CPAC Hungary, West Bank

 CPAC Hungary: the age of Chinese Communist collaborators is here

Israeli settlement expansions in West Bank undermine US interests

NATO spending,

 NATO's troubling new addiction to defense spending gimmicks

Biden NSC

 Biden's callous national security cull

Iran terrorism, Golden Dome, Trump-Europe, Trump-Putin, Comey

Will Iran kill nuclear negotiations with terrorist attacks in the West?

Trump's Golden Dome is big gamble but may bring big rewards

Trump plays good cop, Europe plays bad cop with Russia and Israel

from Monday

Putin plays Trump for an idiot with continuing ceasefire prevarication

from last Friday

James Comey puts fidelity to profits before fidelity to FBI and country

Gaza-Jordan, GOP-SALT

 Jordan saves children in Gaza while others protest for show

Republicans should let the "One, big, beautiful bill" die on SALT hill

Arabs and Israel, Putin Istanbul

Why Trump is boosting Saudi Arabia and sidelining Benjamin Netanyahu. Trump values the Arabs' financial relationships and deference over Netanyahu's arrogance.

Why I believe Putin will go to Istanbul. Putin wants to avoid new U.S. sanctions and Trump's ire. He will likely fear that failing to attend may lead to a breaking point against him.

POTUS and Putin

Guest Wall Street Journal op-ed

Trump isn't the first president Putin has played. Clinton, Bush, Obama, and Biden were all played by Putin also.

Zelensky-Trump

Vladimir Putin's problem: Zelensky has learned the art of Trump's favor. Ukraine's president is agreeing to whatever Trump suggests then contrasting his approach with Putin's.

Trump Palestinian state?

 Trump may recognize a Palestinian state

Xi-Europe

In Moscow, Xi shows Europe he expects a poodle not a partner. China's supreme leader made clear that his partnership with Russia is only deepening amid Ukraine chaos.

India-Pakistan nukes, AfD Germany

How the U.S. military guards against India-Pakistan nuclear war. The key ingredients are diplomacy, espionage, and submarines.

Germany and Marco Rubio are both wrong about the AfD. The group does have a Nazi problem but also thrives off legitimate grievances. 

Congress-Greenland, El Salvador

Congress must speak out as Trump shreds U.S. interests in Greenland. It is outrageous to spy on a close ally to undermine their sovereignty.  

End temporary protected status for Salvadorans. Their country is safe now.

UK arrests

 Iran terrorist threat underlined by significant U.K. arrests

Prince Harry

Prince Harry seeks Royal reconciliation by pondering when the King will die. Harry is clueless as to his own hypocrisy, and seems determined to widen his rift with the Royal Family.

Taiwan, Waltz/Witkoff, Waltz/Hegseth

As Navy prioritizes Middle East, China encircles Taiwan. The PLA is taking advantage of American distraction to compress Taiwan.

Mike Waltz's signal of Steve Witkoff's ascendancy? The top Trump negotiator's NSC stock is rising.

Mike Waltz is the fall guy for Pete Hegseth, and for Trump's Iran diplomacy. Waltz was never a natural ideological partner to Trump.