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Trump says he will cancel NAFTA, forcing Congress to approve new trade deal

If Trump follows through, Congress will have the choice of the USMCA or no trade deal at all

President Donald Trump has said that he intends to end the North American Free Trade Agreement in six months, potentially forcing Congress to pass his new trade deal or risk having no trade deal in place. All trade deals need to be approved by Congress before they can take effect.

What are the details?

“I'll be terminating it within a relatively short period of time. We get rid of NAFTA. It's been a disaster for the United States," Trump said as he left the G-20 summit. “Congress will have a choice of the USMCA or pre-NAFTA, which worked very well."

There's disagreement among experts over whether Trump has the authority to pull out of a trade deal like NAFTA without congressional approval. While Congress does need to approve the implementation of a trade deal, some experts say that the Trade Act of 1974 gives to president authority to pull out of such deals on his own.

Trump, joined by Canadian Prime Minister Justine Trudeau and outgoing Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, signed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement during a ceremony before the start of this year's G-20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The original NAFTA deal was signed in 1992 by former President George H.W. Bush. It passed Congress the following year, and took effect in 1994. Trump has repeatedly criticized NAFTA, calling it "the worst trade deal in history."

https://www.theblaze.com/trump-says-he-will-cancel-nafta-forcing-congress-to-approve-new-trade-deal-2622286581.html

Navy's Mission in Middle East Gets New Leader After Admiral's Sudden Death

MANAMA, Bahrain – Vice Adm. Jim Malloy, the deputy chief of naval operations for operations, plans and strategy, is slated to take command this week of the Navy's mission in the Middle East, leading sailors in Bahrain in the wake of the sudden death of a three-star admiral.

Vice Adm. Scott Stearney, who led U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and the 5th Fleet, was found dead at his Bahrain home Saturday. A private memorial was being planned on the Navy's base in Bahrain, officials said Monday.

Navy officials declined to comment on reports by CBS News and USNI News, which cited unnamed defense officials that Stearney died in an apparent suicide.

While Stearney's death is under investigation, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson said Saturday no foul play was suspected.

Richardson tapped Malloy – now en route to Bahrain – soon after Stearney's death to assume temporary command.

Meanwhile, 5th Fleet sailors continue to carry out operations in a region where countering Iran and ensuring freedom of navigation in the Persian Gulf is one of the command's top priorities.

"Scheduling has not been affected; Fleet is continuing operations," said Cmdr. Joshua Frey, spokesman for U.S. Naval Forces Central Command.

Gen. Joseph Votel, U.S. Central Command chief, said Sunday he was confident the sailors would carry out their missions, but that it would be with "heavy hearts."

Stearney, described by Richardson as a "decorated naval warrior" and a "devoted husband and father," assumed command of 5th Fleet in May. Upon taking command, Stearney said he was he was ready to work with partners to "to keep conflict out of the maritime and promote security and stability."

U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations stretches from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman to the Red Sea and parts of the Indian Ocean. The region includes three strategic shipping choke points: the Strait of Hormuz, the Suez Canal and the Strait of Bab al Mandeb at the southern tip of Yemen.

Stearney earned his commission in 1982 after graduating from the University of Notre Dame. He graduated from the prestigious Navy Fighter Weapons School, popularly known as TOPGUN, where he later served as an instructor.

Stearney flew the F/A-18 Hornet in multiple squadrons and served aboard the aircraft carriers USS Theodore Roosevelt, USS George Washington and USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. He also served in Afghanistan as chief of staff of Joint Task Force 435, which advises Afghan security forces.

His flag assignments included tours as commander, U.S. Transportation Command's Joint Enabling Capabilities Command; commander, Strike Force Training Atlantic; commander, Carrier Strike Group 4; commander, Navy Warfare Development Command and director of operations, U.S. Central Command.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/12/03/navys-mission-middle-east-gets-new-leader-after-admirals-sudden-death.html

Pentagon Working on Extending Deployment of Troops at Mexican Border - Mattis

US Defense Secretary James Mattis said in a press conference on Monday that he has not signed off on extending US troops’ deployment on the border with Mexico and expects to have a request on his desk within 24 hours.

"There is a request for extending [the presence of US] troops on our own southwest border, and no, I have not signed off on it," Mattis told reporters.

Mattis explained that the Defense Department is working on the issue of extending the presence of US troops on the border with Mexico in terms of military and policy factors.

"I expect that to be on my desk probably within 24 hours," Mattis said.

Last Monday, the Mexican authorities said that more than 8,200 migrants from Central American countries have reached Mexico, with around 7,400 of the migrants staying near the cities of Tijuana and Mexicali.

A group of around 500 migrants attempted to storm the US border from Tijuana and was reportedly throwing projectiles at the US border patrol, prompting the US authorities to use tear gas and rubber bullets.

The active duty military personnel were deployed to the US-Mexico border in October to assist the US border authorities in dealing with the arrival of the migrant caravans.

https://sputniknews.com/us/201812041070359098-usa-pentagon-mexico-border-troops-security/

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Video: Hezbollah Warns Israel: ‘If You Dare Attack, You Will Regret it’

On the evening of Friday, November 30, Hezbollah’s war media broadcasted this video addressed to Israel and subtitled in Hebrew, in response to recent Israeli military exercises simulating an aggression against southern Lebanon, an escalation of violations of Lebanese airspace –from which aggressions against Syria are usually carried out– by Israeli drones, and new threats to assassinate Hezbollah Secretary General. The statement in the video is excerpted from the latest speech by Hassan Nasrallah on November 10, 2018, and the footage shows in particular the precise coordinates of Israeli military bases that would be targeted in case of aggression. Let us remind that Hezbollah’s policy is to target exclusively the military, and to hit the colonies and cities of the enemy only in response to the ongoing Israeli aggression against Lebanese civilians. The civilian/military ratio of the victims of the 2006 war was 1/10 on the Israeli side, and 10/1 on the Lebanese side, a striking proof of the fact that Israel strikes civilians above all, and that Hezbollah favors military targets.

Despite the August 2006 ceasefire, Lebanon and Israel remain in a state of war, and if direct clashes have ceased, information & psychological warfare continue to rage, as are indirect clashes in Syria or even Yemen, where Israeli planes are directly involved in the conflict. At a time when the Gulf countries are openly engaging in the normalization policy of relations with Israel, when yet another futile attempt to strangle Iran economically is at work, and where MBS is touring North Africa to promote Israel’s peace agreement with Israel, Hezbollah recalls that its hostility to Israel remains irreducible, demonstrating its solidarity with the Resistance in Gaza that has recently scored a new victory, which foreshadows a real disaster in the event of a confrontation with such a powerful actor as Hezbollah. Hassan Nasrallah has several times announced as imminent the Great War to Liberate Palestine, in which the extended Resistance Axis (Iran, Syria, Hezbollah, Iraq and Yemen) would participate.

This video made headlines in Israel Friday night and throughout the weekend, and senior military officials of the Zionist entity reacted to it. In accordance with its policy of anti-Nasrallah censorship, Youtube immediately deleted this video broadcast, among others, by Al-Manar (French) and Sputnik (English) for alledgedly “violating Youtube’s Terms of Service”, but Israeli media like Ynet were able to broadcast it on the platform without fear of censorship –proof that the content itself has no valid reason to be censored according to the Youtube’s Terms of Service. Only sources that are a priori favorable to Hezbollah are tirelessly hunted down by IDF cyber-soldiers and deleted.

https://www.globalresearch.ca/video-hezbollah-warns-israel-if-you-dare-attack-you-will-regret-it/5661708