Monday, June 22, 2026

Tag: Donald Trump

What does an “America-first” foreign policy actually mean?

Putting the U.S. military first, second, and third.

Trump’s new foreign policy is the worst of both worlds

It's blustery nationalism plus the conventional pieties of the foreign policy establishment.

Update for Trump voters

All the things Trump said he would and wouldn't do, but hasn't followed through on.

“Enemies foreign and domestic”

As a nation, as a people, Americans must come to grips with what is underway and decide what kind of country this is and what it is going to become before the dystopian tide overwhelms us.

The truth about Trumponomics

Economic nationalism is no substitute for building the competitiveness of American workers.

What does Kim Jong Un want?

It’s not too late to make a deal with North Korea. Ultimately, it’s what Pyongyang wants too.

Syrian roulette

As Trump’s presidency unravels will he grow more desperate?

First step down a dangerous path

Have Republicans – or hawkish Democrats – learned anything from the military and diplomatic history of the past two decades?

Syrian missile attack, an opportunity to challenge militarism

We must lift the fog of war before it gets too thick.

The right-wing machine behind the curtain

If there is much to rage against in the Right’s agenda, there is also a perverse element of hope for progressives.

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Two deranged blowhards walk into a bar . . . pontificate like know-it-alls ....

The horror exceeds whether Trump is stupid, ignorant, senile and/or fixated, even locked into failed “instinctual” responses. What matters is the damage done from MAGA recklessness before being defanged, decommissioned, impeached or exiled.

Police kill 1-year-old in Mississippi, then tear gas protesters demanding answers

The fatal shooting of Kohen Wiley after an alleged shoplifting call has ignited protests in Senatobia, where residents say years of police escalation and mistrust reached a breaking point.

Trump threatens Iran as peace talks advance despite Israel’s Lebanon escalation

As mediators report a 60-day roadmap toward a final deal, Trump’s threats, Iran’s Hormuz warning, and Israel’s refusal to withdraw from Lebanon are testing whether diplomacy can survive another push toward regional war.

The data center backlash that’s uniting America

The passage of New York's statewide moratorium marks the speed at which the movement is growing—and winning—in both blue and red parts of the country.

Iran: Progress on sanctions relief at Swiss talks with US

As U.S.-Iran talks in Switzerland move toward sanctions relief, frozen assets, and a Hormuz hotline, the unresolved war in Lebanon remains the central obstacle to turning a fragile memorandum into peace.