Donald Trump is trying to pay for whatever government continues to exist in the USA with war munitions. At a time when the global community wanted a greater peace with the Small Arms Treaty, Trump has decided the USA is in the arms business. The USA has no right to complain when episodes of violence cause problems in the world when it is becoming a key contributor to that violence.
Iran is stated to be a state sponsor of terrorism, then what is the USA under Turmp? Is he going to declare an emergency wherever it is profitable to sell American munitions? He is an irresponsible president with nothing on his mind except money. The ability of the USA to produce military hardware is a candy store for Trump's idea of wealth.
26 April 2019
By David Smith
Donald Trump has announced (click here) that the US will withdraw its support for a United Nations treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar global arms trade.
Iran is stated to be a state sponsor of terrorism, then what is the USA under Turmp? Is he going to declare an emergency wherever it is profitable to sell American munitions? He is an irresponsible president with nothing on his mind except money. The ability of the USA to produce military hardware is a candy store for Trump's idea of wealth.
26 April 2019
By David Smith
Donald Trump has announced (click here) that the US will withdraw its support for a United Nations treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar global arms trade.
Addressing the National Rifle Association (NRA) in Indianapolis, the president said he would revoke America’s status as a signatory of the arms trade treaty regulating conventional weapons including small arms, battle tanks, combat aircraft and warships.
“My administration will never ratify the UN arms trade treaty,” Trump said. “We’re taking our signature back. The United Nations will soon receive a formal notice that America is rejecting this treaty.”Trump added: “Under my administration, we will never surrender American sovereignty to anyone. We will never allow foreign bureaucrats to trample on your second amendment freedom. I’m officially announcing today that the United States will be revoking the effect of America’s signature from this badly misguided treaty.”...
