Given the utter failure of the United States to achieve any of his Iran war aims, President Trump’s “No More Mister Nice Guy” social media post today seems comically pathetic. But In Donald Trump’s defense, American history is replete with tough-talking Presidents promising to kick ass and take names. In 1823, James Monroe famously told […]

Americans are right to worry about the growing cost of Donald Trump’s disastrous war of choice against Iran. As tragic as the toll is in tens of billions spent, 13 U.S. service members killed and hundreds more wounded, the opportunity costs are even more horrifying to contemplate. That is to say, the stunning depletion of […]

Apple CEO Tim Cook may be stepping down, but one thing still makes the Executive Chairman of the company’s board of directors sleep “with one eye open.” That one thing? A Chinese blockade or invasion of Taiwan. Why? Because Taiwan produces 90% of the world’s high-end computer chips. Almost all of that comes from one […]

In a stunning turn of events Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced a breakthrough agreement with America’s NATO allies to deploy a “massive” Anglo-French armada to force open the Strait of Hormuz and escort ships through the world’s energy choke point now controlled by Iran. Under the terms of the deal, France and the UK will […]