Posts Tagged: Donald Trump
Trump Is Cooking Up a New Middle East
US President Donald Trump is breaking with past norms by choosing the Middle East as his first destination for a foreign trip -- a development that likely holds...
Trump’s Arafat Problem
JNS.org - White House officials say that they've foiled a plan by the Palestinian Authority (PA) to have President Donald Trump walk near the tomb of...
Trump’s Holocaust Remarks Missed the Point
President Donald Trump's address to the World Jewish Congress Plenary Assembly on Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day completely missed the point. At first glance, Trump's speech seems worthy of commendation. And,...
Can Trump Survive Abbas?
JNS.org - Donald Trump was something of a motivational speaker when he welcomed Mahmoud Abbas, the gerontocrat at the helm of the Palestinian Authority (PA) for the last...
Trump and Abbas State Desire for Peace, But Differ on Specifics
JNS.org - US President Donald Trump and Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas met for the first time at the White House on Wednesday, as Trump’s...
What’s at Stake in the Sebastian Gorka Dispute
JNS.org - For much of this year, a bitter debate has raged over the character and opinions of Sebastian Gorka, who was appointed as a deputy...
Jared Kushner Has an Israeli Investor and the New York Times Is on the Case
The New York Times devotes a top-of-the-front page headline and a full page inside the newspaper — accompanied by a map, a chart, and five...
New York Times Finds Trump’s Relationship With Jews ‘Bewildering’
President Donald Trump’s speech at a Holocaust commemoration event in Washington on Tuesday provided the New York Times with an opportunity to regurgitate vague and...
Trump’s Syria Policy: Strikes Are a Good Start
US President Donald Trump’s unexpected attack on Syria’s Shayrat airbase -- in response to President Bashar Assad’s sarin gas attack on his own citizens --...
Another Attempt at ‘Extreme Vetting’
Donald Trump first coined the phrase "extreme vetting" in July 2016, in the aftermath of the truck attack in Nice, France. For nine months, he and...
AIPAC Policy Conference Adapts to the World of Trump
JNS.org - In recent years, AIPAC’s policy conferences have centered on hot-button issues such as the Iran nuclear deal, tension between the Obama administration and Israel, Prime...
What Trump Must Do on Foreign Policy
After a tumultuous start, President Trump now faces the hard work of resetting America's national security priorities. We confront a vast array of international threats and...
Trump Must Take on the United Nations
For all the talk on the political scene about draining the swamp, there is one entity -- conveniently located on the East River of New York City -- which deserves...
Jason Greenblatt: The President’s Worthy Middle East Negotiator
During the 2016 presidential debates, when Hillary Clinton was asked to name a positive quality about Donald Trump, she praised his children. I agree with her...
