In Which I Try to Make Sense of Donald Trump’s Middle East Policy
A Kurdish refugee in northern Syria watches airstrikes in the city of Kobani.Dimitrios Chantzaras/NurPhoto/ZUMA I’m sort of catching up on things, so tell me if I have this straight: Trump talked to Turkey’s president last night and agreed to let him invade northern Syria if Turkey was willing to take a few thousand ISIS prisoners…
Julián Castro Just Saw Donald Trump’s Border Crisis Firsthand: “His Agenda Is Killing People”
Democratic Presidential hopeful Julián Castro escorts a group of migrants to the Brownsville Port of Entry Monday morning. He asked port officials to allow the migrants to petition for asylum in the United States. Courtesy of Julián Castro Democratic presidential hopeful Julián Castro visited a makeshift camp on Monday in the Mexican city of Matamoros,…
“The Americans Are Traitors”: Trump Faces a Major Backlash Over Syria Announcement
President Donald Trump greets Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in June at the G20 summit in Japan.Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency/Getty Donald Trump upended US military policy in the Middle East Sunday night, announcing through a White House statement that he would permit a “long-planned” Turkish invasion of northern Syria, a region controlled mainly by Kurds who…
Addiction and Mental Illness Are Rampant Among the Homeless
The LA Times reports today that the public perception of homelessness in Los Angeles is more accurate than the official happy talk: The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority…said only 29% of the homeless population had either a mental illness or substance abuse disorder….The Times, however, found that about 67% had either a mental illness or…
The Case For Donald Trump
Last night I saw a TV ad blasting Democrats for trying to impeach Donald Trump. It made three points: Hunter Biden made a bunch of money in Ukraine. Joe Biden got Ukraine’s prosecutor fired. The prosecutor claims he was fired because he was putting so much pressure on Hunter Biden. This is simple, straightforward, and…
Reminder: Trump Has a Massive Conflict of Interest in Turkey
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump at the June 2019 G-20 conference in Osaka, Japan. Presidential Press Service/Pool Photo via AP Late Sunday night, the Trump administration announced that US troops would be pulling back from their positions northern Syria, allowing Turkey to move into a region controlled by Kurdish…