IranNuclearDeal

President Vaporware is at it again. As with the “great” health care plan he assured us would replace Obamacare “immediately”; the elimination of the entire national debt in eight years; the big, beautiful wall Mexico was supposed to pay for; and a newly great America that never quite seemed to materialize, Trump...

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  • August 10, 2020

I have a lot of questions for Donald Trump. I’m sure you do too. I’ve always wanted to participate in one of those town hall-style presidential debates so I could ask questions of my least favorite presidential candidates. Unfortunately, people whose word I implicitly trust have told me I’d have to...

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  • February 1, 2020

The Soleimani assassination may be legally justifiable, but that is not the same as smart or prudent. It makes little strategic sense given the many US vulnerabilities in the region and the need to contend w Russia, North Korea, & China. my latest for @FT https://t.co/QS8HXKRWX4 — Richard N. Haass...

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  • January 3, 2020

Okay, if anyone else did this, you’d immediately have his brain checked for tumors … or prion disease … or unexploded ordnance.  But when Donald Trump does it, most people just shrug.  Yes, we have a president whose word is literally worthless. Isn’t that fun? Here’s the latest, from The Washington...

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  • December 13, 2019

If this report is true, I feel really sorry for Melania. x A source told me 30 minutes ago that Trump was pleased with his own performance last night, loved being in command by ordering the strikes and by then ordering the stand-down. And the president just… tweeted it. https://t.co/tUPSym7inn...

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  • June 21, 2019

The United States was the world’s lone “hyperpower” when President George W. Bush launched his disastrous and unnecessary war with Iraq in 2003. An economic and military hegemon unchallenged by any single enemy or collection of rivals, the U.S. could and did act with impunity in swiftly toppling Saddam Hussein’s...

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  • May 20, 2019

As President Obama faced the looming re-election campaign in the spring of 2012, he issued a stern challenge to those critics of his approach to the Iranian nuclear program. “When I see some of these folks who have a lot of bluster and a lot of big talk but when...

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  • May 6, 2018
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