present his program. "Bully," at the time, was positive, as in wonderful or sublime. President Trump and his subordinates have revealed during their time occupying the nation's highest pulpit that they are bullies in the

Global Research News (2025-07-18). This Week's Most Popular Articles. globalresearch.ca

Joan Subirats (2025-07-18). The City We Can Call Ours. counterpunch.org The deafening racket we're getting here in Spain from US politics or, more like it, from Donald Trump's chaotic and volatile presidency, tends to drown out other signals we're getting. In this situation of the Trump administration's blind developmentalism and explicit refusal to accept any limits or to engage in mature consideration of the policies

Seth Sandronsky (2025-07-18). Trump's Anti-Education Agenda. counterpunch.org The Supreme Court's green light to the Trump administration to destroy the federal Department of Education via mass firings is an anti-working-class agenda. To be clear, I define the working class as the majority of U.S. society, born in America or abroad, the 99 percent that the Occupy Movement popularized. See the current political economy of

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