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U.S. Foreign Policy

Trump Seizes Putin’s Oil Tanker as Puppet Strings Go Haywire

Monday, January 12, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Trump Putin Machado Venezuelan oil tanker

Trump has finally defied Vladimir Putin; not to save Ukrainian lives, but to commandeer Venezuelan oil and indulge his obsession with power, spectacle, and humiliation. The seizure of a Russian-flagged tanker marks a shift from theatrical cruelty to real economic disruption, but it exposes something darker than strategy. iPINIONS contends that, in chasing oil, prestige,… Read more.

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Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: Authoritarianism, iPINIONS, Nobel Peace Prize, oil politics, Putin, Russia, Trump, U.S. Foreign Policy, Ukraine, Venezuela

From FDR Decrying a Day of Infamy to Trump Executing a Year of Infamy

Sunday, December 7, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Pearl Harbor Day the Monroe Doctrine and Trumpism

On Pearl Harbor Day, history is meant to warn, not comfort. As iPINIONS argues, America has moved from condemning infamy abroad to exporting it across the hemisphere—through economic coercion, naval intimidation, and revived imperial arrogance. From FDR’s moral clarity to Trump’s year of infamy, this piece reframes remembrance as indictment. Read my full take on… Read more.

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Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: American Empire, Historical Memory, Monroe Doctrine, Pearl Harbor Day, Trumpism, U.S. Foreign Policy, Year of Infamy

Trump’s Deal for Peace in the Middle East Collapsing Like a House of Cards

Monday, October 20, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Gaza peace deal violations

Trump was all over TV touting the cease-fire he brokered between Hamas and Israel as “peace in the Middle East.” But less than a week later, his deal is collapsing in blood, hypocrisy, and self-promotion. iPINIONS exposes the war profiteers posing as peacemakers, and the media cheering them on. Read it on my Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/trumps-deal-for-peace-in-the-middle Read more.

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Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: cease-fire, Gaza, Hamas, ICC, Kushner, Lesley Stahl, media bias, Middle East, Netanyahu, Trump, U.S. Foreign Policy, War Profiteering

China’s Role in Myanmar Proves It’s a Vulture, Not a Superpower

Wednesday, June 11, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Myanmar suffers disasters as military puts on parades

China has turned Myanmar into a cautionary tale — one that exposes its true nature not as a superpower patron but as a vulture mercantilist. The West, led by the US, abandoned Myanmar just as it abandoned Afghanistan. And China swooped in, not to save, but to scavenge: arming all sides, securing resources, and solidifying… Read more.

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Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: Asia, Aung San Suu Kyi, Authoritarianism, china, civil war, geopolitics, iPINIONS, Myanmar, Substack, U.S. Foreign Policy

US Offering ‘Amnesty’ Only  Emboldens  Maduro

Friday, August 16, 2024 at 6:51 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Nicolas Maduro refuses to cede power despite reports that Biden offered him amnesty

There’s clear and convincing evidence that strongman Nicolás Maduro suffered a humiliating defeat in last month’s election. But no one should’ve been surprised that he claimed victory and refused to cede power. Then, on Sunday, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Biden administration held secret talks to offer Maduro amnesty. The administration made a… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: amnesty, Biden Administration, Manuel Noriega, Marines, Nicolas Maduro, Reagan administration, U.S. Foreign Policy, Venezuela

Netanyahu Ignoring Biden Smacks of the Tail Wagging the Dog

Saturday, April 13, 2024 at 6:11 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
cartoon of Netanyahu ignoring Biden on phone call with tail-wagging-dog image inset

Biden’s come-to-Jesus talk with Netanyahu  On its misadventure to destroy Hamas, Israel spent six months killing thousands of innocent Palestinians and scores of relief workers. Yet, it was only after it killed seven Central Work Kitchen aid workers recently that President Biden had a come-to-Jesus talk with Netanyahu.  Reportedly, Biden’s friendship with José Andrés, the founder of this relief organization, made him so… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Biden, Gaza, genocidal tactics, humanitarian crisis, International Politics, Israel, Netanyahu, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S.-Israel relations

Biden Must Retaliate Against Iran-Backed Militias for Their Attacks

Monday, January 29, 2024 at 10:20 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Iranian militia protesting against America with image of USA as whale and of scorpion and frog inset.

Biden’s passivity invited this tragedy Yesterday, an Iran-backed militia launched a drone strike against US troops in Jordan, killing three and wounding over forty. But this was just the latest such attack. Because Iran-backed militias have launched over 160 attacks against US troops in Iraq, Syria, and now Jordan since October 7.  That, of course, is the day of infamy… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Biden, Iran, Israel-Palestine conflict, Middle East, Militia Attacks, Netanyahu, two-state solution, U.S. Foreign Policy

Arab Leaders Snub Biden Over Gaza Hospital Blast: He Must Make them Pay

Wednesday, October 18, 2023 at 1:40 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Biden meeting with Arab leaders with dead laid out after explosion at Gaza hospital.

Jordan has cancelled a summit it was to host in Amman on Wednesday with U.S. President Joe Biden. … Biden was expected to make a whirlwind trip to Israel, where he would later head to Jordan and according to Jordanian officials meet Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al Sisi and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Jordan’s King… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Arab Leaders, Financial Aid, Gaza hospital, Joe Biden, Middle East Politics, Travel ban, U.S. Foreign Policy

Nagorno-Karabakh a Casualty of War in Ukraine

Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 8:43 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Armenian soldier heading off to fight Azerbaijan with survivors wailing at grave sites inset.

Bogged down in Ukraine, Russia leaves Nagorno-Karabakh high and dry America assumed responsibility for the welfare and security of pro-Western Afghans. That’s why it shocked the world when America suddenly fled Afghanistan. Because it left Afghans to the jihadi mercies of the Taliban. That abandonment was as unconscionable as it was shameful. Russia assumed responsibility for the ethnic Armenians of… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Armenia, Azerbaijan, ethnic cleansing, Nagorno-Karabakh, Russia, U.S. Foreign Policy, Ukraine, war crimes, Western Apathy

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