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Trump once told Americans to sleep well because he had supposedly ended the North Korean nuclear threat. North Korea kept building. iPINIONS warns that he’s now running the same delusional play with Iran: boasting of victory, hyping imaginary deals, and pretending Netanyahu will do whatever he says. But Iran just halted talks, oil prices spiked,… Read more.
Trump says Cuba is on his mind. But iPINIONS argues this is not strategy. It’s wag-the-dog theater, with Cuba cast as the next stage for Trump’s imperial bluster after humiliation in Iran. From Rubio’s exile politics to Russia’s meddling and the Supreme Court’s property ruling, the Cuba threat looks less like foreign policy than conquest… Read more.
Of course Netanyahu is pulling what little remains of his hair out. Because, despite all their bombing and bluster, the US and Israel haven’t achieved any of their goals. After all, Iran will emerge stronger than ever … acting like a superpower on the world stage, with its control of the Strait of Hormuz, uranium,… Read more.
In both images, a local hand is doing the pointing. But iPINIONS contends that US policy loaded the moment. In Vietnam, Washington intervened where it had no business intervening, and helped spread the very communism it claimed to contain. In Congo and Uganda, Washington gutted USAID, leaving local health workers to police Ebola with broken… Read more.
Ukraine spent the first years of Putin’s genocidal invasion begging Biden and NATO for the weapons to strike back in kind. Instead, Washington dithered, NATO cowered, and Kyiv paid the price. iPINIONS argues that while Biden delayed, Ukraine innovated. Now its drones are reaching Moscow, its weapons industry is booming, and Europe is looking to… Read more.
Nixon went to China and changed the world. Trump went to China and degraded the country. This iPINIONS commentary argues that Trump’s summit with Xi Jinping turned US-China diplomacy into a spectacle of MAGA corruption, billionaire access, and national humiliation. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/nixon-went-to-open-china-trump-is Read more.
Last week’s UK local elections humiliated the Conservative-Labour duopoly and showed Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is no longer just a protest vote. iPINIONS argues that Britain is relapsing into Brexit politics just as America relapsed into MAGA politics … voters choosing entertainment over governance, their own welfare be damned. Read my full take on Substack:… Read more.
Here’s how iPINIONS thinks EU leaders should respond: Sure, Don TACO, just like you’re “considering” invading Iran. You launched this war without consulting us, demanded we bleed for it, and now you’re throwing a tantrum because we said no? NATO is a defense alliance, not your foreign legion. You’re acting like a spoiled kid threatening… Read more.
King Charles came to America bearing pomp, tea, and a civics lesson Trump’s America sorely needed. But iPINIONS contends that Epstein haunted the visit, Christian Turner undercut the special relationship, and Magna Carta exposed the absurdity of a republic flattering a wannabe king. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/king-charless-rough-wooing-of-trump Read more.
Three years into Sudan’s war, the death toll, famine, and mass displacement are staggering. Yet unlike Ukraine, Gaza, or Iran, Sudan still struggles to command sustained media attention or geopolitical urgency. iPINIONS argues that neglect has less to do with racism or religion than with the brutal fact that Sudan offers the West little strategic… Read more.
