Donald Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ held talks over "Gaza reconstruction" with Dubai's state-owned DP World, whose CEO resigned a few months ago after revelations of close ties to Jeffrey Epstein www.ft.com/content/873b... via @ft
Stunning Hungarian Bibi Swing! Will this issue become a new litmus test for US Democratic candidates for POTUS?
Was he ever really a Democrat?
"How many times has Netanyahu tried to dupe Trump?" @alonpinkas.bsky.social lists occasions Netanyahu duped Trump, starting with getting him to pull out of JCPOA in 2018. "In their infinite delusions of grandeur," both men have only hurt themselves and each other.
newrepublic.com/maz/article/...
Trying hard to tone down the rhetoric, hoping for a face-saving deal
Spain, Slovenia, Ireland ask EU to suspend Association Agreement with Israel www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
Sick and Sickening
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/w...
Key Gulf Arab producers lost 40% of their crude output in March
How could this be? Bibi assured him Iran would be a cake walk, while Jared promised that his popularity would shoot through the roof...
www.wsj.com/politics/nat... via @WSJ
My FP piece last week touched on exactly this
abuaardvarkghost.ghost.io/israels-road...
"Donald Trump’s war in Iran has unleashed a torrent of inflation in the US that economists warn will linger long after the conflict ends, squeezing Americans ahead of November’s midterm elections." www.ft.com/content/8043... via @ft
"The talks highlighted the U.A.E.’s concern that the war could inflict major damage on its economy and its position as a global financial hub, depleting its foreign reserves and scaring away investors who once saw it as a stable and secure place for their money."
Wow! The UAE opens talks with the US about obtaining a financial backstop in case the Iran war plunges the oil-rich Persian Gulf state into a deeper crisis! www.wsj.com/world/middle... via @WSJ
"Volkswagen is in talks with Israeli companies with the aim to start producing components for Israel’s Iron Dome system by 2027." www.wsj.com/world/europe... via @WSJ
I told @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social that Israel has become even more dependent on US, not less - and this isn't likely to change given expansionist agenda beyond 67 borders and strategy of having military upper hand in region of half a billion by a state of 10 million.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/o...
"Navigational data from the flight radar and ADS-B Exchange, which specialize in air traffic tracking, showed the continuation of the US military airlift from Germany to the Middle East, throughout the past week," including a minimum of 124 US military cargo flights.
Iran's Tasnim News Agency says that Iran attacked US ships with drones after US targeted a commercial Iranian ship.
Iran reportedly rejects US peace talks, amid new Trump threats
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Trump must know that such threats don't work as negotiating tactic and that they only bring global disgust. So why does he keep doing it? His main audience remains MAGA; appearance of 'toughness', disgusting as his threats are, mitigates his seemingly inevitable capitulation.
What's democratic about the Democratic Party leadership?
I told @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social that Israel has become even more dependent on US, not less - and this isn't likely to change given expansionist agenda beyond 67 borders and strategy of having military upper hand in region of half a billion by a state of 10 million.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/o...
Being a Muslim Immigrant in Trump’s America: Conversation between @peterbeinart.bsky.social and @mehdirhasan.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/peterbei...
"There is a bitter exhaustion among some Muslim Southerners, who feel the need to explain and justify their faith, even if they were born in the United States or have become naturalized citizens." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/u...
Despite huge Gulf states investments in US, "the uncomfortable realization that Israel appears to have more influence over Mr. Trump’s decisions than Gulf leaders do has reverberated through Gulf royal courts"
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/w...
'European allies worry that an inexperienced U.S. negotiating team is pushing for a swift, headline‑grabbing framework Iran deal that could entrench rather than resolve deeper problems' www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
"It was Good Friday afternoon in a nearly empty West Wing soon after the president learned that an American jet had been shot down in Iran, with two airmen missing. Trump screamed at aides for hours."
www.wsj.com/politics/nat... via @WSJ
Kamala Harris joins the party.
Here is the 2025 Pew poll:
A strong voice of moral clarity.
