Is Europe misunderstanding Trump on Ukraine? | Stephen Wertheim

The new administration appears to be taking a position that Ukrainian and European leaders aren’t hearing – or are trying to alter A high-stakes transatlantic miscommunication is unfolding, with the potential to produce far worse consequences than the Oval Office contretemps between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy. In the past month, the Trump administration has … Read more

Trump says US should spend ‘less time worrying about Putin,’ calls his former advisor an ‘ineffective loser’

U.S. President Donald Trump criticized his former national security advisor on Sunday and said the U.S. government should spend less time worrying about Russian President Vladimir Putin amid Moscow’s ongoing war against Ukraine. Trump made the comments Sunday night in a pair of posts on his social media platform Truth Social after Lt. Gen. H.R. … Read more

Iran’s vice-president and most prominent reformist resigns

Mohammad Javad Zarif implies move was endorsed by supreme leader, as his exit sends stock market in a tailspin Middle East crisis – live updates Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s most prominent reformist, has resigned from the government, saying he had been instructed to do so by an unnamed senior official. He implied the move was … Read more