President Trump announced his positive test for Covid-19 on Friday, October 2. While many people have wished for him to recover quickly, here are just a few of the not-so-positive reactions that we have seen: Zara Rahim, Hillary Clinton’s former 2016 National Spokeswoman and a former Obama White House staffer, posted on twitter “It’s been...
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Is Our National Security Also A Victim of COVID-19?
**Originally published in The Cornell Review dated April 26, 2020* When the first U.S. fatality due to COVID-19 was confirmed on February 29th 2020 and President Trump declared a national state of emergency on March 13th 2020, Americans had a lot of worries on their minds. Few likely considered whether our national security would also...
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Russia Tests American Readiness Amid COVID-19
*Originally published in The Cornell Review dated April 26, 2020* The military, like all other facets of society, is faced with the unprecedented challenges that have come with COVID-19. However the Department of Defense has made it clear that force readiness remains high. On March 4th 2020, the U.S. Submarine Forces began a naval exercise...
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Dependence on Offshore Production of Medical Supplies Is A Threat to Our National Security
*Originally published in The Cornell Review Full Edition on April 26, 2020* Two weeks before the first case of community spread of COVID-19 was detected in the U.S., President Trump’s senior trade advisor Peter Navarro warned of potential shortages in essential medical supplies. Navarro has been working for the President since his campaign in 2016...