The president’s insane Greenland obsession won’t die: President Trump called for negotiations for the U.S. to acquire Greenland, saying it was vital to secure North America. The U.S. has never needed to own Greenland to secure North America, and there is nothing to...
The Consequences of Another US Attack on Iran
Hal Brands makes a bizarre comment in a bad column about a possible attack on Iran: Helping Iranian protesters prevail would show that the pursuit of nuclear weapons endangers rather than strengthens rogue regimes. Bombing Iran in response to a crackdown on protesters...
Trump’s Threat to ‘Rescue’ Iranian Protesters Is Reckless
The president starts off the new year with more threats against Iran: Donald Trump has warned Iran that the US will come to the “rescue” of protesters if Tehran responds violently to the largest nationwide demonstrations the Islamic republic has faced in several...
Trump Can’t Keep Quiet About the CIA Attack in Venezuela
The president boasted last week about a covert attack on Venezuelan territory that took place earlier this month. The Wall Street Journal reports: Trump’s willingness to disclose the activities of the CIA without naming the agency is far different from the practices...
The President’s Murder Spree Claims Eight More Victims
The military has murdered eight more people on the president’s illegal orders: The U.S. military said Monday that it attacked three boats accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing a total of eight people as scrutiny over the boat strikes is...
The Crude Imperialism of the ‘Trump Corollary’
The Trump administration released its National Security Strategy (NSS) last week. There is limited value in trying to make sense of Trump’s foreign policy by looking at strategy documents when the president largely just makes things up as he goes and often makes...
There Is No ‘Axis of Authoritarianism’
No other governments are coming to aid Venezuela because the “axis of authoritarianism” is nonsense promoted by lazy Western analysts: Russia, China, Cuba, Iran and other anti-American powers are offering little more than words of support for Venezuelan leader Nicolás...
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...
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...
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...


