Donald Trump’s Ukraine policy today is no more coherent than it was last Friday when his administration executed search warrants against my home and office. Collapsing in confusion, haste, and the absence of any discernible meeting of the minds among Ukraine, Russia, several European countries, and America, Trump’s negotiations may be in their last throes(https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/23/trump-ukraine-frustration/), […]
Read MoreAt the June Group of Seven meeting in Canada, Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, answered a reporter’s question about Israel’s attacks on Iran that were then taking place: “This is the dirty work that Israel is doing for all of us.” He added to the German journalist, “We are also affected by this regime. This mullah […]
Bibi Netanyahu’s Oval Office meeting with Donald Trump on Monday could be a game-changer. They will undoubtedly focus on Iran, Gaza, and Syria’s new regime among other subjects. But how close are the two leaders’ positions, and can their differences be reconciled? Both will declare the meeting “successful,” but the reality may be quite different. […]
Satisfaction and frustration most accurately capture what should be America’s reaction to last month’s Israeli-U.S. military strikes on Iran. Satisfaction because the raids, particularly against the nuclear-weapons program, may have achieved what decades of illusion, naïveté, misguided diplomacy and inadequate economic sanctions failed to achieve, and frustration because the strikes were terminated early and unnecessarily. […]
Trump’s furious pace trying to move an extraordinarily complex conflict to resolution over the past two weeks was one of several significant mistakes, I write for the @dcexaminer :
Trump's utterly incoherent Ukraine strategy
Donald Trump's Ukraine policy is completely incoherent, writes John Bolton for the Washington Examiner on Monday.
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Bilateral relationships have suffered considerable damage because of the fallout from the administration’s failing diplomacy. The longer India hangs out to dry, the worse the New Delhi-Washington relationship gets.
Trump's utterly incoherent Ukraine strategy
Donald Trump's Ukraine policy is completely incoherent, writes John Bolton for the Washington Examiner on Monday.
www.washingtonexaminer.com
“That is a potential encroachment on freedom of speech and liberty.”
It’s “suspicious” that John Bolton faced an FBI raid after criticising Trump, says William Hague.
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Donald Trump’s Ukraine policy today is no more coherent than it was last Friday when his administration executed search warrants against my home and office. Collapsing in confusion and haste, Trump’s negotiations may be in their last throes, along with his Nobel Peace Prize…
John Deere is laying off 238 workers at three factories in Iowa. The company said Tariffs and lower commodity prices are to blame.
“Tariff costs in the quarter were approximately $200 million, which brings us to roughly $300 million in tariff expense year to date,” said director…
Russia has not changed its goal: drag Ukraine into a new Russian Empire. Moscow has demanded that Ukraine cede territory it already holds and the remainder of Donetsk, which it has been unable to conquer. Zelensky will never do so. Meanwhile, meetings will continue because…
#WorldNews | PM Modi and Trump have a good relationship but it doesn't save one from Trump-behavior. He can fix this by calling up US Prez and reminding him of the talks: Fmr Trump aide John Bolton (@AmbJohnBolton)
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Article 5 in NATO means something because of the U.S. force behind it. Trump has made vague comments about U.S. air power, but that could represent no less than a dozen different scenarios. It would be nice to have some clarity.
John Bolton discusses what security guarantees for Ukraine might look like
NPR's Michel Martin asks former U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton about the prospects for security guarantees...
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Putin's KGB training and flattery campaign is working Trump over, as seen by Trump's statement recently about how Ukraine shouldn't have taken the war on. It's important to remember: Ukraine didn't take anything on, they were invaded.
As long as Europe and the U.S. can provide resources, Ukraine can fight while negotiating; and it's in Ukraines best interest to do so. Moscow needs a ceasefire more than Kyiv does.
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