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"As I was listening to the protests from European leaders this week, ... they were saying this could be the effective end of NATO, as if that might be a deterrent to Donald Trump. I don't think that that will necessarily stop him because I think that may be part of what he wants," said Stephen Hayes
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Does the DOJ acknowledge that there are files that exist referencing Trump that they haven't released? Tarini Parti: "We know that there are files with his name in it that we've reported exist. They just have gone back and forth in terms of releasing his name in some files and then removing them."
How would you characterize the Trump foreign policy doctrine this week? "Our assumption about the first term, that he was some sort of a neo-isolationist, is wrong. That’s not the way to put it. Now he’s looking more like a neo-imperialist," said @peterbakernyt.bsky.social.
Why did President Trump decide to go to war against Iran? "Why now is still an open question," said @peterbakernyt.bsky.social. "I think a lot of reasons are he felt emboldened by Venezuela, and he's becoming increasingly comfortable with power as he goes further into his second term."
"I think there is a growing fear in the world that America's promises that it will sacrifice its own cities to save those of its allies, ... people just don't believe it," said David Ignatius.
@lacaldwelldc.bsky.social: “With the Greenland situation, when I was talking to Republicans on Capitol Hill, this is really the first time in the second Trump administration that I got a lot of anger — privately, of course — from House Republicans. ... But they were afraid to say anything publicly.”
How are Republicans approaching not only President Trump's speech, but the agenda moving forward until midterms? "The redistricting fight does not seem like it's going the way that they wanted it to. We don't know if that's going to save it," said @lisad.bsky.social.
"You have a federal government that's responsible for election security and maintaining the sanctity of these elections, and then you have a president that obviously has been mobilizing his government towards the grievances of the previous election," said Zolan Kanno-Youngs.
"It's always better for a president in a time of war to go to the public and explain what he's trying to do, to explain the goals, to explain why it's worth American treasure and lives to take this action, but it felt like a day one speech, not a day 32 speech," said @peterbakernyt.bsky.social.
"I don't think we should underestimate Trump's ability to at least try to declare victory just out of the blue," said Missy Ryan. "There really is the reality of continued strife that could, you know, bring down the kind of economic reality that I think is more resonant for him."
"What's been so striking is how many of those very same Republicans who were calling for the release of the files, had promised to get to the bottom of them, are now saying things that are just the opposite," said Stephen Hayes.
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