... this will not stop fanatics such as Schiff and Nadler from continuing to beat the drums for impeachment, as Russiagate has never really been about Trump or his campaign committing impeachable acts. The underlying issue, which was not addressed by those Republicans at the hearings who were defending Trump [
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] is his commitment to break from the post-Cold War unilateralist paradigm, which under his predecessors G.W. Bush and B. Obama, escalated a geopolitical divide between the U.S., and Russia and ...
... Perhaps a change in the trajectory of U.S.-Russia relations was still possible in January 2017, but the mistakes had a significant cumulative effect that obliterated the modest chance of such change.
First, Russia was incredibly insensitive to American accusations of interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. This meddling – regardless of whether or not it actually occurred – served as a powerful factor to mobilize all anti-Russian political forces in the United States. In fact, it did more ...
... result, in spite of Trump’s constant Twitter posts or statements at press-conferences in support of the new bill, the document could never pass the Senate. Moreover, at the voting which many Americans tagged as “historical” with the result 57-43, 9 Republicans did not support the President. The list included such “political heavyweight” as Susan Collins and John McCain. The latter even came to the Senate in spite of cerebral tumour treatment, fueling the blaze of the debates among the Republicans about the future of the public health care system in the U.S.
In this manner, one of Trump’s ...
... legislating the cybersecurity dimension and establishment of an anti-hacking mechanism. Quite innovative appears to have been his proposal to invite immigrants for training in the information security professions and give them a chance to stay in the USA, thus filling the nation's demand for cybersecurity experts.
Jeb became visible during his short-lived run for linking cybersecurity and national security with a detailed examination of all domestic and external aspects.
Notably, the United States ...
... that he could make others respect him and restore respect for the United States, something Barack Obama had failed to do.
Other Republicans made rather tough statements. Neurosurgeon Ben Carson said in the first debate, that Ukraine “got rid of its ... ...,” “conduct regular and aggressive military exercises in the Baltic states” and “probably send a few thousand more troops into Germany.” Carly Fiorina saw no point in negotiations with Vladimir Putin and believed that a demonstration ...
... in putting an end to the Obama presidency.
By winning in November, the Republicans would like to go beyond rendering Mr. Obama a lame duck, but also to utterly discredit him as the first black politician rising to American presidency. The repeated accusations of violations of the U.S. Constitution are not just campaign spin, but something with fairly definite post-election aftereffects. In winning Congress, the Republicans might as well attempt to impeach Mr. Obama, as was the case in 1998 with Bill Clinton in his sixth presidential year. Such a scenario might be fraught with a total paralysis of the government process until 2016, with significant foreign policy ...
