In a withering behind-the-scenes portrayal, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton accused him of sweeping misdeeds that included explicitly seeking Chinese President Xi Jinping’s help to win re-election.
Mattis, Obama speak out; The anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown; Arctic oil spill
President Donald Trump closed out 2018 with the announcement that ISIS has been defeated. Analysts say otherwise.
US says there’s no timeline for Syria withdrawal as fighting continues
The United States has no timeline for the withdrawal of American troops from Syria but does not plan to stay indefinitely, a senior State Department official said on Friday.
Syrian surprise: How Trump’s phone call changed the war
President Donald Trump’s declaration in a phone call with Tayyip Erdoğan that he was pulling US troops from Syria stunned Turkey and left it scrambling to respond to the changing battlefield on its southern border.
Mattis letter points to ‘weakest aspects’ of Trump’s foreign policy
Ambassador Nick Burns calls Mattis’ resignation “a significant blow to the United States” and says that the publicly-released resignation letter was “a resignation in protest against the feckless policies of President Trump.”
Defense chief Mattis resigns after clashing with Trump on policies
Mattis announced plans to resign in a candid resignation letter to Trump that laid bare the growing divide between them, and implicitly criticized President Trump’s disregard for America’s closest allies.