Tag: foreignpolicy


  • Trump spent his campaign bragging he’d end Middle East wars through sheer dealmaking prowess, yet Netanyahu just laughed in his face by ordering Iran strikes hours after Trump claimed total control over Israel. The ceasefire Trump supposedly brokered in April crumbled without a word from the man who promised to bend world leaders to his…

  • Trump spent years boasting his brutal sanctions would force Iran to surrender on nukes and everything else—instead Iran is now offering limited deals that exclude nuclear issues entirely. The man who mocked Obama’s diplomacy as weak is getting ignored by Tehran, which clearly isn’t ‘begging’ and isn’t accepting American ultimatums. His big tough strategy collapsed,…

  • Trump built his political brand opposing endless wars and military overreach—then jumped straight to threatening civilian infrastructure destruction in Iran, the exact reckless warmongering he attacked Biden for. Targeting energy infrastructure that civilians depend on is a war crime under international law. This isn’t restraint; it’s authoritarian escalation wrapped in MAGA rhetoric. Source: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/04/trump-threatens-war-crimes-in-iran-again/

  • The ‘peace candidate’ who vowed to end America’s foreign wars just started one of the most dangerous conflicts in decades against Iran. He’s posted threats about wiping out ‘a whole civilization’—language that crosses into war crimes territory. His supporters voted for anti-war rhetoric; they got a man willing to risk everything for the next portrait.…

  • Trump spent four years attacking Biden for mixing trade policy with foreign military strategy, promising his tariffs would be purely about jobs and American workers. Now he’s slapping 50% tariffs on any country selling weapons to Iran—using tariffs as explicit military tools, not economic ones. American consumers foot the bill while Trump plays geopolitical chess…