Congress sanctions, Trump courts Moscow
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U.S. Congress advanced sweeping sanctions on Russia while the White House, under President Trump, explored business incentives with Moscow to pressure Putin into ending the war.
Trumpism need not be America’s foreign policy future.
Individuals matter. And when individuals change, policy can change too.
My latest for McFaul’s World: michaelmcfaul.substack.com/p/trumps-for...
Individuals matter. And when individuals change, policy can change too.
My latest for McFaul’s World: michaelmcfaul.substack.com/p/trumps-for...
Trump’s Foreign Policy Is Not Popular And Need Not Endure Beyond His Presidency
Launching a war against Iran, fighting with allies, embracing dictators, and blowing up the international trading system is not what the Americans want.
michaelmcfaul.substack.com
September 18, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Trumpism need not be America’s foreign policy future.
Individuals matter. And when individuals change, policy can change too.
My latest for McFaul’s World: michaelmcfaul.substack.com/p/trumps-for...
Individuals matter. And when individuals change, policy can change too.
My latest for McFaul’s World: michaelmcfaul.substack.com/p/trumps-for...
What the what?
Breaking news: The White House has struck a deal that gives “permanent control over security” in Greenland to the U.S., President Trump said, declaring victory in his desire to increase U.S. sway over the Arctic territory.
Trump announces ‘forever’ deal to defend Greenland as Denmark says signing ‘expected’ next week
President Trump announced an agreement with Denmark that he said gives the United States "permanent" sway over Greenland's security.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 18, 2026 at 10:15 PM
What the what?
Reposted by Élisabeth Vallet
Trump’s refusal to acknowledge Russian interference is a clear and present danger.
Will Putin's decade-long war on US elections hit the midterms?
Trump's Russia denialism has left America vulnerable.
www.motherjones.com
September 18, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Trump’s refusal to acknowledge Russian interference is a clear and present danger.
There’s a dangerous fatalism setting in about America’s role in the world: that Trumpism is now the permanent direction of U.S. foreign policy.
I don’t buy it.
On issue after issue, Trump’s foreign policy is out of step with the American people.
michaelmcfaul.substack.com/p/trumps-for...
I don’t buy it.
On issue after issue, Trump’s foreign policy is out of step with the American people.
michaelmcfaul.substack.com/p/trumps-for...
Trump’s Foreign Policy Is Not Popular And Need Not Endure Beyond His Presidency
Launching a war against Iran, fighting with allies, embracing dictators, and blowing up the international trading system is not what the Americans want.
michaelmcfaul.substack.com
September 17, 2026 at 2:30 PM
There’s a dangerous fatalism setting in about America’s role in the world: that Trumpism is now the permanent direction of U.S. foreign policy.
I don’t buy it.
On issue after issue, Trump’s foreign policy is out of step with the American people.
michaelmcfaul.substack.com/p/trumps-for...
I don’t buy it.
On issue after issue, Trump’s foreign policy is out of step with the American people.
michaelmcfaul.substack.com/p/trumps-for...
Relentless - even as America's global power is eroding by the day in the process and our national debt is undermining the future of our children and grandchildren.
wapo.st/46PZHjn
wapo.st/46PZHjn
Opinion | America needs to destroy what really sustains the Iranian regime
The ruling ideologues won’t concede anything until they lose their power of coercion.
wapo.st
September 18, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Relentless - even as America's global power is eroding by the day in the process and our national debt is undermining the future of our children and grandchildren.
wapo.st/46PZHjn
wapo.st/46PZHjn
The Strait (Jacket) of Trump
The Strait (Jacket) of Trump
He's gotten us into another endless war -- not in Afghanistan, Iraq, or Vietnam (to mention three past nightmares), but this time in Iran
dlvr.it
September 18, 2026 at 4:14 AM
The Strait (Jacket) of Trump
Re Iran the President has 3 options:Walk away and leave the region unstable, Strike hard and risk an expensive, inconclusive fight, Or maintain the economic pressure and wait Tehran out. My money is on #3. My wide ranging discussion with Brianna Keilar of @CNN.com here: youtu.be/iNN87lpLBLk
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September 17, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Re Iran the President has 3 options:Walk away and leave the region unstable, Strike hard and risk an expensive, inconclusive fight, Or maintain the economic pressure and wait Tehran out. My money is on #3. My wide ranging discussion with Brianna Keilar of @CNN.com here: youtu.be/iNN87lpLBLk
Reposted by Mel Bartley
Iran has just declared that the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the orange felon is removed from power.
Looks like Iran has held all the cards from the very beginning of this illegal disastrous war. The orange felon and drunkard rapist fox host should be in jail.
Looks like Iran has held all the cards from the very beginning of this illegal disastrous war. The orange felon and drunkard rapist fox host should be in jail.
September 18, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Iran has just declared that the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the orange felon is removed from power.
Looks like Iran has held all the cards from the very beginning of this illegal disastrous war. The orange felon and drunkard rapist fox host should be in jail.
Looks like Iran has held all the cards from the very beginning of this illegal disastrous war. The orange felon and drunkard rapist fox host should be in jail.
Fox News Poll: 71% think Trump administration lacks plan to end Iran war. Support for Israelis drops to record low, down 20 points since 2023. www.foxnews.com/politics/fox... #FoxNews
Fox News Poll: 71% think Trump administration lacks plan to end Iran war
A Fox News poll finds 70% of voters say Trump lacks a clear strategy for the Iran war, while 60% now call the military action the wrong decision.
www.foxnews.com
September 18, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Fox News Poll: 71% think Trump administration lacks plan to end Iran war. Support for Israelis drops to record low, down 20 points since 2023. www.foxnews.com/politics/fox... #FoxNews
Reposted by Daniel W. Drezner
“.. a fresh indication the sides haven’t agreed to an energy truce despite claims by US President Donald Trump.”
@bloomberg.com #$CRAK
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
@bloomberg.com #$CRAK
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
September 17, 2026 at 11:49 AM
“.. a fresh indication the sides haven’t agreed to an energy truce despite claims by US President Donald Trump.”
@bloomberg.com #$CRAK
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
@bloomberg.com #$CRAK
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Reposted by Richard S.J. Tol
Trump on Europe: “Russia has already attacked Ukrainian allies. They’ve been attacking Ukrainian allies for approximately five years.
“I think everyone agrees with it.”
“I think everyone agrees with it.”
September 18, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Trump on Europe: “Russia has already attacked Ukrainian allies. They’ve been attacking Ukrainian allies for approximately five years.
“I think everyone agrees with it.”
“I think everyone agrees with it.”
Reposted by Iikka Korhonen, Colin F. Camerer
Osama bin Laden’s one concrete strategic goal was to end the American military presence in the Gulf and on the Arabian Peninsula. A generation later, Donald Trump’s war on Iran has apparently delivered it for him:
**(SEMI-)CROSSPOST: RICK PERLSTEIN: Bush’s War Is Finally Over: Al Qaeda Has... 1/
**(SEMI-)CROSSPOST: RICK PERLSTEIN: Bush’s War Is Finally Over: Al Qaeda Has... 1/
(SEMI-)CROSSPOST: RICK PERLSTEIN: Bush’s War Is Finally Over: Al Qaeda Has Won
& U.S. airstrikes are apparently now being launched off of carriers supplied from Diego Garcia 3000 miles away from Tehran, and from Muwaffaq Salti in Jordan 900 miles from Tehran..
braddelong.substack.com
September 18, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Osama bin Laden’s one concrete strategic goal was to end the American military presence in the Gulf and on the Arabian Peninsula. A generation later, Donald Trump’s war on Iran has apparently delivered it for him:
**(SEMI-)CROSSPOST: RICK PERLSTEIN: Bush’s War Is Finally Over: Al Qaeda Has... 1/
**(SEMI-)CROSSPOST: RICK PERLSTEIN: Bush’s War Is Finally Over: Al Qaeda Has... 1/
Reposted by Caroline T. Schroeder
Breaking news: The White House has struck a deal that gives “permanent control over security” in Greenland to the U.S., President Trump said, declaring victory in his desire to increase U.S. sway over the Arctic territory.
Trump announces ‘forever’ deal to defend Greenland as Denmark says signing ‘expected’ next week
President Trump announced an agreement with Denmark that he said gives the United States "permanent" sway over Greenland's security.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 18, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Breaking news: The White House has struck a deal that gives “permanent control over security” in Greenland to the U.S., President Trump said, declaring victory in his desire to increase U.S. sway over the Arctic territory.
My latest Diplomatic Cable: Congress has just given Trump another blank check to cash in the way he wants rather than they attend. Punishing Russia is the necessary, but this is the wrong way to do it. newsletter.ivodaalder.com/p/the-diplom...
The Diplomatic Cable 003: Congress Hands Trump New Tariff Weapon
A regular update on events in the world
newsletter.ivodaalder.com
September 17, 2026 at 2:04 PM
My latest Diplomatic Cable: Congress has just given Trump another blank check to cash in the way he wants rather than they attend. Punishing Russia is the necessary, but this is the wrong way to do it. newsletter.ivodaalder.com/p/the-diplom...
Trump & Vance doing Putin's bidding.
Trump Wants Putin to End the War. He May Offer Russia Business Deals First.
Trump Wants Putin to End the War. He May Offer Russia Business Deals First.
Trump Wants Putin to End the War. He May Offer Russia Business Deals First. (Gift Article)
A new sanctions bill is meant to pressure President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to end the war in Ukraine. But President Trump is doubling down on a different approach: offering enticements to Russia.
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Trump & Vance doing Putin's bidding.
Trump Wants Putin to End the War. He May Offer Russia Business Deals First.
Trump Wants Putin to End the War. He May Offer Russia Business Deals First.
by Guy Grossman
As with Iran, or china after the tariff slap , the Trump administration keeps getting surprised that other countries have agency
“New alliances, new security measures, a new way of seeing rooted in the realities of the time.”
Canada And The EU Come Together
The world decouples from America
chadbourn.substack.com
September 17, 2026 at 9:51 AM
As with Iran, or china after the tariff slap , the Trump administration keeps getting surprised that other countries have agency
by Philip Nel
The Donald J. Trump Iran War has killed 22-23 US troops, but the Donald J. Trump Deparement of Defense only acknowledges 18 US troops killed.
WASH POST: "More U.S. Troops Have Died Amid (Trump's Pointless) Iran War Than Pentagon Has Disclosed"
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
September 18, 2026 at 8:18 PM
The Donald J. Trump Iran War has killed 22-23 US troops, but the Donald J. Trump Deparement of Defense only acknowledges 18 US troops killed.
Prediction about the Lindsey Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act. Watch the video to understand what this means and how Trump will use it.
Link: youtu.be/TGGVjcbY4nc
Link: youtu.be/TGGVjcbY4nc
September 17, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Prediction about the Lindsey Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act. Watch the video to understand what this means and how Trump will use it.
Link: youtu.be/TGGVjcbY4nc
Link: youtu.be/TGGVjcbY4nc
Reposted by Shawn Graham
Hmmm wonder why #trump banned CNN?!
“The US narrowly avoided boarding a Chinese ship based on an “entirely false” US intelligence report.
That erroneous intelligence, submitted by a US Special Ops analyst, suggested the Chinese ship was transporting nuclear arms program components.
The US […]
“The US narrowly avoided boarding a Chinese ship based on an “entirely false” US intelligence report.
That erroneous intelligence, submitted by a US Special Ops analyst, suggested the Chinese ship was transporting nuclear arms program components.
The US […]
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mastodon.social
September 18, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Hmmm wonder why #trump banned CNN?!
“The US narrowly avoided boarding a Chinese ship based on an “entirely false” US intelligence report.
That erroneous intelligence, submitted by a US Special Ops analyst, suggested the Chinese ship was transporting nuclear arms program components.
The US […]
“The US narrowly avoided boarding a Chinese ship based on an “entirely false” US intelligence report.
That erroneous intelligence, submitted by a US Special Ops analyst, suggested the Chinese ship was transporting nuclear arms program components.
The US […]