Tom Nichols

They buy deterrence. That’s about it.

The cease-fire was always just a Trump fantasy.

The State Fair rally was an empty celebration of a man instead of a country.

America’s foreign policy is about one man and little else.

The president’s comments at the G7 summit revealed that he doesn’t understand the war he started—or the words that come out of his own mouth.

The peace deal with Tehran is an Iranian victory.

The secretary of defense is a fountain of corny performances and rhetoric.

Around the world, more than 100 of the country’s ambassadorships are unfilled—a sign of the Trump administration’s opinions about the value of diplomacy.

Even the president’s supporters are alarmed.

The president has long articulated a moral equivalence between the country’s interests and those of dictatorships.

The policy is unfocused, run by amateurs, and concerned more with the president’s many grievances than the security of the United States.

Tragedy was averted at a Washington hotel, but such moments will happen again.

Her irrelevance during a war suggests that America doesn’t need a director of national intelligence.