Politics of the Yemen chat conceals important foreign policy changes
Politics of the Yemen chat conceals important foreign policy changes
The White House has a shock rigid in connection with the scandal about the Yemen group chat switched to a regular strategy of defamation and brutal attack on critics. It is claimed that President Donald Trump
The behavior of the Trump administration
The reaction to the embarrassing spectacle was uncovered, had a firm grip on Washington on Tuesday. An increasingly aggressive tone and the absence of resignations among the leading security officers suggest that the strategy is not to make concessions and to make the storm another example of the ability of the second Trump presidency to ignore the normally applicable restrictions.
minimal political effects
in a split nation that concentrates hardly on air strikes against the Houthi militias supported by Iran, and while Conservative media and GOP member, the political influence of the tumults could be minimal. However, the content of the group chat, its effects on the reputation of Trump's top security advisors and several important developments in US foreign policy, however, offer important insights into how the administration sees the world and how it wants to use American power.
The embarrassment for Trump's foreign policy team
Trump brings the transatlantic alliance to the edge of the tear test; He would like to end the Ukraine War and create peace as well as geopolitical reorganization in the Middle East; At the same time, he plans to counter China superpower and threatens territorial expansion in the western hemisphere. However, his foreign policy team does not seem to be sufficiently informed to recognize that important military details about mobile devices that are susceptible to foreign secret services should not be discussed. Trump prioritized a media -effective presentation and extreme loyalty about experience in his cabinet nominations. This does not indicate that the team has the ability to defuse worldwide crises.
The attitude to the transatlantic alliance
In the first two months of the new Trump administration,European leaders recognized that the transatlantic alliance was over-at least in comparison to the unshakable volume, which existed for 80 years between the United States and the continent. The private vitriol, which was entrusted to the US allies in the chats, indicates that the break is even more serious than assumed.
The Ukraine War Negotiations
The tumult in Washington about the group chat drew attention from the lean results of the administration talks in Saudi Arabia, which aim to end the Ukraine war. The White House emphasized that there was an agreement between Russia and Ukraine to "eliminate" the use of violence in the Black Sea, but Moscow set prohibitive conditions that included the release of market access for agricultural and fertilizer exports as well as restrictions on banks.
The threat from Mexican cartels
It was a coincidence that two other members of the Signal Group, the director of the national intelligence facility, Tulsi Gabbard, and CIA director John Ratcliffe, announced on Tuesday before the Senate Committee for Secret Services. Gabard's appearance could be remembered as an important turning point in US foreign policy. The annual worldwide threat report of the secret services pointed out for the first time that transnational criminals, terrorists and other non -governmental actors are a significant danger to home.
Trump's claims against Canada
Gabbard's statement also weakened Trump's claims that Canada is an important source of fentanyl that comes to the United States - one of the main reasons for his customs threats. The democratic senator from New Mexico, Martin Heinrich, pointed out that there were no statements about Fentanyl from Canada in the annual threat report. This raises the question of why Trump largely endangered Washington's relationships to one of the oldest and closest friends.
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