Middle East
Trump: When the only friends you have left are Bushies and neocons
The warmaking president is shedding his base. But the last ones on the MAGA bus may be the first to leap off at any sign of political trouble.
April 27, 2026
The warmaking president is shedding his base. But the last ones on the MAGA bus may be the first to leap off at any sign of political trouble.
These guys cut their teeth on dogmatic support for US primacy and foreign intervention to pursue regime change goals. What happened?
So far Azerbaijan is de-escalating, along with other countries in Central Asia, including Turkey. Their interests aren't exactly in line with the DC think tank set.
The phrase has been corrupted and distorted by hawks cheering on a more interventionist Trump foreign policy. Time for something new.
The GOP senator is privately positioning himself as a proper neoconservative alternative to VP Vance. In other words, a dinosaur.
Thomas Dans is the consummate MAGA policy influencer. Could he become America’s viceroy in the territory?
