Reprinted from John's Substack: On 22 January 2026, I was on “Judging Freedom” talking to the Judge about events involving Davos and Greenland. In the process, I laid out some of the key elements of my template for understanding Trump’s foreign policy.
On January 22, according to a White House press release, US president Donald Trump “ratified” the Charter of the Board of Peace, promising “a secure and prosperous future for Gaza that delivers lasting peace, stability, and opportunity for its people.” I’ve seen a lot...
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 22 January 2026, I was on “Breaking Points” with Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti talking about what happened at Davos over the past three days. We started by discussing Canadian PM Mark Carney’s speech proclaiming a “rupture” in...
A federal judge on Thursday unsealed documents showing that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio personally approved the deportation of university students after receiving memos highlighting their involvement in constitutionally protected campus protests against Israel’s...
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 14 January 2026, I was on “Piers Morgan Uncensored” talking and arguing with Piers about a variety of subjects: how radical Trump’s foreign policy is, the kidnapping in Venezuela and where it will lead, annexing Greenland, the...
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...
Reprinted from John's Substack: I wrote a Substack post yesterday (20 January 2026) titled “The Tag Team Fails in Iran.” I described the Trump administration’s playbook for producing regime change in Iran. Here is my description of the first of the four key elements...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. Yesterday, I went on Judge Napolitano’s show, and we talked about several challenging issues. Among them, the Trump administration’s military coup in Venezuela and the illegality of the same, the difficulty of...
Reprinted from Jonathan Cook’s Substack: British-Palestinian doctor Ghassan Abu Sittah was cleared last week by a UK tribunal of misconduct charges, related to social media posts, that could have seen him removed from medical practice. The case was initiated by UK...
Reprinted from John's Substack: Below is an interview I recently did with the South China Morning Post, which is based in Hong Kong, and is one of the most important newspapers in East Asia. Josephine Ma conducted the “Open Questions” interview for the SCMP. We...
