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If you’re like me, it seems unclear why the president ordered the illegal and unconstitutional bombing of Venezuela, the kidnapping of its head of state, and the theft of its oil. As soon as we were given one reason, the White House came up with anoth…
Marco Rubio has a drinking problem.It first showed up years ago, under klieg lights and national scrutiny, when a shaky hand reached for a sip from a bottle of water, all caught on camera as he gave the GOP response to President Barack Obama’s 2013 St…
During rambling remarks on Jan. 3, President Donald Trump announced that the United States had bombed Venezuela, “captured” President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, and gained control of that country’s oil reserves.Now what? Trump has no idea, but histo…
Donald Trump’s domestic and foreign policies — ranging from his attempted coup against the United States five years ago today, to his incursion into Venezuela last weekend, to his current threats against Cuba, Colombia, and Greenland — undermine domes…
The story of what’s happening in Venezuela is unfolding quickly and big questions are mounting. The immediate danger in Venezuela (and potentially in Colombia and Cuba) is chaos.Asked who’s in charge of Venezuela, Trump answered: “We’re in charge.”Wha…
The only United States President in history to violently attack his own country, and attempt a coup to stay in power was always going to be a threat to illegally attack other countries like Venezuela, and destabilize the entire world.This was the grea…
In the first year of Donald Trump’s second term, he imposed his thuggery on the United States. In the second year, apparently he will impose it on the hemisphere.America’s takeover of Venezuela — because it’s in our “backyard” and we didn’t like its l…
There is an old warning in foreign policy about the arrogance of power, “If you break it, you own it.”That principle, popularly known as the Pottery Barn rule, was articulated by Colin Powell in private conversations with President George W. Bush ahea…
Russian President Vladimir Putin is a mass-murderer and an enemy of the United States of America.United States President Donald J. Trump has repeatedly appeased Putin, and is an enemy of the United States of America too.That’s today’s column, and than…
OPINION — The recent release of President Trump’s new National Security Strategy (NSS), with its emphasis on “the Trump corollary to the Monroe Doctrine,” and its resultant challenges, such as border security, migration, and narcotics trafficking, off…