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What did Trump mean when he mentioned "extortion money" for North Korea?
In a recent tweet, Trump said:
The U.S. has been talking to North Korea, and paying them extortion
money, for 25 years. Talking is not the answer!
But I don't get it, what does he mean with "extortion money"?
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For what stated reasons (not opinion) is classical communism antagonistic towards the bourgeoisie more than the aristocracy?
I am not extremely familiar with the intricacies of Marxist ideology but many of these articles seem to suggest that classical Communist ideology perceives the bourgeoisie as the 'real enemy of the proletariat', even though these political…
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Why is the US seen as the sworn enemy to the DPRK when there were many other belligerents involved in the Korean War?
According to Wikipedia, there were many belligerents on the South Korean side involved in the war. This includes The UK, France, Australia, Canada, Greece and many, many others.
Why, then, is there so much more hatred towards the US when other…
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Why do the Saudis want Al-Jazeera to be shut down?
Saudi Arabia-led bloc asks Qatar to shut Al Jazeera, close a
Turkish army base and scale down Iran ties within 10 days.
Why do the Saudis want Al-Jazeera to be shut down?
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Can Iran sue US for the coup or its results?
According to The Guardian,
The CIA has publicly admitted for the first time that it was behind the notorious 1953 coup against Iran's democratically elected prime minister Mohammad Mosaddeq, [...].
After that, Shah returns to power and during the…
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Who can fire the special counsel appointed by the Justice Department?
There have been unconfirmed speculations that Trump might fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller who was appointed to investigate “any links and/or coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of President…
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What is Trump's plan to get the United States out of trillions in debt?
The debt is now close to 20 trillion dollars.
What are Trump's main strategies to reduce this debt?
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Can a US President and Vice President both be impeached in one process?
...OR in other words, is there a scenario where the President gets forced out in a way that prevents the Vice President from succeeding him or her?
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How do politicians on the Left side of the political spectrum reconcile the need to protect workers with the support for immigration?
As far as I understand, politicians on the Left side of the spectrum generally support increased welfare, strong regulation for workers rights, high minimum wage, etc. At the same time, many Left-wing politicians support increased immigration - both…
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What significance does the announcement that Marine Le Pen is momentarily stepping aside as the leader of France's "Front National" have?
I have read that Marine Le Pen has announced that she will momentarily step aside from her role as the leader of France's Front National (FN) political party.
How does this have any relevance for the current presidential elections?
It is mentioned…
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What incentives (or stated motives) did the US have to attack Syria?
What were the motives stated for for the US attacking Syria or incentives to do that?
It doesn't seem like there was any immediate threat from Syria to the US. (After all, they neither have ICBM's nor a blue water navy to be able to attack the US.)…
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What evidence is there that the Assad regime was responsible for the chemical attack in April 2017?
What intelligence / information has been released so far that supports the hypothesis that the chemical attack was conducted by the Syrian government?
Isn't it a very complex scenario with many rebel groups and ISIS all in a power struggle? Wouldn't…
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Can a TV station refuse a politically oriented advertisement which does not comply with its editorial line?
John Oliver said in his last Sunday show (12th February) that he paid several TV channels to broadcast an advertisement obviously making fun of Mr Trump (around 21:40, toward the end of the video). The message is to be sent as a commercial…
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Why is recent international (Europe, N-America, …) Islamist terrorism exclusively perpetrated by Sunnis?
According to the Global Terrorism Database, the number of terrorist attacks with fatalities in Western Europe has recently started to rise for the first time since the 1970s:
Source: Global Terrorism Database
Going through the list at GTB reveals…
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Why do the USA and the European Union treat GMOs so differently?
According to the sources cited within this paragraph, there is a scientific consensus that "currently available food derived from GM crops poses no greater risk to human health than conventional food, but that each GM food needs to be tested on a…
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