Europe Wants Unity on Iran but Undermines Trump on Jerusalem

As French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel beat a path for the White House in back-to-back visits this week, the media coverage of U.S. – European Union relations is focused on efforts to convince President Donald Trump to keep faith with his predecessor Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran.
Former Ambassador to the UN: President Trump’s Capital Declaration is ‘Correcting Decades of Diplomatic Distortion’

‘(Trump) understood that religious freedom for Jews, Christians, and Muslims can only be safeguarded under Israeli sovereignty,’ said the former ambassador, Dore Gold.
Roseanne Barr: ‘I Want to Move to Israel’

‘I want to move to Israel and run for prime minister,’ Roseanne Barr said on Sunday at the Jerusalem Post conference.
Syria Gets Us Farther from a Post-War Epoch

This came within a week of President Trump’s pronouncement that “we’re knocking the hell out of ISIS. We’ll be coming out of Syria, like very soon. Let the other people take care of it now.”
Head of Iranian Navy Threatens to Sink US Navy Vessels

‘They will definitely figure it out when their ships are sunk, or when they find themselves in a catastrophic situation,’ said Ali Fadavi, the commander of Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran.
Firewalls and Taint Teams Do Not Protect Fourth and Sixth Amendment Rights

Let’s not dismiss the potential violation of the rights of attorney Michael Cohen and his client Donald Trump.
Donald Trump, Syria and the prevention of Genocide

The implications of a hasty US withdrawal from Syria.
Carter Center Sued for Aiding Hamas

The lawsuit accuses the Carter Center of violating federal statutes by providing material support to terror groups after receiving more than $30 million in taxpayer grants.
Germany’s Merkel: No to Jerusalem Embassy, No to ‘Settlements,’ Yes to Iran Nuclear Deal

‘Our goal is a two-state solution with a State of Israel… as well as an independent, democratic and viable Palestinian state, living side by side in peace and security,’ said Merkel to Israel’s Channel 10.
Mission Accomplished?

Politically and militarily, then, it can reasonably be said that America’s limited mission was accomplished.