2026-02-14: Trump Roundup

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| AFP | (2026-02-14). Europe calls for US reset at security talks. tribune.com.pk European leaders on Friday called for a reset in relations with the United States as they gathered at a major security conference overshadowed by President Donald Trump's repeated broadsides against traditional transatlantic ties. | German Chancellor Friedrich Merz urged "a new transatlantic partnership," while French President Emmanuel Macron called for "a strong Europe" as more than 60 leaders convened for the annual Munich Security Conference. | British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is set to tell the conference on Saturday that Europe is "a sleeping giant" that must rely less on the United States for its def…

Kester Kenn Klomegah (2026-02-14). Board of Peace: Why Putin and Lukashenko Refused to Attend. moderndiplomacy.eu Russian president Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko have planned to skip the first meeting of the Board of Peace, established by US President Donald Trump during the World Economic Forum in Geneva, Switzerland. The Board of Peace, established by US President Donald Trump to settle the conflict in Gaza, is set to …

Staff (2026-02-14). Trump says Iran regime change could be as second carrier heads to Middle East. haaretz.com

| Reuters | (2026-02-14). US military says it struck a vessel in Caribbean, killing three. tribune.com.pk The US military said in a social media post that it had struck a vessel in the Caribbean on Friday, killing three people, the latest such incident in recent months. | President Donald Trump's administration has touted its success at taking out suspected drug trafficking vessels in the area. | The military said in a post on X that the vessel was "engaged in narco-trafficking operations". | Reuters could not immediately verify the information. | Read: US moving second carrier to ME as Iran tensions build | Earlier, Pentagon was sending an aircraft carrier from the Caribbean to the Middle East, US officials said…

Martha Grevatt (2026-02-14). Ohio demonstrations for Haitian migrants: 'Defend and expand protected status!'. workers.org Hundreds of people demonstrated in Cleveland on Feb. 7 against threats to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian immigrants previously protected from deportation. This issue impacts 15,000 Haitians living in Springfield, Ohio, and another 30,000 in Central Ohio who are threatened with deportation after President Donald Trump announced . . . |

Martha Rios (2026-02-14). Organizaciones sindicales del mundo reiteran solidaridad con Cuba. radiohc.cu Decenas de organizaciones gremiales y sindicales de más de 10 países reafirmaron este viernes su respaldo a la mayor isla de las Antillas en encuentro de solidaridad realizado desde la sede de la Central de Trabajadores de Cuba (CTC), en La Habana. | Mediante videoconferencia, los representantes de los colectivos extendieron, desde México, Canadá, España, Argentina y Estados Unidos, entre otras naciones, el apoyo al pueblo cubano ante el recrudecimiento y persecución energética de la administración Trump. | Osnay Miguel Colina Rodríguez, presidente de la Comisión Organizadora del XXII Congreso de la CTC, evidenci…

| Reuters | (2026-02-14). Trump administration sued for attempting to overhaul public golf course in Washington. tribune.com.pk A non-profit organisation and two residents in Washington sued President Donald Trump's administration on Friday seeking to stop its attempted overhaul of a more than a century-old public golf course, a court filing showed. | Since taking office in January 2025, Trump has targeted US cultural and historical institutions – from museums and monuments to national parks and arts centres – in an attempt to reshape them. | Late last year, the Trump administration cancelled a lease held by the National Links Trust to oversee three public golf courses in Washington DC, giving a fresh opportunity for Trump to put his s…

Revolution Books (2026-02-14). Friday 2/13: Trump Sets the Stage to Steal the Next Election. indybay.org Revolution Books | 2444 Durant Avenue | Berkeley, Ca.

Staff (2026-02-14). Trump Confirms Future Venezuela Visit as US is Forced to Negotiate With Chavismo. orinocotribune.com Caracas ( In a message shared on social media on Friday, Rodríguez commented on her Thursday tour of Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) and Chevron oil…

hindustantimes (2026-02-14). Donald Trump hails Venezuela raid troops, jokes with families at Fort Bragg. hindustantimes.com U.S. President Donald Trump honored members of the special forces who stormed into Venezuela last month and whisked away Nicolás Maduro, the leader of the South American country, to face drug smuggling charges in the United States. Trump spoke at Fort Bragg, one of the largest military bases in the world by population. The president was up for a bit of joshing in a speech to military families at Fort Bragg in North Carolina ⚪ though it wasn't quite clear how his jokes landed. Watch for more…

WSWS (2026-02-14). Trump administration rescinds EPA Endangerment Finding: Corporate America's license to kill. wsws.org The rescission of the 2009 Endangerment Finding marks a declaration by the capitalist class that there will be no restrictions on its ability to pollute the environment, regardless of the consequences in human lives.

hindustantimes (2026-02-14). Donald Trump hints Iran regime change, as US forces weighs military action. hindustantimes.com U.S. President Donald Trump said on February 13 that a change in power in Iran "would be the best thing that could happen" as the U.S. administration weighs whether to take military action against Tehran. Trump made the comments shortly after visiting with troops in Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, and after he confirmed earlier in the day that he's deploying a second aircraft carrier group to the Mideast for potential military action against Iran. Watch for more…

Editor (2026-02-14). Too Late, Mr. Trump. You Cannot Undo the Multi-Racial, Multi-National Real America. scheerpost.com By Mitchell Zimmerman for Informed Comment Notice to Donald Trump and his MAGA myrmidons: It's too late by centuries to turn the United States of American "back" into the ethnically homogenous nation for white people which it never was. And that's nothing to be disappointed about. Most Americans aren't swallowing your so-called jokes depicting African-Americans …

| AFP | (2026-02-14). Trump says change of power in Iran would be 'best thing'. tribune.com.pk US President Donald Trump said Friday that a change of government in Iran would be "the best thing that could happen," as he ordered a second aircraft carrier to the Middle East to increase military pressure on the Islamic Republic. | Trump's remarks were his most explicit call yet for the removal of Iran's clerical leadership, as he presses Tehran to strike a deal limiting its nuclear program. | "Seems like that would be the best thing that could happen," Trump told reporters at Fort Bragg when asked if he wanted regime change in Iran. | He declined to name a successor to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, saying o…

The Conversation (2026-02-14). Serious Court Challenges May Reverse the Trump EPA's Revocation of 2009 CO2 Endangerment Finding. juancole.com By (The Conversation) — In 2009 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency formally declared that greenhouse gas emissions, including from vehicles and industry, endanger public health and welfare. The decision, known as the

aljazeera (2026-02-14). Trump threatens an executive order to mandate voter IDs before elections. aljazeera.com The US president's message comes as part of a broader push to increase federal control of the election process.

Editor (2026-02-14). From Civil Rights to Political Retribution: Trump's Escalating War on Harvard. scheerpost.com Posted By Joshua Scheer What began as a civil rights probe has metastasized into a naked political shakedown, with the White House demanding up to $1 billion from Harvard while threatening criminal prosecution and cutting research lifelines. The Trump administration's war on higher education has entered its next predictable phase: sue first, subpoena everything, and …

Indivisible SF (2026-02-14). Saturday 3/7: Trump Regime Takedown (every Saturday). indybay.org corner of Van Ness and O'Farrell St, San Francisco…

Bobscheer (2026-02-14). Like Melania Doc, WaPo Layoffs Are Another Way for Bezos to Suck Up to Trump. scheerpost.com By Pete Tucker for FAIR As rumors of imminent layoffs swirled around the Washington Post newsroom late last month, Post owner Jeff Bezos was unavailable for comment; he and his wife, Lauren Sánchez, were too busy enjoying Paris Fashion Week. Meanwhile, just blocks from…

Bloomberg (2026-02-14). US paid US$35 million to deport 300 to remote islands, African nations. scmp.com The Trump administration spent more than US$35 million to deport roughly 300 migrants to countries they had no connection to, doling out millions of dollars in lump sum transfers to foreign governments without a system to track how the money was used, according to a report released on Friday. | The figures from Senate Foreign Relations Committee Democrats average out to a cost of roughly US$116,666 per person deported. In Rwanda, which received seven deportees, the total cost reached about US$1.1…

Ana Cristina Carvalhaes, Israel Dutra, Joà£o Machado, Manuel Rodríguez Banchs (2026-02-14). In defence of Cuba against the neocolonial blockade and starvation imposed by Trump. links.org.au Ana Cristina Carvalhaes, Israel Dutra, Joà£o Machado & Manuel Rodríguez Banchs — This is not "just" a war against Cuba and its revolutionary tradition but a war against the sovereignty of all Latin American countries and Latino peoples within the US.

Lynda Carson (2026-02-14). Inherit the nukes, a threat of radiation, terror, and death. indybay.org The convicted felon President Donald J. Trump wants to have nuclear bomb testing in the U.S. again.

geo.tv (2026-02-14). Trump says Iran regime change could be 'best thing' as second carrier heads to Middle East. geo.tv The world's largest aircraft carrier, the US Navy nuclear-powered Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford , arrives in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands, on December 1, 2025. — Reuters

Agence France-Presse (2026-02-14). 3 dead as US launches new strike on suspected drug boat in Caribbean. scmp.com The US military said on Friday it killed three alleged drug traffickers in a strike on a boat in the Caribbean. | The attack raises the death toll from the Trump administration's strikes on alleged drug boats to 133 people in at least 38 attacks carried out since early September in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean. | "Three narcoterrorists were killed during this action. No US military forces were harmed," US Southern Command said in a statement on social media.

Mark Magnier (2026-02-14). Partial US government shutdown throws Congress into turmoil again. scmp.com The US Government experienced its second shutdown in four months on Saturday, as funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) halted, underscoring Washington's growing partisanship and dysfunction. | But in an ironic twist, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, at the centre of the Congressional showdown, will continue to operate despite being part of DHS, given its independent source of funding. In an unprecedented move, US President Donald Trump's administration has allocated at…

Editor (2026-02-14). Greenland Is Not for Sale: An Indigenous Activist Speaks Out Against the US. scheerpost.com In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we're doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a Donald Trump's second presidency has been defined by lawless, fascist actions at home and imperial ambitions and performative militarism ab…

aljazeera (2026-02-14). Danish PM says more Greenland talks due after meeting US's Marco Rubio. aljazeera.com New opinion poll finds seven in 10 US adults disapprove of President Donald Trump's handling of Greenland issue.

Editor (2026-02-14). Iran war described as 'biggest opportunity' at US oil lobby's DC summit. scheerpost.com By Max Blumenthal for the Grazyzone An attendee told The Grayzone that oil industry heavyweights were less excited about Trump's Venezuela policy, privately complaining about the President's aggressive push to restart their operations. When the American Petroleum Institute (API) gathered oil industry leaders and lobbyists for a "State of American Energy" summit on January 16, 2026, the …

Bobscheer (2026-02-14). Trump's EPA decides climate change doesn't endanger public health — the evidence says otherwise. scheerpost.com Rising global temperatures are increasing the risk of heat stroke on hot days, among many other human harms. Ronda Churchill/AFP via Getty Images Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison The Trump administration took a major step in its efforts to unravel …

ecns.cn (2026-02-14). Cambodia intensifies nationwide crackdown on telecom fraud, advances new legislation. ecns.cn Cambodia has intensified a nationwide crackdown on telecom and online fraud, repatriating thousands of foreign nationals and pushing forward new legislation to strengthen its legal framework against cross-border scams.

UMMID (2026-02-14). What makes Chinese airports different from others. ummid.com From Shanghai to Xi'an, and from Xi'an to Beijing, Chinese airports appear markedly different from those in advanced capitalist and developing countries.

ICRC (2026-02-14). Oman: ICRC and Ministry of Defense Conclude Advanced IHL Training. icrc.org

Martha Rios (2026-02-14). Provincia cubana de Mayabeque preparada y lista para defenderse del enemigo. radiohc.cu El vicepresidente del Consejo de Defensa Nacional, Salvador Valdés Mesa participó en el Ejercicio Defensivo Territorial en Mayabeque y constató avances en el polo productivo de Gamarra. | Durante la jornada del Día Nacional de la Defensa se ejercitaron las fuerzas y medios de los Consejos de Defensa de Zona y sus grupos de trabajo, con prácticas de tiro, primeros auxilios, lanzamiento de granada e instalación de minas antitanque y antipersonales. | En el área de cohesión combativa se incrementaron los niveles de preparación de las Brigadas de Producción y Defensa, mientras las Milicias de Tropas Territoriales rea…

aljazeera (2026-02-14). US ends temporary protected status for Yemeni refugees, asylum seekers. aljazeera.com Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has determined it is safe for Yemenis to return to their war-torn country.

Anoa Changa-Peck (2026-02-13). SAVE And MEGA Acts Could Help Trump Take Over Our Elections. newsone.com Source: Drazen Zigic / Getty | The proposed SAVE America Act and

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