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Archives: Donald Trump
![Top 5 things Trump is doing to us Worse than insulting Mika](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064133im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/top-5-things-trump-is-doing-to-u-187x137.jpg)
![Syria: Russians alarmed, Washington Befuddled, by White House threats](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064133im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/syria-russians-alarmed-washingto-187x137.jpg)
Syria: Russians alarmed, Washington Befuddled, by White House threats
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The unusual statement from the "White House" on Monday saying that there were indications that the Syrian regime was preparing to use poison…![Trump May Already Be Blundering into the Next Middle East War](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064133im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/trump-may-already-be-blundering-187x137.jpg)
Trump May Already Be Blundering into the Next Middle East War
By Jim Lobe & Giulia McDonnell Nieto Del Rio | ( FPIF) | First published in Lobelog | - - The possibilities for catastrophic miscalculation are skyrocketing in the Middle East, and…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064133im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/pewtrump-1-187x137.png)
Why it Matters that the World thinks US under Trump is Laughingstock
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Pew Research Center has found that the confidence of the world public in the US willingness to do the right thing has plummeted…![N. American Scholars of Mideast react to SCOTUS Decision on Trump Muslim Ban](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064133im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/n-american-scholars-of-mideast-r-187x137.jpg)
N. American Scholars of Mideast react to SCOTUS Decision on Trump Muslim Ban
Middle East Studies Association of North America | - - On Monday, June 26, 2017, the United States Supreme Court issued a limited stay in the case that MESA has joined as…![Is Putin’s Russia the critical threat Americans believe it to be?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064133im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/is-putins-russia-the-critical-th-187x137.jpg)
Is Putin’s Russia the critical threat Americans believe it to be?
Ronald Suny | (The Conversation) | - - U.S. intelligence agencies – 17 of them – agree that evidence shows the Russian government hacked the Democratic National Committee and waged a campaign…![Trump’s Escalations of War in Syria—Sleepwalking into a Global Confrontation](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064133im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/trumps-escalations-of-war-in-syr-187x137.jpg)
Trump’s Escalations of War in Syria—Sleepwalking into a Global Confrontation
By Reese Erlich | (The Progressive) | - - Syrian President Bashar al Assad claims to have won the war and that he is merely mopping up remaining rebel groups. With its…![Trump accuses Syrian of Planning Gas attack as Haley attacks Russia, Iran](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064133im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/trump-accuses-syrian-of-planning-187x137.jpg)
Trump accuses Syria of Planning Gas attack as Haley attacks Russia, Iran
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Trump administration is making noise about striking Syria, on the grounds that Damascus is planning to use poison gas again. Trump's Neoconservative…![Trump Son-In-Law did not declare $285m Loan from Deutsche Bank](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064133im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/trump-son-in-law-did-not-declare-187x137.jpg)
Trump Son-In-Law did not declare $285m Loan from Deutsche Bank
TeleSur | - - Jared Kushner was an adviser to the Trump campaign and an employee at his own real estate company when the firm received the loan. A real estate company…America’s Special Ops Perpetual World War
Nick Turse | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - The tabs on their shoulders read “Special Forces,” “Ranger,” “Airborne.” And soon their guidon -- the “colors” of Company B, 3rd Battalion of…![Trump’s Folly: Oil is a Worthless Commodity and Saudi’s Crown Prince Knows It](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064133im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/trumps-folly-oil-is-a-worthless-187x137.jpg)
Trump’s Folly: Oil is a Worthless Commodity and Saudi’s Crown Prince Knows It
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Crude oil prices are cratering, down 20% this year, in the biggest 6-month free fall in years. As Annie Pei of CNBC notes,…![Green France: Macron bans Fracking and welcomes US renewables Scientists fleeing Trump](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064133im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/green-france-macron-bans-frackin-187x137.jpg)
Green France: Macron bans Fracking and welcomes US renewables Scientists fleeing Trump
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The French government wants to steal increasingly unemployed US green energy scientists, who are being systematically defunded by the Trump administration. After Trump…![What will Happen when Trump’s Dupes Find Out?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064133im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/what-will-happen-when-trumps-dup-187x137.jpg)
What will Happen when Trump’s Dupes Find Out?
By Andrew J. Bacevich | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - Forgive me for complaining, but recent decades have not been easy ones for my peeps. I am from birth a member of…![All Signs from Trump Point to a Coming Conflict with Iran](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064133im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/all-signs-from-trump-point-to-a-187x137.jpg)
All Signs from Trump Point to a Coming Conflict with Iran
By John Feffer | Foreign Policy in Focus | - - Behind all of Trump's boneheaded policies in the Middle East is an unmistakable urge for confrontation with Iran. The Saudi war…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064133im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/prophets-130x137.gif)
Trump’s Love Affair With the Saudis
By William D. Hartung | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - At this point, it’s no great surprise when Donald Trump walks away from past statements in service to some impulse of the…![Russo-US dog fights over Syria?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064133im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/russo-us-dog-fights-over-syria-187x137.jpg)
Russo-US dog fights over Syria?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Yara Bayoumi at Reuters reports on the complicated minuet being danced by Russia, the Syrian Air Force, and the United States. The Syrian…![Don’t Slow Down on Impeachment](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064133im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/dont-slow-down-on-impeachment-187x137.jpg)
Don’t Slow Down on Impeachment
Robert Reich. | Yes! Magazine | - - The three previous presidential impeachment inquiries rested on less evidence of obstruction of justice than is already publicly known about Trump. The real reason…![Trump to Send 4,000 More US Troops to Afghanistan as Mattis admits ‘Not Winning’](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064133im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/trump-to-send-4000-more-us-troop-187x137.jpg)
Trump to Send 4,000 More US Troops to Afghanistan as Mattis admits ‘Not Winning’
TeleSur | - - The Trump adminstration plans to deploy 4,000 more troops, extending the nearly The official says troops will train Afghan soldiers, and fight Taliban and Islamic State group forces.…![Putin offers Comey Asylum, likens him to Snowden](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064133im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/putin-offers-comey-asylum-likens-187x137.jpg)
Putin offers Comey Asylum, likens him to Snowden
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - BBC Monitoring translates the remarks of Russian President Vladimir Putin broadcast on Rosiyya 1 TV on Thursday. He responded to the remarks last…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064133im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/file-20170615-24943-1sjg23z-187x137.jpg)