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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Canada vs. the U.S.
President Trump announced the day before the World Series began that he was ending ongoing trade and tariff negotiations with Canada. As a result, the contest has taken on symbolic significance amid worsening relations between the two countries.
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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.
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Democratic Senators Probe ‘Apparent Neglect’ of Detained Flotilla Activists
At Ketziot, American citizens and international flotilla volunteers alike have described rampant abuse.
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Why the Gaza Peace Plan Is Basically a War Plan
Today on TAP: The Trump-Bibi plan continues to let Israel run amok unless Hamas signs on.
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Bessent’s Bizarre Bailout
Today on TAP: Argentina will get U.S. help despite its perverse economic policies, only because fellow economic pervert Trump and Argentina’s Milei are soulmates. It won’t work.
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This Greenland Is Red
The small island nation has one of the largest and most successful portfolios of state-owned companies in the world. What?
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Democratic Brazil, Autocratic America
Today on TAP: Their system is working as Bolsonaro is brought to justice. Ours is failing.
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The Coming Crisis in Health Care and the Crisis We Already Have
Why we can’t put Humpty Dumpty back together again
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Donald Trump and the End of the ‘West’
Since POTUS is hostile to democracy at home and indifferent to it abroad, it’s not clear that the West still exists.