Outside the Beltway

The 47th President is flooding the zone.

Normal transition . . . and potential red flags.

Trump’s foreign policy team is taking shape.

Must every topic be viewed through that lens?

A wrongheaded if longstanding position.

A no-brainer that’s brainless.

Mike Pompeo’s PAC wants you to know that Mike Pompeo’s book is a “thriller with stories from the heart” of Mike Pompeo

The ship is abandoning the sinking rat.

U.S. taxpayers have been spending $2 million a month for his protection.

The Russian leader is isolated and under tremendous pressure.

Items for your consideration.

A number of GOP politicians criticized Trump over 1/6 and some resigned.

They’ve got a lot of gall blaming Biden for this mess.

Nonhierarchical parties strike again.

Explaining the continuing cowardice of GOP Senators.

” . . . to a second Trump Administration.” Get it?

The Republicans are putting on quite a show.

An open Senate race is now much more likely to stay Republican.

The similarities are obvious. The differences are more important.

Some explosive charges in the former National Security Advisor’s book.

Trump fires another Inspector General.

In recent weeks the US has ramped-up pressure on Maduro.

We are governed by the petty and myopic.

A proportional response.

It’s not clear what has been achieved.

Huh. Someone might want to look into this.

The chief diplomat of the United States isn’t very diplomatic (nor informative).

More on Rudy’s actions in Ukraine

President Trump has a huge decision to make.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has decided against running for Senator Kansas, decision that could force the GOP to defend an otherwise safe seat.

The assassination of a top Iranian official on a visit to Baghdad is having the expected negative impact on our relationship with Iraq and the fight against ISIS.

Despite Pompeo’s assurances, we are already seeing consequences for the Suleimani killing.

Policies towards Iran and NK are both a mess.

Amid protests over American airstrikes, the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad has become a target.

The House Intelligence Committee has released its report resulting from its investigation of the Ukraine scandal.

A Federal Judge in Washington, D.C. has ruled against the Trump Administration’s latest effort to stonewall Congressional inquiries.

The Republican Party is a cult with Donald Trump at the center and his ardent supporters are brainwashed cult members.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo looks ready to jump ship in favor of a run for Senate,

The final two witnesses in this week’s public hearings before the House Intelligence Committee reduced the Republican talking points in the President’s defense looking as absurd as they have always been.

Donald Trump’s Ambassador to the European Union provides yet more evidence to support impeachment of the President.

Reversing decades of policy, the Trump Administration reversed decades of policy on settlements in disputed territory.

French President Emmanuel Macron declared that the NATO alliance is suffering brain death due to President Trump’s neglect and lack of leadership.

The same Republicans who were outraged over Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server are silent about the use of private apps by Trump officials.

Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, had a lot to say when she testified before Congress yesterday.

Two associates of President Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani were arrested on their way out of the country, and the question is what connection Giuliani may have to the reasons behind their arrest.

The past week has demonstrated more notably than any other that this President is not well.

President Trump has named his fourth National Security Adviser in less than three years.

While the world continues to evaluate the impact of Saturday’s attack on a Saudi oil facility, tensions in the Persian Gulf are increasing.

Houthi rebels in Yemen have claimed responsibility for a massive attack on an important Saudi oil facility.

Some reports are suggesting that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo might take on the additional role of National Security Adviser.