LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell The U.S. has detected signs that China is preparing for a military crisis on the peninsula, a U.S. defense official revealed Thursday. China has put People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) land-attack, cruise-missile capable bombers “on high alert,” an official told CNN, adding that analysis suggests the Chinese…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Michael Bastasch China and several other countries are badgering the Trump administration for answers on how they plan to fulfill former President Barack Obama’s pledge to cut emissions as part of the Paris climate agreement. China asked the White House how the U.S. intends to meet Obama’s pledge after…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By: Elias Atienza Libertarian-leaning Republican Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) says that he agrees with President Donald Trump‘s decision to include China on the current tension going on with North Korea. “They’re a socialist economy. They don’t produce enough food to feed themselves, sort of an inhospitable place, it’s cold and…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jonah Bennett Almost two dozen representatives from both sides of the aisle led by GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter are urging President Donald Trump to approve sales of the MQ-9 Reaper drone to Jordan and the United Arab Emirates. In a letter sent Monday and obtained by The Daily Caller…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell The Trump administration believes China will resolve the crisis on the Korean Peninsula, but Beijing’s thinking is not aligned with that of Washington. “It’s a very dangerous situation, and China can end it very quickly in my opinion,” President Donald Trump told Reuters in February. “I think China has tremendous control over…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Chinese media, specifically Xinhua, erroneously reported that North Korea had fired a missile or projectile, a story that was picked up by other other outlets such as Bloomberg according to Zero Hedge. Xinhua is the official press of the Chinese government, which means that anything coming from them should be taken seriously. However, according…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell North Korea’s indigenous missile program is advancing rapidly, but it looks like they’ve had some help from their friends. The North carried out around two dozen rocket and ballistic missile tests last year, and so far this year, it has launched at least seven. They are making…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell China has reportedly put its military on alert for a possible crisis in Korea. Beijing is calling for calm, but the situation on the peninsula is extremely tense. Evidence suggests that North Korea may be preparing for a sixth nuclear test, and President Donald Trump’s posture in the wake…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck WikiLeaks has now released over six hundred documents that claim to show the CIA goes through great lengths to disguise its own hacking as Russian, Chinese, and North Korean activity. The Daily Mail reports: The 676 files released today are part of WikiLeaks’ Vault 7 tranche…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell President Donald Trump called out North Korea for its bad behavior in an early morning tweet Friday. Since Trump took office, North Korea has fired off five ballistic missiles, one of which was a new type of solid-fueled, mid-range ballistic missile, and commercial satellite imagery shows extensive…