The U.S. president has lost the war he started with Iran — or at the very least he has no chance of winning it — but accepting defeat and repairing the damage of the error is simply beyond his reach.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Trump’s Trap, Trump’s Sanity
Tag: Paul Singer
The Vulture Capitalist Poised for a Venezuelan Killing
Shortly before Trump’s aggression on Caracas, Paul Singer’s investment firm bought Citgo at deep discount in a U.S.-based auction overseen by an AIPAC board member.
Rubio Follows the Big Money
Exclusive: Sen. Marco Rubio is the new favorite of the Republican establishment, a shift away from Jeb Bush signaled by hedge-fund billionaire Paul Singer’s embrace. But Rubio earned that affection by advancing Singer’s high-stakes financial fight with Argentina, Jonathan Marshall reports.
Argentina v. the Hedge Funds
Exclusive: A battle between Argentina and U.S. hedge funds, which gambled on the country’s defaulted bonds, is raising questions about how far U.S. courts can go in requiring governments to pay and whether developing nations can defy the U.S.-dominated financial system, reports…