Matt Osborne
International
April 17, 2017
In Korea, Mike Pence Hails New Era Of Peevish Muddling-Through
Why worry about the nagging details of actual policy when a good photo-op exerts its own magic?
Commentary
Kushner’s Failure To Disclose Russian Spy Meeting Really Is A Very Big Deal
You can commit almost any sin, no matter how terrible or suggestive of bad character, and still receive a Top Secret clearance as long as you disclose it.
News
White House Adviser Deathmatch: Jared Kushner vs Steve Bannon
It seems that Kushner’s most important rival is not even inside the White House at all, but is instead a far right hedge fund family with more money than sense.
Foreign Relations
Trump White House Blames Obama For Nerve Gas Attack On Syrian Civilians
The Trump administration seems uninterested in doing anything about Syria’s new nerve gas, or probable Russian involvement, other than blame their predecessors.
Foreign Relations
Former Blackwater CEO Met Russian Envoy In Secret For Trump
The secretive liaison fits the pattern of meetings between high-level Trump allies and agents of Russian influence.
Commentary
Jared Kushner And The Incredible Shrinking State Department
Trump did promise to run government like his business, after all, and there’s no profit in standing up for the oppressed gay men of Chechnya — or anyone else.
News
Inside Job: Nunes Got His Fake News From Former Staffer, Flynn Favorite
The White House personnel who showed Rep. Nunes those intelligence reports have been identified, and neither is a surprise.
News
So What Has The Trump Team Absolutely Terrified Of Sally Yates?
What does she know that terrifies them so much, and when did she know it? What could have made Trump and his cronies risk an appearance of guilty posturing?
Foreign Relations
Jared Kushner Failed To Disclose Contact With Russian Spy
The Senate Intelligence Committee wants to question Donald Trump’s son-in-law about a December meeting with a Russian spy who runs a bank for Vladimir Putin.
Commentary
Ivanka Trump Ending What Is Actually Exceptional About America
Until now, government-as-family-enterprise has been common abroad, but not in Washington, DC.