Iran’s war against Israel took another turn for the worse last week as Operation Rising Lion struck Tehran’s nuclear-weapons program, air defenses and military leadership. Iran’s retaliation has so far been uneven and ineffective. Contrary to the scaremongers, World War III hasn’t broken out, nor will it. But what next? The 1979 Islamic Revolution retains […]
Read MoreJudging a US president’s first hundred days began with Franklin Roosevelt. For Donald Trump, however, certainly on national-security issues, comparison to Napoleon’s hundred-days campaign may be more apt, ending as it did in disaster for both the emperor and France. Trump’s indifference to Ukraine and his conciliatory approach toward Russia are only one of several […]
Donald Trump’s jarring Oval Office confrontation with Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky symbolizes what is wrong with Trump’s dysfunctional approach to foreign policy. In what seemed like a television comedy show, Trump accused Zelensky of everything from risking World War III to having no cards to play in defending his homeland from Russia’s unprovoked aggression. Trump […]
No one was more surprised than Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu when he learned of Donald Trump’s intention to reopen negotiations with Iran over its nuclear-weapons program. At an April 7 meeting in Washington, Netanyahu almost certainly expected to move forward on plans for a potential Israeli strike against Iran’s nuclear-weapons and ballistic-missile programs, perhaps […]
President Trump made the right decision for America to attack Iran's nuclear program, as I have long recommended. The real threat to the US is the Iranian regime itself. By now acting against the nuclear-proliferation threat, we are likely undermining the regime's stability.
The Iranian regime is weak and very vulnerable. The populace is tired of poor economic policy and the ayatollahs' corruption. This regime is in trouble, especially after last night.
President Trump did the right thing for America in striking Iran's nuclear-weapons program. Now, on to regime change.
B-2 bombers fly across Pacific as Trump contemplates Iran strike
The B-2 deployment appeared to be a show of force as Trump says he is holding out hope Iran will agree to shutter its nuclear program voluntarily.
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The National Security Council provides structure for methodical and thorough decision making in the Situation Room. As it stands, Trump’s chaotic approach has depleted the NSC staff, and broken the NSC process, leaving decision makers in the Situation Room at severe risk of…
Trump wants to be on the winning side of the Israel-Iran war. He wants to be at the head of the parade. He just doesn't know which direction this parade is going.
Bolton: Iran could become Trump's next TACO moment
US President Trump's former national security advisor John Bolton checked in with Berlin Briefing's hosts. Bolton expl...
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Because Trump surrounded himself with yes-men and -women, failed to replace the National Security Advisor he fired, and gutted his National Security Council staff, decision making in his White House is more chaotic than ever before. @dwnews
Bolton: Iran could become Trump's next TACO moment
US President Trump's former national security advisor John Bolton checked in with Berlin Briefing's hosts. Bolton expl...
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'The Ayatollahs are waiting to see if Trump will chicken out' John Bolton tells DW.
Trump wants a Nobel Peace Prize, because Barack Obama received one. He won't get it for solving the Russian-Ukraine war. He tried unsuccessfully to claim credit for the recent India-Pakistan cease fire. He’s now failing to reach an agreement with Iran, and is being asked by…
Trump's national-security decisionmaking is as haphazard today as it was in his first term. He has surrounded himself with people who will say "yes, sir," and yet he still has trouble making decisions.
‘Neuron flashes’ drive Trump’s policy on Iran, says John Bolton
The former national security adviser also warns there is “a great risk” that Trump will pull out of NATO.
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The only lasting foundation for Middle East peace and security is overthrowing the ayatollahs. America’s declared objective should be just that, writes @AmbJohnBolton
