Trump's Saudi Trip Wasn't a Break From Tradition
But it revealed a split between America's actual foreign policy and Americans' self-image.
But it revealed a split between America's actual foreign policy and Americans' self-image.
The president's speech articulates non-interventionist principles despite fiery rhetoric.
Whistleblower who helped make WikiLeaks famous freed after seven years.
His recklessness doesn't necessarily weaken the executive branch. In fact the opposite may be true.
A failure of transparency and responsibility by multiple nations.
North Korea poses a greater threat to other major powers like China and Russia than it does to the U.S.
Refugees' full energies are devoted to earning money and absent family members overseas.
Moon has also been skeptical of U.S. defense commitments in the region.
Unlike his predecessor, Trump has not even done us the courtesy of coming up with a laughable excuse.
Paris Agreement Climate Change
Instead, submit the Paris agreement as a treaty to Senate for a vote
Checks and balances are there for a reason.
They paper over the fact that America enjoys extraordinary latitude when choosing how to interact with the rest of the world.
You didn't think they were really going to defund public broadcasting and slash the EPA by 31 percent, did you?
Steel imports are no more a threat to U.S. national security than imported sugar or lumber or tulips.
At least he's not flagrantly breaking a solemn campaign promise, like Obama and many others did
The heart of the potential for conflicts of interests is not the Trump business empire. It's the presidential power to steer benefits to particular interests.
In a political sense, the issue is much like fighting climate change.
State Department also announced review of deal-related sanctions suspensions.
About 40 U.S. troops will "train and equip" local forces.
The rhetoric against the Syrian government wasn't this intense before the U.S. launched missile strikes.
Also: Watch Matt Welch talk North Korea on MSNBC tonight at 8 pm ET
Lots o' loose talk, w/ Dave Weigel, Michael Brendan Dougherty and more, on channel 121. Call in at 1-877-974-7487.
Everyone loves Trump's Syria strike but only because it really won't change anything? SAD!
Bombs shouldn't be taking the place of aid.
Interventionists will continue invoking Nazi Germany without a moment's interruption
Nick Gillespie debates Bill O'Reilly about the wisdom and ethics of Donald Trump's Syrian strike.
"Guided by the beauty of our weapons."
The president's tendency to pursue easy "fixes" is going to be a problem.
Nick Gillespie talks Trump's missile strike on tonight's O'Reilly Factor, 8 P.M. to 9 P.M. ET on Fox News.
The real question is what happens next.
The rush to war in Syria will do more harm than good.
Congress may let the president do anything when it comes to war, but that doesn't make it constitutional.
Susan Rice, war-authorization, and confrontation with the Russkies all get a real-time workout
President Trump says attack was to protect 'vital national security interest' of U.S.
The Trump administration is slouching toward war with Syria, and Congress, as usual, is failing to assert its constitutional role.
No, the U.S. did not isolate itself from the world between World War I and World War II.
The Mississippi catfish cartel vs. the Chesapeake invader-eaters
Libertarian-leaning congressman unpacks the great Ryancare 'bluff,' explains how Paul Ryan is 'more Machiavellian than even John Boehner,' and why he's 'still hopeful' about Donald Trump despite a military budget proposal that's 'the dream of the neocons'
Data journalist details five-year fight to make information more available.
White House denies the report but Trump's position that Germany "owes" the U.S. and the proposed massive increase in military spending don't bode well either.
The British government uses its own intel failures to demand weakening of encryption.
Trump leaves the impression that Americans shoulder an unnecessarily large military burden because some NATO members underfund their military establishments. But that's nonsense.
Apparently most folks would be nicer to each other.
Will assess whether anything illegal happened, but wouldn't provide details.