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1 week ago | 
libertynation.com | Dave Patterson
The Kremlin is not in the catbird seat. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin appears to be dragging his feet about a ceasefire in Ukraine, and that’s unlikely to turn out well for him. Whatever leverage he may have thought he had is fleeting. Making demands and holding out for a better negotiating position may not be the best course of action. Is Putin Playing Trump? President Donald Trump, who set in motion the delicate negotiations to end the war in Ukraine, is not a patient man.
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1 week ago | 
libertynation.com | Dave Patterson
Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... The first meeting in Oman between President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi of Iran was business-like, exchanging messages through Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi.
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1 week ago | 
libertynation.com | Dave Patterson
Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... During an Oval Office visit with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on April 7, President Donald Trump announced that talks were set between the United States and Iran. It was the first anyone had heard of a Tehran-Washington meeting.
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2 weeks ago | 
libertynation.com | Dave Patterson
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is attending the 2025 Central American Security Conference (CENTSEC) in Panama April 8- 10. With the Trump administration’s focus on bringing the Panama Canal back under US control, Hegseth may find himself in a lion’s den of disagreement and antagonism. However, as a seasoned advocate for US national security interests, he is no stranger to controversy.
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2 weeks ago | 
libertynation.com | Dave Patterson
For the past 18 months, China has been ramping up its aggressive behavior toward its neighbors. Hostile operations directed at Taiwan are almost a daily occurrence. Many believe these large-scale military maneuvers in the Taiwan Strait and around Taiwan Island are a prelude to an amphibious invasion in the not-too-distant future. Some have speculated that as early as 2027, China will move against the Taipei government.
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3 weeks ago | 
libertynation.com | Dave Patterson
There is a trustworthy adage in the Pentagon: There are two ways to kill a defense program: (1) develop the program in pieces or phases, each so small as to appear insignificant when explained, and (2) make the program sound so immense and complex no one can wrap their head around it. As Golden Dome – President Donald Trump’s signature program to ensure the security of the United States – gains momentum inside the Department of Defense, the Pentagon has chosen number two.
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4 weeks ago | 
libertynation.com | Dave Patterson
The glory days of fighter aircraft dogfights are not gone — just different. On March 21, President Donald Trump announced from the Oval Office that the US Air Force had selected a winner in the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) sixth-generation jet fighter competition: the Boeing Company’s F-47, which beat out Lockheed. In the future, an adversary will be killed by a missile fired from beyond visual range by a fighter never seen.
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1 month ago | 
libertynation.com | Dave Patterson
Nobody said it would be easy, as negotiations on a ceasefire in Ukraine have resumed between the United States and Russia in Saudi Arabia. The atmospherics surrounding the talks on Sunday and Monday (March 23-24) ebbed and flowed, with reports of progress followed by revelations of speedbumps. But there is a path, bumpy as it may be.
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1 month ago | 
libertynation.com | Dave Patterson
From the ashes sometimes rises a glimmer of hope. Since the unfortunate dust-up in the Oval Office between President Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, there has been progress – albeit modest – in achieving a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine. And what appeared to be an acrimonious and doomed relationship between DC and Kyiv has been salvaged, possibly even improved beyond what many thought possible.
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1 month ago | 
libertynation.com | Dave Patterson
In a cordial but not chatty phone call on March 18, Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin discussed the fate of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Ukraine and Russia. The US commander-in-chief has persuaded Moscow’s strongman that working toward a ceasefire and eventually a lasting peace in Ukraine is his best option. Trump’s intent is unambiguous, as he declared in a Truth Social post: “Thousands of young soldiers, and others, are being killed.
