Donald Trump

A New Gold(en) Mine for Arms Contractors
A New Gold(en) Mine for Arms Contractors
Donald Trump remains a mystery man of some eerie sort.
21.11.2025
Escalating the Escalation
Escalating the Escalation
Greg Grandin provides a short history of the Long War on Drugs in Latin America from Richard Nixon to Donald Trump.
19.11.2025
Trump’s Gaza Colonization Coming To Fruition
Trump’s Gaza Colonization Coming To Fruition
Colonizers will take over 58 percent of Gaza, the rest will be left in ruins, writes Lee Camp.
19.11.2025
The Perilous Norm of Weapons Testing
The Perilous Norm of Weapons Testing
On October 29, just before meeting with China’s President XI Jinping, President Trump posted on the right-wing social media network Truth Social that “because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis.”
14.11.2025
The US Banana Republic
The US Banana Republic
Every dictatorship is a grotesque opera buffa. No encomium is too outrageous. No bribe too small. No violation of civil liberties too extreme. No stupidity too absurd. All dissent, no matter how tepid, is treason.
13.11.2025
Al-Qaeda Goes to Washington
Al-Qaeda Goes to Washington
Al–Sharaa’s White House visit is a reminder of Washington’s longstanding abhorrence of democratic processes and anyone — beyond the perimeter of the West and sometimes within it — who stands for them.
12.11.2025
Venezuelan Oil — American Gangster Politics
Venezuelan Oil — American Gangster Politics
The slogan has shifted from “restoring democracy” to “fighting narco-terrorists,” write Jeffrey D. Sachs and Sybil Fares. But the objective remains the same.
07.11.2025
Trump’s Greatest Ally is the Democratic Party
Trump’s Greatest Ally is the Democratic Party
The Democratic Party and its liberal allies refuse to call for mass mobilization and strikes — the only tools that can thwart Trump’s emergent authoritarianism — fearing they too will be swept aside.
05.11.2025
Trump’s Nuclear Testing Gambit
Trump’s Nuclear Testing Gambit
A Strategic Blunder Disguised as Strength
31.10.2025
Trump, Russian Oil & Tomahawk Missiles
Trump, Russian Oil & Tomahawk Missiles
M.K. Bhadrakumar considers the possible complications for the U.S. president now that he has assumed the war-monger avatar and is escalating the pressure on Russia.
29.10.2025
The Rubio Doctrine: Neocons Are Back!
The Rubio Doctrine: Neocons Are Back!
According to several recent news reports, the two major Trump foreign policy shifts last week are the handiwork of Marco Rubio, the President’s Secretary of State and (acting) National Security Advisor. As with all neocon plans, they will be big on promises and small on delivery.
28.10.2025
The Oldest US Colony & the Newest War
The Oldest US Colony & the Newest War
Michelle Ellner on the Trump administration’s use of Puerto Rico as a launchpad for war on Venezuela.
28.10.2025
A Trumpian Headache
A Trumpian Headache
President Donald Trump’s use of the U.S. military to kill persons on speed boats in international waters, or in territorial waters claimed by other sovereign nations – all 1,500 miles from the U.S. – has posed grave issues of due process.
24.10.2025
Blame game erupts in Europe as Ukraine strategy falters
Blame game erupts in Europe as Ukraine strategy falters
Recent remarks from Angela Merkel have set the stage for a continent-wide search for scapegoats amid a failing strategy and fading unity
22.10.2025
Desperation Row
Desperation Row
Reflecting Volodymyr Zelensky’s confidence that the Trumpster would oblige him, he, Zelensky, actually visited Raytheon, the Tomahawk’s maker, before his session at the White House.
21.10.2025
Trump’s Military Occupation of America
Trump’s Military Occupation of America
Nick Turse covers the U.S. president’s push in the direction of a genuine police state as he deploys armed forces in U.S. cities and proclaims he is waging a “war from within.”
20.10.2025
US Supreme Court May Grant Trump Unbridled Authority
US Supreme Court May Grant Trump Unbridled Authority
Marjorie Cohn previews some of the cases the U.S. high court will use to establish the limits of executive power.
17.10.2025
Evaluating Trump’s Claim that Ukraine Can Win the War
Evaluating Trump’s Claim that Ukraine Can Win the War
“Ukraine,” U.S. President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social on September 23, “is in a position to fight and WIN all of Ukraine back.”
14.10.2025
Gaza Takeover: The Easy Way, or the Hard Way
Gaza Takeover: The Easy Way, or the Hard Way
All Trump’s deal does is hand total victory to Israel, and key to whether Hamas capitulates are other Arab states, writes Joe Lauria.
14.10.2025
Beware Trump’s Ceasefire Without UN Action
Beware Trump’s Ceasefire Without UN Action
Governments of the world have the collective power to end this genocide and the brutal, illegal occupation of Palestine, writes Nicolas J. S. Davies.
13.10.2025
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Israel escalates Gaza bombings, forcible displacement and famine as Trump tours Middle East
Israel escalates Gaza bombings, forcible displacement and famine as Trump tours Middle East
Russia’s Turn From the West
Russia’s Turn From the West
Action of Japan and Australia is bringing the Asia-Pacific into danger
Action of Japan and Australia is bringing the Asia-Pacific into danger
Israel’s Official Ethnic Cleansing Program
Israel’s Official Ethnic Cleansing Program
Australian Lawmakers to Visit Washington to Lobby for Julian Assange’s Freedom
Australian Lawmakers to Visit Washington to Lobby for Julian Assange’s Freedom
Those EV Shortcomings Aren’t Shortcomings at All
Those EV Shortcomings Aren’t Shortcomings at All
Biden Signs Executive Order Banning Certain Investments in China
Biden Signs Executive Order Banning Certain Investments in China
A Nest of Like-Minded Vipers
A Nest of Like-Minded Vipers
Russians Aren't Welcome Here
Russians Aren't Welcome Here
Open Balkans or Closed Balkans?
Open Balkans or Closed Balkans?
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