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Why Trump should disrupt the scandalous US-Saudi relationship

[TheHill.com] On Donald Trump's first foreign trip, he is visiting one of our putative allies in the Middle East: the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. For the president, who has been called the great "disruptor" of American politics, the trip is an opening to begin undoing the deplorable U.S.-Saudi relationship. For years, the U.S. has embraced … Continue reading Why Trump should disrupt the scandalous US-Saudi relationship

What Vox’s Will Wilkinson Gets Right — and Horribly Wrong — about Trump and the Islamist Menace

I applaud Will Wilkinson’s essay at Vox.com criticizing the Trump administration’s view of the jihadist threat, but I can offer only one cheer, not three. Wilkinson tries to put the threat in perspective, and although he makes some important points, he exhibits a mile-wide blind spot. Thus, in his own way, Wilkinson fails to understand … Continue reading What Vox’s Will Wilkinson Gets Right — and Horribly Wrong — about Trump and the Islamist Menace