American foreign policy

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Sixteen times that Trump nearly ended the Iran war

9 June 2026 5:18 am

Today marks a hundred days since America and Israel began launching strikes on Iran on February 28. The very next…

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Are Trump and Netanyahu heading for a showdown?

29 May 2026 4:28 pm

Depending on which day it is, the ongoing peace talks between the United States and Iran are either a few…

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Trump’s NATO troop reduction isn’t Europe’s biggest problem

21 May 2026 5:19 am

Before Donald Trump returned to the White House last year, there were many commentators who sought to sanitize the President.…

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Why Trump is wobbling on restarting the Iran war

19 May 2026 2:16 pm

Donald Trump was for the Iran war before he was against it. His latest post on social media about the conflict indicated that…

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Did the Trump/Xi summit achieve anything?

16 May 2026 5:35 am

Air Force One is in the air as I write, whizzing from Beijing back to Washington – and Donald Trump…

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Is the Iran ceasefire crumbling?

6 May 2026 12:43 am

Is the fragile Iran war ceasefire over? It would appear so, with American and Iranian forces exchanging fire in the…

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The contempt Trump feels for his NATO allies is mutual

25 April 2026 4:48 am

The war in Iran has revealed plenty about America’s ability to inflict damage on its enemies, Tehran’s capacity to resist…

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Why Iran doesn’t want peace

22 April 2026 6:37 am

Perhaps we should be used to be this by now. Yet again, there have been a flurry of promises to…

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Who’s actually winning the wars in the Middle East?

17 April 2026 8:06 am

If you read the New York Times or watch the foreign policy establishment’s “best and brightest,” you will be told,…

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The Pentagon’s holy war with Rome

10 April 2026 5:36 am

America is having its Golden Age, Iran is about to get blasted into the Stone Age… and Elbridge Colby wants…

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What Trump gets wrong about NATO

10 April 2026 3:55 am

The idea that the United States has been swindled by its NATO allies is not new. Robert Gates, in his…

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The winners and losers of the Iran ceasefire deal

9 April 2026 2:36 am

The abrupt announcement of a two-week ceasefire in the war between the US, Israel and Iran resolves none of the…

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What will the Iran ceasefire cost Trump?

8 April 2026 1:19 pm

Might Donald Trump travel to Tehran this spring to open an American embassy and declare that he’s fallen in love with the new…

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Why Trump is tempting 25th Amendment talk

8 April 2026 6:58 am

During his remarks in Budapest, Vice President J.D. Vance, who is trying prop up Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán as he runs for reelection, appeared to think the unthinkable.…

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This is what Trump means by ‘victory’ in Iran

4 April 2026 12:02 am

President Trump has now told us something very important about the war with Iran. Ponder his address to the nation…

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Ignore the propaganda war

3 April 2026 11:09 pm

Prediction: by the time you read this, the joint US-Israeli operation in Iran will be all but over. In fact,…

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Trump’s rambling Iran address was full of wishful thinking

2 April 2026 3:06 pm

In his nationwide address on Wednesday, Donald Trump could not have been clearer about the course of the Iran war. It’s not ending…

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Trump touts the successes of his war for peace

2 April 2026 2:56 pm

“Ceasefire!” Some people worried that President Trump was taking to the air waves tonight in order to declare a ceasefire with Iran. That, clearly,…

Will Nato regret snubbing Donald Trump?

28 March 2026 2:08 am

On April 4, NATO will be 77 years old. The chance that America will be counted among the celebrants when…

Should Nato help America defend the Strait of Hormuz?

17 March 2026 5:51 am

As soon as Operation Epic Fury, America’s latest campaign against the Islamic Republic of Iran, got underway on the last…

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The deep state vs Nixon

24 February 2026 5:00 pm

Americans took a break from their partisan vituperation in February to mull over newly revealed testimony that Richard Nixon gave…

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Trump’s worrying appetite for war

20 February 2026 8:13 am

As The Spectator goes to press, a great fleet of American war machines is whirring through the skies toward the…

How Trump can squeeze the Iranian regime

14 January 2026 9:46 pm

The Iranian people have shown true courage as they protest against the Islamic Republic. As the pressure mounts, some elements…

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How far can bravado take the US?

12 January 2026 5:00 pm

Operation Absolute Resolve, Donald Trump’s rendition of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela, was a brilliantly executed coup. The audacious raid did…

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Could the Donroe Doctrine turn Marco Rubio into the president-in-waiting?

12 January 2026 5:00 pm

It required an incredible amount of sophistication to achieve the desired result in Caracas: a dictator detained and transported alive.…