President Trump appears lost in the swamp of his own shallow mind, pulling down the “adults” around him more than they can lift him up, as ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar explains.
Category: Foreign Policy
How Obama, Trump Had Their Wings Clipped
Trump’s Shallow Thinking on ‘Terrorism’
Russia-gate’s Fatally Flawed Logic
Education or Brainwashing?
Hurtling Toward ‘Fire and Fury’
Exclusive: Under congressional and media pressure to confront U.S. “adversaries,” President Trump alarmed the world with rash rhetoric about inflicting “fire and fury” on North Korea, a frightening prospect, says Jonathan Marshall.
New Cracks in Russia-gate Foundation
The Russia-gate groupthink always rested on a fragile foundation of dubious analysis and biased guesswork, but now has been shaken by new forensic studies of the purported “hack,” as Patrick Lawrence reported at The Nation.
The Russia-Did-It Certitude Challenged
How Congress ‘Learns’ About Russia
Hedge-fund operator William Browder helped plunder Russia’s riches – and renounced his U.S. citizenship – but is still treated as a great truth-teller by a credulous Congress, notes ex-CIA officer Philip Giraldi at The American Conservative.