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Reuters (March 16)

2018/ 03/ 18 by jd in Global News

“Simmering fears of a global trade war. An embarrassing political scandal in Japan. Rapid job-turnover inside the White House and the threat of faster interest rate hikes in the United States….” Yet somehow “markets have brushed aside risks and recurring bad news on geopolitics to stay focused on positive macro-economic cues.”

 

New York Times (October 5)

2017/ 10/ 06 by jd in Global News

“Another day, another embarrassing foreign policy circus in the nation’s capital that can only further erode trust in American leadership at home and abroad.” President Trump undercut Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, raising “doubts among world leaders about whether he represents the president’s true intentions.”  While Tillerson has his own faults, “those weaknesses are nothing compared to those of an inexperienced, self-absorbed, bombastic and impulsive president.”

 

USA Today (March 29)

2016/ 03/ 30 by jd in Global News

“We thought the race for president couldn’t get any cruder or more embarrassing…. that was not the case.” Trump and Cruz have moved standards lower and lower. “Today’s grade-school political repartee makes us long for the days when candidates were classy instead of crude.” The majority of Republicans “are embarrassed by their party’s race for the White House.” But “it’s not just Republicans—Americans are embarrassed. If only the candidates were.”

 

Washington Post (March 4)

2016/ 03/ 04 by jd in Global News

Thursday, March 3 “will go down as the most embarrassing day in the history of U.S. presidential politics.” During the Detroit GOP debate, candidates hit new lows in public discourse with unrestrained vulgarity that made this “presidential politics’ worst day ever.”

 

Washington Post (December 11)

2014/ 12/ 12 by jd in Global News

“To get a taste for the havoc possible in today’s digital world, consider the recent cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment.” The massive 100 terabytes of stolen data has revealed “embarrassing details about executive salaries and secret movie negotiations—but the hack is also a worrisome moment in ­cybersecurity…. It is now a fact that many of the world’s most powerful nations are building cyberforces, either directly or with mercenary proxies. This is creating a cyberspace with plenty of risks.”

 

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