Editorial Donald Trump’s meeting was all about grabbing plaudits for his over-sized ego rather than a serious effort to achieve peace on the Korean peninsula The commemorative summit coin has just been minted, but the peace efforts are already spent. Donald Trump’s decision to…
By Fred Hiatt* – The Washington Post With North Korea and other challenges, President Trump can succeed where others have failed, we are told, because he is so unpredictable. In fact, he is proving to be the most predictable of presidents.
Analysis by Bill Powell* – Newsweek For years, he’s been seen as a naïf or a madman. But what if Kim Jong Un is the smartest guy in the room? In early 2012, a few months after North Korean leader Kim Jong Il was buried in an elaborate state funeral, I found myself in the…
By Manoj Joshi* – The Wire, India If India aspires to be a ‘leading power’, it may soon have to choose between its strategically autonomous goals, and those which the Trump administration has in mind for the region. For some years now, India has liked to think of itself as a…
By Steven Erlanger* — The New York Times BRUSSELS — It is by now a familiar, humiliating pattern. European leaders cajole, argue and beg, trying to persuade President Trump to change his mind on a vital issue for the trans-Atlantic alliance. Trump appears to enjoy the show…
Carden* – The Nation Has decision puts US national security at risk while handing a long-sought victory to Netanyahu and the Israel lobby. President Donald J.
Saeed Kamali Dehghan * – The Guardian US president has until 12 May to make a decision on 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action What is the Iran nuclear deal? Iran and a six-nation negotiating group reached a landmark agreement known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action…
Glenn Kessler, Salvador Rizzo and Meg Kelly – The Washington Post In the 466 days since he took the oath of office, President Donald Trump has made 3,001 false or misleading claims, according to The Fact Checker’s database that analyzes, categorizes and tracks every suspect…
