The convenient distractions of making war.
foreign policy
Posted inPolitics
Trump’s Brotherhood of the Corrupt
Why the president displays an affection for the world’s crooks: If nobody is corrupt, then Trump is not corrupt.
Posted inAmerica and the World
The Humanitarian Aid Shooting Galleries in Gaza
The lessons no one learned from the World Central Kitchen massacre(s)
Posted inAmerica and the World
Broken China
Trump’s China policy is a chaotic mess that harms the U.S. far more than it harms the Chinese.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Did Trump Do Europe a Favor?
The EU must now look to its own political and economic interests. That could be good for European values and European union.
Posted inAmerica and the World
While Gutting USAID, Marco Rubio Quietly Saved Cuban Regime Change Programs
The longtime anti-communist saw programs that support overthrowing the Cuban government restored after they were initially cut off.
Posted inAmerica and the World
The Trump Factor in the Middle East
Alternately belligerent, self-enriching, militaristic, and realist, Trump’s haphazard path is different from the establishment’s slow road to obliterating Gaza.
Posted inTAP
The Coherence in Trump’s Incoherence
Today on TAP: You could be forgiven, based on his recent behavior, for concluding that Trump is completely incoherent. Let’s look a little deeper.
Posted inTAP
Show a Little Respect for the Don
Today on TAP: Trump’s Mafia treatment of Zelensky, Republican complicity, and Europe’s awakening
Posted inAmerica and the World
Elon Musk’s Looming Disease Holocaust
The shadow president is gutting America’s vast humanitarian aid system. Millions may die.