The U.S. and Global Security Review - Blog by Michael Novakhov

Text and Links Update:  9.16.16 In Defense of Jim Comey: Politico's Bizarrely Shoddy Attack on the FBI Director - Lawfare :  "Politico should give some serious thought to how it came to publish this piece. The facts it reports do not remotely support the conclusion the article puts forth. And at least a few big facts the article contains are also not true. An after-action report on this journalistic train wreck would be valuable ."  M.N.: This "shoddiness" betrays the Trump's " Russian   Baroque " style. I just smell it.  The coordinated political attack on the FBI Director might indicate that Mr. Trump, his camp, and the Russians lurking behind them, want to remove or neutralize Mr. Comey as the guardian of the American democratic process and free elections.  News - Riley Roberts - Google Search ___________________________________________ In defense of Mr. Comey, not that he needs it, but out of fairness.  In the circumstanc

"The problem of overseas conflicts emerges from the nature of Trump’s business in recent years. Much of the public believes Trump is a hugely successful developer, a television personality and a failed casino operator. But his primary business deals for almost a decade have been a quite different endeavor. The GOP nominee is essentially a licensor who leverages his celebrity into streams of cash from partners from all over the world. The business model for Trump’s company started to change around 2007, after he became the star of NBC’s  The Apprentice , which boosted his national and international fame. Rather than constructing Trump’s own hotels, office towers and other buildings, much of his business involved striking deals with overseas developers who pay his company for the right to slap his name on their buildings. (The last building constructed by Trump with his name on it is the Trump-SoHo hotel and condominium project, completed in 2007.) In public statements, Trump