According to our new official National Security Strategy, we have to support Europe’s neo-Nazi right in its fight to keep Europe white.
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Explaining Trump’s Contradictions
The simplest explanation for Trump’s behavior is often graft. But there are others.
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Marco Rubio’s Sales Pitch: War in Venezuela
Right-wing exiles in South Florida want regime change. Rubio is selling it with a false narrative about drug trafficking.
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The $30 Billion Identity Theft of Venezuela
How Juan Guaidó sucked a weary nation dry, and primed it for the current U.S.-led assault
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Trump’s New Best Friend
His one-sided deal with MBS throws Bibi under the bus and gets nothing for the United States other than more wealth for the Trump family.
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Poll: Trump Is Not Delivering on Foreign Policy
Overall, Americans are not pleased with President Trump’s performance on foreign policy: 50 percent grade him as “poor” against 37 percent as “good,” and on a range of foreign-policy topics, he is only above water on stopping “international drug trafficking.”
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China: The Art of Xi’s Deal
In classic form, President Trump concluded his hollow trade deal with Xi Jinping Thursday—and then changed the subject and the headlines. With no clear plan or rationale, he announced that the U.S. could resume nuclear testing.
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Trump’s Feeble Made-for-TV Diplomacy
President Trump left town last weekend for a six-day Asia trip, partly to change the subject and partly to score some cheap symbolic victories. As always, his goal was short-run successes, with foreign leaders fawning in his presence.
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Monroe Doctrine II, Trump Style
President Trump, with the help of his Treasury secretary, just pulled off a rescue that few thought possible, promising $40 billion to Argentina. What’s notable is not the novelty of Trump’s inter-American imperialism but the broad continuity with past U.S. policies.
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The Pirate Lord Donald Trump
President Trump is violating norms and laws that stretch back to before the founding of this country.
