Donald J Trump

President Trump has found a friend in the Department of Justice in Attorney General Barr, and more than 1,100 ex-DOJ employees are not interested in this succumbing by the department, and have called for the resignation of Barr on Sunday.

After a rough week at the department, the former employees believes that the Attorney General is doing the bidding of President Trump. In a letter signed by the former employees, it reads "Although there are times when political leadership appropriately weighs in on individual prosecutions, it is unheard of for the Department’s top leaders to overrule line prosecutors, who are following established policies, in order to give preferential treatment to a close associate of the President, as Attorney General Barr did in the Stone case".

The former employees are also calling that the current employees must also speak to "report future abuses", in the document collected by a bipartisan group,Protect Democracy  is known for criticism of President Trump. The ex-employees added,  "it falls to the Department’s career officials to take appropriate action to uphold their oaths of office and defend nonpartisan, apolitical justice. The rule of law and the survival of our Republic demand nothing less."

Barr has shown his loyalty to President Trump, and has done the President bidding, especially interviewing, and ordering a review of some of the President political associates. Four prosecutors who have been working on the Roger Stone case recently withdrew from the case after President Trump tweeted that the seven to nine year sentence recommendation for the case is a “miscarriage of justice.”

Barr has also recommended a review of the Trump former security adviser, Michael Flynn case by the  St. Louis’s top federal prosecutor, while awaiting trial for lying to the FBI.

The F.B.I have started an investigation on the U.S President Donald Trump on whether he is a secret agent working for the Russian government. The investigation started days after Trump fired F.B.I director, James Comey for his investigation into Russia meddling in the U.S election.

The intelligent investigators are looking to see if Trump has fallen under Russia influence, and also if his actions could constitute a threat to National security. The president suspicious activities during the 2016 elections had raised an alarm of the president if he was working for the Russians ,and also when he later said he had fired Comey because he was tied to the Russia investigation.

The special investigation also part of the Robert Mueller investigation, it is unclear if Mueller is still pursuing the investigation as some law enforcement official believes that the investigation is an example of agents overstepping their power of investigation.

According to former F.B.I James A. Barker, if the President had fired Comey to stop the Russia investigation, that would mean the the Bureau would not understand how Moscow had integrated itself into the election, and how many Americans had conspired to join Russia to meddle into the election.

Since the investigation, there have been no evidence that proves Trump ties to Russia and also no evidence that says that the president get his direction from the Russian government. 

Mr Trump's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani tried to dismiss the investigation and said “The fact that it goes back a year and a half and nothing came of it that showed a breach of national security means they found nothing,” and he is yet to hear of any investigation from the bureau about the investigation.

US Defense secretary, James Mattis has announced he will be leaving the position come February 2019, after Mattis cities policies differences with the US President Donald Trump. In the letter released by the secretary, he stated that America power lies in his allies, and the President has not given much credence to his allies.

In a letter, Mattis did not follow the old-fashion of letter writing that praises President before announcing their resignation, instead Mattis rebuke the President, writing; "Because you have a right to a Secretary of Defense whose views are better aligned with yours on these and other subjects, I believe it is right for me to step down from my position. Because you have a right to a Secretary of Defense whose views are better aligned with yours on these and other subjects, I believe it is right for me to step down from my position."

The news of the resignation comes after Trump claims victory for the war in Syria, and have announced that American troops will now return back home, a move that his party members, and defense officials have kicked against.

Read the letter of Mattis resignation;

   Dear Mr. President:
I have been privileged to serve as our country's 26th Secretary of Defense which has allowed me to serve alongside our men and women of the Department in defense of our citizens and our ideals.
I am proud of the progress that has been made over the past two years on some of the key goals articulated in our National Defense Strategy: putting the Department on a more sound budgetary footing, improving readiness and lethality in our forces, and reforming the Department's business practices for greater performance. Our troops continue to provide the capabilities needed to prevail in conflict and sustain strong U.S. global influence.

One core belief I have always held is that our strength as a nation is inextricably linked to the strength of our unique and comprehensive system of alliances and partnerships. While the US remains the indispensable nation in the free world, we cannot protect our interests or serve that role effectively without maintaining strong alliances and showing respect to those allies. Like you, I have said from the beginning that the armed forces of the United States should not be the policeman of the world. Instead, we must use all tools of American power to provide for the common defense, including providing effective leadership to our alliances. NATO's 29 democracies demonstrated that strength in their commitment to fighting alongside us following the 9-11 attack on America. The Defeat-ISIS coalition of 74 nations is further proof.
Similarly, I believe we must be resolute and unambiguous in our approach to those countries whose strategic interests are increasingly in tension with ours. It is clear that China and Russia, for example, want to shape a world consistent with their authoritarian model - gaining veto authority over other nations' economic, diplomatic, and security decisions - to promote their own interests at the expense of their neighbors, America and our allies. That is why we must use all the tools of American power to provide for the common defense.

My views on treating allies with respect and also being clear-eyed about both malign actors and strategic competitors are strongly held and informed by over four decades of immersion in these issues. We must do everything possible to advance an international order that is most conducive to our security, prosperity and values, and we are strengthened in this effort by the solidarity of our alliances.

Because you have the right to have a Secretary of Defense whose views are better aligned with yours on these and other subjects, I believe it is right for me to step down from my position. The end date for my tenure is February 28, 2019, a date that should allow sufficient time for a successor to be nominated and confirmed as well as to make sure the Department's interests are properly articulated and protected at upcoming events to include Congressional posture hearings and the NATO Defense Ministerial meeting in February. Further, that a full transition to a new Secretary of Defense occurs well in advance of the transition of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in September in order to ensure stability Within the Department.

I pledge my full effort to a smooth transition that ensures the needs and interests of the 2.15 million Service Members and 732,079 DoD civilians receive undistracted attention of the Department at all times so that they can fulfill their critical, round-the-clock mission to protect the American people.

I very much appreciate this opportunity to serve the nation and our men and women in uniform.

The attack on journalists in 2018 has increased, and more this has shown increase in hatred for free press, this includes an increase in verbal attack from the United States President Donald Trump and also the killing of Washington post reporter, Jamal Khashoggi, a royal insider who became a critic of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Saudi Arabia.

There has been an increase of 15% above last year killing of journalists, and 63 journalists have been reported killed in 2018.The number is said to increase to 80 if media workers and citizens journalists are included in the figure. This is a report by the group, reporters without borders.

According to a PDF report released by the group, the five deadliest countries for journalists includes, United States, India and Mexico. This is the first time United States is included in this list after the killing of five employees of Capital Gazette newspaper in July.

The three most deadliest countries before now includes Syria, Afghanistan and Mexico. 

At this time, 348 journalists were being detained worldwide, compared to 2017, which was 326.  China, Turkey, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Egypt are the country with the highest number of journalists detained.

U.S. President Donald Trump has canceled high talk with North Korean leader, Kim Jong-Un, accusing the North Korean leader of "tremendous anger and open hostility." The U.S. President canceled talks on Thursday, accompanying the cancellation with a letter.

The peace talk between the duo was set up for June 12 at Singapore, and there have been preparation for these talks between the two parties involved.

In a letter released online and released on the internet, the U.S. President praised the NK leader for releasing the recent three Americans in his custody, but wrote the meeting will not hold, he wrote  "Sadly, based on the tremendous anger and open hostility displayed in your most recent statement, I feel it is inappropriate, at this time, to have this long-planned meeting."

Trump also reminds Kim about the U.S. nuclear abilities, and wrote; "You talk about your nuclear capabilities, but ours are so massive and powerful that I pray to God they will never have to be used"

The South Korean government had performed a major role to set up the meeting between the U.S. and North Korea, and were caught by surprise at the news from the Trump's government. 

The news was received in just before midnight in Seoul, and an emergency meeting was called by the Moon Jae-In administration, and released a statement after, writing;

It is very regretful and disconcerting that the US-NK summit will not happen as planned. Denuclearization and the lasting peace on the Korean peninsula cannot be abandoned or delayed as they are the historical assignment. The sincerity of the affected parties who have been working to resolve the problem has not changed. It is hard to resolve sensitive and difficult diplomatic issues with the current way of communications. (We) hope that the leaders resolve problems through direct and close dialogue.

The latest development was a surprise as North Korea was seen dismantling some of its nuclear test site. North Korea had cancelled a major talk with South Korea out of anger, after a joint military drill in the Korean peninsula.

Recently, North Korea had lashed out at the U.S. Vice-president, Mike Pence after he said that the North Korea government might end up like Gaddafi Libya government.

A top North Korean official, Choe Son Hui, responding to Pence's remarks said; "As a person involved in U.S. affairs, I cannot suppress my surprise at such ignorant and stupid remarks gushing from the mouth of the U.S. vice president"