Nayib Bukele at Shield of the Americas Meeting

‘That Thing Is So Big’: Health Concerns Explode After Trump Returns from Miami Summit as Critics Say His Walk Across the White House Lawn Looks Worse Than Before

President Donald Trump‘s walked across the South Lawn of the White House Sunday night after returning to Washington from a weekend in Miami, where he attended the “Shield of the Americas Summit” at Trump National Doral Golf Club alongside leaders and officials from across the Western Hemisphere.  Dressed in a deep blue suit with a white dress shirt and dark tie, Trump moved across the grass under the lights in polished black dress shoes, with da…

Shame of the Americas

The Trump administration’s Shield of the Americas summit in Miami convened leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean’s emboldened reactionary bloc. True to form, the president ensured the summit was a ritual of humiliation and debasement.

Nayib Bukele at Shield of the Americas meeting

Nayib Bukele was one of the Latin American leaders who accepted Donald Trump’s invitation to attend an inaugural meeting of the “Shield of the Americas” at the Trump-owned Doral golf course in Miami.  It was a convening of a dozen politically-aligned, conservative led countries in the Americas, saying they would work together to combat drug trafficking. Trump has had a focus on drug cartels and gangs in Latin America as a justification for many …