How Trump Betrayed His First Duty to Americans

Schmidt's scathing takedown: Trump's Iran war is reckless madness endangering Americans

President Donald Trump may insist that he is winning the war in Iran, but a number of prominent commentators within his own party beg to differ — including one who advised the last Republican president to lead America into a Middle Eastern quagmire.“Trust is a rare commodity in our wretched times,” wrote Steve Schmidt, a Republican strategist and former adviser to President George W. Bush, in a Wednesday Substack post. “These are the days of cor…

The Madness of King Trump: War Games, War Crimes and a Wrecking Ball Presidency

Dysfunction, decadence, depravity, and a death cult: That, in a nutshell, sums up the mindset now at the heart of the Trump administration. ... The post The Madness of King Trump: War Games, War Crimes and a Wrecking Ball Presidency appeared first on The New American.

How Trump betrayed his first duty to Americans

“The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens,” President Trump said in his State of the Union address last month, daring Democrats to remain seated (which they did) when he asked them to stand to show concurrence. It was, arguably, effective political theater. But when it comes to life-or-death reality — the actual safety of American citizens — Mr. Trump’s cavalier approach to the war with Iran is recklessly endange…

The Madness of King Trump | War Games, War Crimes and a Wrecking Ball Presidency

TheNewAmerican.com John & Nisha Whitehead | The Rutherford Institute | Rutherford.org “He went mad and lost America.”—Ian Martin, “The madness of King Trump, America’s sulky George III sequel” Dysfunction, decadence, depravity and a death cult: that, in a nutshell, sums up the mindset now at the heart of the