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World politics
fromThe New Yorker
1 week ago

Trump's Hit-and-Run Presidency

Trump's military actions against Venezuela and Iran represent regime-change nihilism rather than traditional imperialism, characterized by indifference to outcomes and a bomb-first approach.
fromSlate Magazine
3 weeks ago

Trump Just Made a Shocking Admission About His Iran War

I guess, the worst case would be we do this and somebody takes over who's as bad as the previous person-right? That could happen. Of course, it is always a risk of war that it spawns a world more treacherous than before-and if war is forced upon us, if we have to wage it in self-defense or some other urgent interest, that might be a risk worth taking. But this war is a war of choice.
World politics
US Elections
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 weeks ago

Trump vies for Bush's crown for worst foreign policy decision in history

Trump announced military action against Iran via a 2:30am Truth Social video, fundamentally shifting US foreign policy without congressional consultation or public justification.
SF politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

Trump was planning to send troops to San Francisco. Now he's not. Here's why | Joe Eskenazi

President Trump canceled a planned deployment of federal agents to San Francisco after a personal call influenced by local billionaire CEOs and a civic leader.
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