On the issue of Gaza, Donald Trump is right,
I would hope that the administration would pursue a more balanced and calculated approach to Ukraine,
A number of countries are going to feel that they need a different relationship with Russia and China,
The Biden administration tried very hard to be reliable and predictable” on the world stage
They’re not going to expect Western capitals to break out in a chorus of ‘me too, sign us up!’,
This administration has not only an instinct but an appetite to be disruptive,
Sometimes when you unfreeze things, you can unleash forces that are much more negative than you can even begin to contemplate,
My read is that they’re all gobsmacked. They didn’t see it coming,
As a career diplomat, my job was always to explain the interests of the US government in the best light possible. President Trump made that a tougher job,
People are confusing USAID with a charity,
In Germany, the government reaction is as expected: they’re very dismissive,
He enjoys keeping people in reactive mode,
We’ve seen this play from President Trump many times before … this is the art of the deal,
One hopes that Trump would be very much relying on expert advice” on that conflict
Hard-balling allies is certainly an odd foreign policy approach,
The statements made by Netanyahu in the presence of Trump, without Trump’s objection, is essentially a declaration of war — resuming the war soon. So to me, that’s probably the most likely scenario,
There’s no question that the ceasefire, on its face, is totally incompatible with a plan to ethnically cleanse Gaza,
Donald Trump isn’t interested in the ceasefire for the wellbeing of Palestinians,
President Trump’s completely outrageous and outlandish calls for the ethnic cleansing of more than two million Palestinian people from Gaza severely undermines the chances for the continuation of the ceasefire,
What we have heard from the White House this week, in my humble judgement, killed the ceasefire agreement totally. It’s gone,