Micheline Maynard, ABC News Online: Donald Trump raises eyebrows by doing something very conventional
United States President Donald Trump talks to Fox News so often, and tweets about its programs so frequently, that it's a surprise when he speaks to someone else.
So on Sunday, Mr Trump raised eyebrows by doing something conventional. He spoke with the CBS News program Face The Nation on Sunday morning, hours before CBS's broadcast of the Super Bowl.
In an annual tradition, US presidents typically talk to the news division of whichever network is broadcasting the game. But last year when the game was broadcast by NBC, he wouldn't, saying that the network had covered him unfairly.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- February 4, 2019
Iran’s revolutionaries have mixed feelings, 40 years later -- Mohammad Nasiri, AP
'Divide and conquer': China puts the pressure on US allies -- Lily Kuo, The Guardian
China’s manufacturing becomes a casualty of US trade war -- Gordon Watts, Asia Times
What is Causing China's Recent War of Words on Washington? -- Patrick M. Cronin, National Interest
U.S., Taliban, Afghanistan Peace Talks: Timing Is Critical -- Mohib Iqbal, Commentator
Will Taliban retake Afghanistan? -- Kamran Yousaf, Express Tribune
Canceling INF Treaty makes sense -- Stephen Bryen, Asia Times
INF treaty withdrawal a disastrous gamble -- Max Hofmann, DW
The Way Forward for the United States in a Post-INF World -- Thomas Callender, Heritage Foundation
Nord Stream 2 pipeline row highlights Germany's energy dependence on Russia -- DW
Africa’s forgotten empires -- David Olusoga, New Statesman
Bolsonaro scandal puts Brazil on edge as farmers eye Amazon forests -- Pepe Escobar, Asia Times
Venezuela: Global Left Seduced By Another Latin American Strongman -- Jairo Lugo-Ocando, World Crunch, CLARIN
The El Chapo trial's most shocking and bizarre moments -- Luke O'Neil, The Guardian
The Trump Era Could Last 30 Years -- Gideon Rachman, Financial Times
