From the days when the KGB sought to cultivate him 40 years ago to his term as president, Trump was a useful stooge. And if he gets another term, he still can be.
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How U.S. political discourse hurts Ukraine
Donald Trump has been a longtime useful stooge for Vladimir Putin. Fox News has broadcasted Tucker Carlson’s cynical view that Ukraine deserved what was coming to millions. All while foreign policy figures treat Russia’s invasion of Ukraine like a game of Risk.
What the Fox News host's flip-flop on the invasion of Ukraine says about his influence and read on foreign affairs.
John Mearsheimer and other foreign policy figures are treating Russia’s invasion of Ukraine like a game of “Risk.”
The Russian moneyman—don’t call him an oligarch!—has kept Putin at arm’s length. But is this really the kind of money Democrats want?
Putin alone is to blame for the war in Ukraine. Still, some opponents of NATO expansion were strikingly prescient.
Whenever global trouble boils, our foreign policy big shots say U.S. credibility is at stake unless we act. Alas, the record shows that acting is often where the problems start.
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