Columnists

Donald Trump’s signature issue is immigration. When asked by the New York Times what he would accomplish during his first 100 days as President, Trump responded: “rescind Obama’s executive orders on immigration,” design the wall with Mexico, and ensure “the immigration ban on Muslims would be in place.” Trump’s immigration policy has five pillars.

Immigrants are dangerous: A January NBC News poll found that 34 percent of Republicans thought “terrorism” was the biggest issue facing the US; another 13 percent said it was “immigration.” Trump has linked these two issues and staked out a position so extreme it outflanked the other GOP contenders, making him the presumptive Republican nominee.

In his June 15th announcement speech Trump said: -more-

Acceptance of "what is" constitutes a large part of numerous religious and meditative traditions. Acceptance on an emotional level is very practical, because it allows individuals to work for change from a reality-based and nonviolent place. While certainly, anger has its uses, so does acceptance. I believe it is possible to be angry and in acceptance at the same time. This means that you acknowledge the reality you face, you are angry about it, but you are not creating violence of word or deed in your attempt to make things better. -more-

Since Hugo Chávez's death in 2013, Venezuela under Nicolás Maduro, Chávez's hand-picked successor, is facing economic and political turmoil. To keep fading Chavismo alive, Venezuela has turned to the Castro brothers for help and probably is getting more than it asked for. As Venezuela's former ambassador to the United Nations, Diego Arria, put it: “Venezuela is an occupied country. The Venezuelan regime is a puppet controlled by the Cubans. It is no longer Cuban tutelage; it is control.” -more-