Mike Pompeo’s global ‘democracy’ bender was pure sabotage
The outgoing secretary of state spent his final days planting booby traps and ensuring his own political future.
The outgoing secretary of state spent his final days planting booby traps and ensuring his own political future.
Quick action by President Biden to reverse this will go a long way to restoring an atmosphere of trust and mutual respect.
Pompeo’s recent abuse of terrorism designations is part of the Trump administration’s salting of the earth before giving way to the Biden administration.
Reversing Donald Trump’s reversal of President Obama’s path to normalization with Cuba could serve as an easy example of America’s reengagement with the world.
One well-established principle of sanctions policy is that the country or group imposing the sanctions must be prepared to take yes for an answer.
If Trump and Pompeo really want to de-escalate, that means not only backing off from more provocative and deadly kinetic acts; it also means backing off from the economic warfare that started the destructive cycle.