April 25, 2024

Joe Biden Might Have Good Instincts, But His Foreign Policy Team Doesn’t

The former vice president reportedly opposed a lot of bad wars under Obama. His advisors are a very different story.President- elect Joe Biden introduces his cabinet member nominees at the Queen in Wilmington, DE on November 24, 2020. (Photo by Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)Considerable controversy has emerged in both the foreign policy…

Understanding Iran’s Foreign Policy

U.S. Iran policy has long suffered from a poor understanding of the Iranian government’s behavior and goals The U.S. has a history of misunderstanding its adversaries. There is a strong tendency in American foreign policy debates to ascribe ideological and fanatical motives to other states to the exclusion of other considerations, and this is particularly…

Firm Linked To Top Biden Advisor Is Lobbying To Soften US Trade Policy Towards China

A lobbying firm co-founded by Joe Biden’s incoming White House counselor registered earlier this year to lobby for a tech company seeking to improve trade relations with China.  Biden tapped Steve Ricchetti, a longtime lobbyist and Democratic operative, to serve as one of his top White House aides.  Ricchetti’s brother, Jeff, registered in August to…

Ending Our ‘Shell Game’ Foreign Policy in the Middle East

No U.S. strategy can be a panacea, but a strategy of restraint offers the best way forward for both the U.S. and the region. Almost two years since the president declared that U.S. forces would be leaving Syria, American troops are still in that country illegally on a mission that has nothing to do with…

Pollak: Democrats Opposed Every Policy Boosting the Economy.

Former President Barack Obama tried to claim credit on Friday for President Donald Trump’s economic success. This would be the same former president who mocked Trump’s promises on jobs in 2016. “What magic wand do you have?” he taunted. The reality is that Democrats, including Obama, have opposed every policy that is responsible for the […]

Senate sends $717B defense policy bill to Trump’s desk.

The Senate on Wednesday easily passed a $717 billion annual defense policy bill despite some angst about its lack of a provision to block President Trump’s deal with Chinese telecommunications giant ZTE. The Senate approved the compromise fiscal 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in a 87-10 vote, sending it to Trump’s desk for his expected […]

Ocasio-Cortez: Trump Zero-Tolerance Policy on Spectrum of ‘Ethnic Cleansing’

Democratic-Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez thinks President Donald Trump’s “zero-tolerance” enforcement policy is on the spectrum of “ethnic cleansing.” During an appearance on this week’s “In The Thick” podcast, Ocasio-Cortez, when speaking about the “Abolish ICE” movement that got momentum after her primary win over Rep. Joe Crowley (D-NY), said, “But we also have to ask ourselves […]

SCOTUS hands Trump victory, keeps intact illegal immigrant abortion policy despite ACLU objections.

The Supreme Court handed the Trump administration a victory on Monday when the justices vacated a lower court’s ruling against the government’s policy of not providing abortions to illegal immigrant minors in U.S. custody. What are the details? The American Civil Liberties Union has brought numerous lawsuits against the Trump administration on behalf of illegal […]

The Democrats Don’t Have a Foreign Policy, They Have A Trump Policy.

Quick, what’s the Dem position on Syria? What about China? Don’t bother. There was once a time when Democrats could discuss Syria, North Korea, the South China Sea, economic tensions in the European Union and the future of Africa. But that was before Trump. Democrats don’t have a foreign policy anymore. They have a Trump […]

Why Trump Is Winning on Foreign Policy.

Make America Great Again.  These four words helped Donald Trump crush Crooked Hillary and take him all the way to the White House.  Democrats were left shattered as Trump appealed to a certain audience who had been left behind by the Obama administration for too long.  Now ahead of his visit to the U.K. in July, he is […]

Melania Trump Unveils ‘Be Best’ Parent and Child Policy Initiative.

First lady Melania Trump revealed her formal “BE BEST” platform at a White House Rose Garden ceremony, focusing on the multi-faceted well-being of children, adults’ responsibility in teaching children life skills, and pledging to shine a light on those who exemplify helping children overcome many issues. The event opened with a video narrated by the […]

John Kerry Is Reportedly Colluding With Iran To Undermine American Foreign Policy.

Former secretary of state John Kerry is reportedly working with world leaders to undermine American foreign policy and try to salvage the Iran deal. According to a new report by The Boston Globe, under the threat of President Donald Trump pulling out of the Iran Deal, Kerry “engaged in some unusual shadow diplomacy with a […]

Obama’s Top Foreign Policy Aide Is Eating Some Serious Crow Over North & South Korea Peace Talks

If there’s one thing about the Trump administration, it’s that there’s never a dull moment. Also, there are a lot of moments that you can file under “not under Obama” concerning domestic and foreign policy. We’ve all but defeated ISIS. Millions of working and middle class families benefited from the tax reform package in December, […]

Disaster: Obama’s ‘Smart Power’ Syria Policy Was a Catastrophe, and Trump is Trying to Clean Up the Mess.

The wages of the Obama administration’s shambolic foreign policy on Syria were felt again over the weekend, as dozens of Syrians in a rebel-held city — including young children — were gassed to death in a horrifying apparent chemical weapons attack.  The New York Times reports that the slaughter appears to have helped the Assad […]

Progressive Dem: Trump ‘Right to Raise Tariffs’ as America’s China Policy Has Been ‘Schizophrenic’

A couple walk by an American flag signboard outside a supermarket selling imported groceries at the Qingdao bonded zone in east China’s Shandong province on April 5, 2018. (Chinatopix via AP) WASHINGTON – Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), expressed support for the trade actions President Trump has taken […]

From Obama To Parkland: Remembering Eric Holder, Arne Duncan And The New Public School Policy?

As new information surfaces daily on the broken-ness that led up to the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, shock and disgust along with sadness continues to permeate across the nation. Not only have we been told, as part of the ongoing investigation, that the school resource officer never entered the building while gunfire was blasting but there […]

Betsy DeVos: Dept. Of Ed To Review Obama-Era School Discipline Reform Policy.

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos told CBS’s “60 Minutes” Sunday Night that the Obama-era school discipline reform policy is now under review. “We are studying that rule. We need to ensure that all students have an opportunity to learn in a safe and nurturing environment. And all students means all students,” DeVos told host Lesley […]

U.S. Civil Rights Commissioners: Obama-Era School Leniency Policy Brings ‘Fear’ and ‘Danger’

Two members of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights say the Obama-era school leniency policy that discourages reports of threatening behavior by minority students to law enforcement is dangerous. “Many schools that have adopted lenient disciplinary policies – i.e., defining offenses down so that blacks and Hispanics aren’t suspended or expelled at significantly higher rates than […]

Marco Rubio Urges Revision of Obama-Era School Discipline Policy that Discourages Reporting Student Threats.

Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio is urging the Trump administration’s Departments of Justice and Education to revise the Obama-era school discipline policy that discourages school districts from reporting threats to law enforcement in the name of social justice for minority students. Rubio writes in the wake of the Parkland, Florida, shooting rampage by former Marjory […]

Teacher Coalition Seeks to End Obama School Discipline Policy: ‘A Lot of Fear in Schools’

The school discipline policy that may have allowed Nikolas Cruz to escape arrest by Broward County law enforcement and ultimately purchase the firearm he used to kill 17 people is in effect in over 50 school districts across the country. “He probably wouldn’t have been able to buy the murder weapon if the school had […]

NRA Calls Trump’s Gun Proposals ‘Bad Policy’

Gun rights activists are fuming after witnessing President Trump offer plenty of ground to liberal lawmakers during his open discussion on gun control Wednesday at the White House. Trump distanced himself from The National Rifle Association on a few specific policies. When it came to raising the age limit for buying certain firearms from 18 […]

Paper: Media Pays More Attention to Trump Tweets than Policy.

In a fascinating confession, USA Today has acknowledged that the mainstream media pay far more attention to President Trump’s tweets than they do to his policy decisions. There are relatively few mainstream news stories concerning Trump’s impact on the national economy, the stock market or the unemployment rate because in the 12 months since his […]

Sessions will end policy that allowed legalized marijuana to prosper.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions will roll back an Obama-era policy that gave states leeway to allow marijuana for recreational purposes. The Justice Department on Thursday afternoon released a memo announcing that the so-called Cole memo — which ordered U.S. attorneys in states where marijuana has been legalized to deprioritize prosecution of marijuana-related cases — would be rescinded […]

Nikki Haley Dings Obama’s Iran Policy: ‘We Must Not Make That Mistake Again’ [VIDEO]

Nikki Haley kicked off 2018 by telling the United Nations exactly what America’s place in the world will be this coming year. Haley is known for not mincing words and took yet another bold stance against the global governing body Tuesday, with specific references to the recent protests in Iran. She noted that “dozens have already […]

Why The Trump Administration’s Foreign Policy Is Far Better than what Leftists, Neocons Have Done.

But this is like presuming that any preacher who fails to promise to eradicate sin is a tool of the devil.It is time to recognize the carnage the U.S. has down abroad. (FEE) The Trump administration’s foreign policy often resembles a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party or a loose cannon on a ship deck. But every […]

Analysis: With Final Passage Likely, Tax Reform Delivers Conservative Policy Victories and Dishonest Liberal Hysteria.

In short, it’s happening.  Congress’ bicameral conference committee unveiled a compromise tax reform bill on Friday, with votes in each chamber expected this week.  The procedural rules forbid any further amendments, changes or “tweaks” to the now-finalized legislation; the next and last legislative step is a pair of up-or-down votes on an identical bill in […]

Sweden Forced to Raise Retirement Age To Pay For Mass Immigration Policy.

The increasing costs of population growth in Sweden, driven almost entirely mass migration, have forced the government to seriously consider raising the national retirement age to pay for the additional costs. Swedish Socialist party Finance Minister Magdalena Andersson announced that the retirement age would likely be raised in the near future in order to offset increased welfare costs, […]

Rebeccah Heinrichs: Obama Holdovers at State Department Are Trump’s Biggest Foreign Policy Problem.

Rebeccah Heinrichs, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, spoke with Breitbart News Daily SiriusXM host Raheem Kassam on Wednesday regarding the Trump administration’s putting more sanctions on North Korea and whether they will work. Speaking of the State Department in general, Heinrichs said, “If there’s any department that still needs its house cleaned from the Obama administration, it’s […]

Will Trump’s Greatest Triumphs Be in Foreign Policy?

Watching the normally Trump-phobic talking heads at CNN bend themselves into pretzels to say something bad about our president’s foreign policy address in South Korea Wednesday (our Tuesday), you knew POTUS had to have scored a home run in front of that country’s National Assembly. In fact, if you had viewed the event live on television yourself, […]

President Trump’s New Cuban Policy

President Donald J. Trump announced his new Cuban policy to about 1,000 enthusiastic mostly Cuban American supporters at the Manuel Artime Theater in Little Havana, Miami, Florida on June 16, 2017. On June 16, 2017, President Trump announced his new Cuba policy partially reversing Obama’s shameful unilateral concessions to the Castro´s regime in return for […]

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