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Asa's Take: What Trump Really Wants in Venezuela
When I first heard the news of Trump’s deposal of Maduro in Venezuela, I must admit I was quite naïve.
Jan 6 • Asa Aarons-Mele
Asa's Take 2: What I read, listened to, and watched in 2025
The reader does not steal, and the thief does not read - Iraqi Proverb
Dec 30, 2025 • Asa Aarons-Mele
Asa's Take: Closing Out 2025
The Jungle Grows Back.
Dec 30, 2025 • Asa Aarons-Mele
Asa's Take: Putin Thinks in Centuries, Trump Thinks in Seconds
Trump thinks in seconds.
Dec 4, 2025 • Asa Aarons-Mele
Asa's Info Diet: November 2025
Attached is my column in my school's newspaper, The Musket. You can read other Musket columns at lhsmusket.com
Nov 28, 2025 • Asa Aarons-Mele
Asa's Take: Trump doesn't want to be Putin or Orban, he wants to be MBS
The mainstream media often likes to consider Trump’s autocratic traits to that of Vladimir Putin or Viktor Orban, specifically as the American right has…
Nov 25, 2025 • Asa Aarons-Mele
Can Trump use his new-found leverage with Putin? No.
In light of Trump’s use of his leverage to finally grow a pair and tell Bibi Netanyahu to stop the suffering in Gaza, the world, especially a lot of…
Oct 18, 2025 • Asa Aarons-Mele
Asa's Take 9.20.25
Can't spell dysfunctional without UN
Sep 20, 2025 • Asa Aarons-Mele
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