Historians’ rankings of America’s best and worst foreign-policy decisions show the U.S. succeeded when it led cooperatively through multilateral institutions and failed when it turned inward or went rogue. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/02/world/best-and-worst-us-foreign-policy-decisions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #marshallplan #nato #un #brettonwoods #worldbank #imf #gatt #wto #treatyofversailles #parisagreement #monroedoctrine #donroedoctrine #iraqinvasion #donaldtrump
The U.S. seizure of Venezuela’s leader shows that Washington is not retreating into a tidy world of spheres of influence but is instead using raw power to challenge rivals and weaken the rules-based order. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/01/13/world/us-sphere-of-influence-is-big/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #venezuela #nicolasmaduro #us #russia #china #taiwan #ukraine #donroedoctrine #monroedoctrine #vladimirputin #latinamerica
"On balance, Congressman Jim Jordan’s 'Weaponization' work is backfiring.
It could also be the Epstein Files. DOJ missed its reporting date to Congress over the weekend, and the full release of the files is still nowhere in sight.
"Overnight, in a press gaggle with reporters that I personally watched, Donald Trump threatened American intervention in six separate countries."
~ Aaron Parnas
See the hashtags below for a list of the six.
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #domination #Congress #NSS #Colombia #Mexico #Greenland #Iran #Cuba #megalomania #narcissism #madman #DonroeDoctrine
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