Outside the Beltway

During the campaign, Donald Trump promised to undo the nuclear weapons deal with Iran. Now his Administration is signaling that, at least for now, the deal will stay in place.

Extolling an “eye for an eye” kind of justice is not in keeping with the ethics of Jesus.

Another provocative move by North Korea.

South Korea has elected a new President who breaks with his impeached predecessor in favoring dialogue with the North.

America’s longest war is still going on, and President Trump’s advisers want him to continue his predecessor’s policies of continuing to re-expand American forces in a war that has seemingly no end.

Centrist candidate Emmanuelle Macron scored a decisive win over the far-right Marine Le Pen in today’s runoff round of the French Presidential election.

Emmanuel Macron holds a decisive lead over Marine Le Pen as the French Presidential election heads into its final hours.

An assessment of the 45th President’s first 100 days.

The North Koreans failed to successfully test a longer-range missile again yesterday, but tensions on the Korean Peninsula seem destined to increase in any case.

French voters face a stark choice in the May 7th runoff for President. Hopefully, they’ll make the correct choice.

A political surprise in Great Britain as Prime Minister Theresa May calls a snap election for June 8th.

By a narrow margin, Turks voted for some significant changes.

North Korea is threatening another nuclear test, the United States is threatening retaliation, and China is warning of a ‘gathering storm’ on the Korean Peninsula.

It’s been a bad week for U.S.-Russian relations.

Donald Trump seems to be surprised that being President requires actual work.

Inconceivably, Steve Bannon thought that clashing with President Trump’s daughter and son-in-law was a good idea. He’s likely learned his lesson now.

A warning to North Korea.

It’s not at all clear that there is a useful strategy at work here.

An apparent terrorist attack in Russia’s second largest city.

Despite American air strikes, ISIS is expanding its power amid the chaos in Libya.

Two big admissions from the Director of the F.B.I. today are likely to lead to real political headaches for the Trump Administration.

Iowa Congressman Steve King is causing controversy yet again with his comments in support of far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders.

Scotland’s First Minister is calling for another independence vote in the wake of the beginning of the Brexit process, but she’s unlikely to get it.

Rex Tillerson, “the phantom of Foggy Bottom.”

South Korea removes a corrupt leader by peaceful means.

I am going to construct a complicated mathematical model of the economy, and then I’m going to calibrate it using some actual data, and in the end I will be able to tell everyone how much better or worse off they are given various changes in the economy. And it will be totally and completely true. Trust me, it’s math and therefore science.

President Trump has issued a revised ban on travel from six predominantly Muslim nations.

Trump’s attempt to fix the balance of trade will almost surely end up leaving us all worse off.

My latest is out at RealClearDefense.

The President gathered supporters around him, and blatantly lied to them, so as to increase support for his policies.

North Korean Intrigue…….

Trump’s combination amateur hour/tough guy approach is not going to make the world a safer place, nor will it advance US national interest.

By the end of last night’s oral argument, at least two of the three judges hearing the appeal of the stay on the President’s Muslim travel ban appeared to be skeptical of the Federal Government’s arguments.

An initial setback for the Federal Government in its appeal of the ruling putting President Trump’s Muslim travel ban on hold.

Yet another example of why Trump and his views on Trade and the economy are contradictory and even incoherent. Not only should Trump be building his Great Trump Wall™ in Mexico he should be furiously working against any and all foreign investment in the U.S.

There are two ways (at least) to have cars in America.