Venezuela and Trump’s Throwback Imperialism

Michelle Goldberg discusses the bizarre buildup to a U.S. attack on Venezuela: To hear the administration tell it, our hostilities with Venezuela are largely about the country’s role in drug trafficking. But fentanyl, the drug at the center of America’s addiction...

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Trump’s Saudi First Foreign Policy Continues

The president is continuing his Saudi First foreign policy: When Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrives at the White House on Tuesday, it will mark the first such visit since he was implicated in the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi...

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The President’s Murder Spree Continues

The Trump administration murdered six more civilians in the Pacific: The United States struck two alleged drug-carrying vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Sunday, killing six people on board, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Monday, as calls mounted...

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The President’s Bogus Crusade

The president repeated his threats against Nigeria yesterday: I’m hereby instructing our Department of War to prepare for possible action. If we attack, it will be fast, vicious and sweet, just like the terrorist thugs attack our cherished Christians. These are...

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Stay Out of Nigeria

The president has begun talking about launching attacks on targets in Nigeria: And on Sunday, Trump reiterated that his country could deploy troops to Nigeria or carry out airstrikes to stop the alleged killings. “They’re killing record numbers of Christians in...

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The Coming War with Venezuela

The Miami Herald reports that the president has decided to order attacks inside Venezuela: The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the...

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The Regime Changers Work for the President

Juan David Rojas comments on the Trump administration’s regime change policy in Venezuela: The regime-change faction, in other words, has got the upper hand. But how? Blame the regime-change capital of the Americas, Miami, and its native son, Marco Rubio. It is true...

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Trump, the Murderer-in-Chief

Greg Grandin denounces the president’s murder spree: But drug interdiction isn’t the real point here. The Trump White House is bringing the logic of Gaza to the Caribbean: the use of disproportionate, high-tech violence to murder defenseless civilians with impunity,...

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