Outside the Beltway

Under the Trump Administration, the American commitment to human rights around the world is basically dead.

Jon Huntsman has resigned as Ambassador to Russia ahead of an anticipated bid to return as Utah’s Governor, a position he held 11 years ago.

The Trump Era is raising doubts about many things, including America’s most important alliance.

Joe Biden delivered his first major foreign policy address of the campaign. It’s not perfect, but it’s better than what we have right now.

In memos to his superiors, the British Ambassador to the United States had an exceedingly frank, and negative, assessment of the current occupant of the White House.

Realistically, President Trump has very few options when it comes to dealing with Iran and its nuclear program.

President Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un met at the Demilitarized Zone for what amounts to their third summit in a year. As with the previous two, there was nothing of substance accomplished.

The Trump Administration unveiled new sanctions against Iran yesterday. They’re unlikely to accomplish the entirely unrealistic goals the President claims to have in mind.

A possible way forward?

As we head toward a potential crisis in the Persian Gulf, the consequences of the President’s lies are coming home to roost.

The Trump Administration continues to misstate what the DPRK agreed to regarding its nuclear program. That’s why talks between the two nations are stalled.

While the American media was paying attention to President travels and travails in Europe, there was another meeting taking place.

Last night, President Trump announced a new round of tariffs against Mexico for reasons that have nothing to do with trade itself.

President Trump is in Japan, and while there is is dismissing the seriousness of new North Korean missile tests that threaten Japan.

A new poll indicates that at least some Democrats continue to hold Biden’s 2002 vote in favor of the Iraq War.

The Trump Administration is taking an unnecessarily militaristic approach toward Iran, and that poses real dangers for the country and for the Middle East.

The United States agreed to pay North Korea $2 million for “medical treatment” for Otto Warmbier. Did the Trump Administration actually pay the bill? They aren’t saying.

The Trump Administration still doesn’t have realistic goals for its negotiations with North Korea.

The Saudis tortured an American citizen, but the Trump Administration doesn’t care.

In the wake of the failure of the Hanoi Summit to reach any agreement at all, North Korea appears to be returning to old form.

Michael Cohen pulled back the curtain and revealed much about the true nature of Donald Trump yesterday. It’s not a pretty picture.

President Trump and Kim Jong Un hold their second summit in Hanoi later this week, but it’s unlikely anything significant will happen.

In his business career Donald Trump relied largely on fear and intimidation to get his way on business deals. As President, he’s finding that nobody is afraid of him.

President Trump is expected to name a former Fox News host as Ambassador to the United Nations.

Honoring the 41st President cast a poor light on the 45th.

Trump continues to struggle at major international meetings.

A filing in an unrelated case has apparently revealed the existence of a sealed indictment against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.

As expected, the North’s nuclear development continues.

Take one name out of contention as a potential replacement for Nikki Haley at the United Nations.

The evidence that Saudi Arabia murdered Washington Post columnist and American Permanent resident Jamal Khashoggi appears to be incontrovertible.

President Trump’s second speech to the General Assembly of the United Nations wasn’t much better than the first, but it it did get the world laughing at us.

Donald Trump’s trade war is helping China expand its diplomatic influence.

As expected, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo easily fended off a challenge from actress Cynthia Nixon. Let the Presidential speculation begin.

Three months after the Singapore summit, evidence grows that North Korea is still making nuclear weapons.

A new book by legendary Washington reporter Bob Woodward appears to contain explosive revelations about the President and the operation of the White House.

President Trump is alienating our allies and making friends with dictators, and the world is responding as you might expect they would.

Who could have seen this coming?

President Trump appears to be ready to expand his ignorant, counterproductive trade war with China.

The Trump’s Administration’s rhetoric and actions have given the Iranians no reason to trust the United States going forward.

The NATO Summit is going about as well as can be expected.

Donald Trump had to be talked down from considering military intervention in Venezuela.

The supposed promises made at the Singapore Summit don’t appear to be working out in the real world.

Rebutting the President’s routine prevarications merely spreads them. Is there an alternative?

President Trump continues to dismiss concerns about Kim Jong Un’s brutality, and to lavish praise on a man who has a considerable amount of blood on his hands.

Tom Nichols draws a contrast between Republican criticisms of the last president and their defense of this one.

The Singapore Summit meeting between President Trump and Kim Jong Un was about as substance-less as most analysts anticipated it would be.

Hurricane Trump hit the G-7 this weekend, and the damage it left behind will take years to clean up.

South Korea’s President is saying that Kim Jong Un has renewed his supposed commitment to ‘denuclearization,’ but it isn’t at all clear what that means.

Seemingly out of the blue, the June 12th summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been canceled by the United States.

Not surprisingly, the North Koreans are pushing back against American efforts to force them into a corner on denuclearization.