Sign in Welcome! Log into your account your username your password Forgot your password? Get help Create an account Create an account Welcome! Register for an account your email your username A password will be e-mailed to you. Password recovery Recover your password your email A password will be e-mailed to you. Trump Has Threatened Himself – and the Rest of Us – into a Corner 282 August 10, 2017 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Published in The Globe and Mail (Canada) on 9 August 2017 by Doug Saunders (link to originallink to original) Translated from English by . Edited by . Back To Origin This post appeared on the front page as a direct link to the original article with the above link . Tags:CanadaChinaDonald Trumpinternational relationsKim Jong UnNorth Korea Hot this week Block titleFeaturedAll time popularMore Australia: Defying Donald Trump and Stepping out of the Shadows, Mojtaba Khamenei Ascends March 9, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia 0 Saudi Arabia: US Attempting To Pass the Buck to its Gulf Allies March 13, 2026. Published in Arab NewsThe U.S. has always benefited from and even stirred up the rivalry between Iran and the Arab Gulf states. 0 Canada: We’re Watching a Religious War between 3 Theocratic States. Is This the 1600s? March 13, 2026. Published in Toronto Star 0 Mexico: The Empire Gone Mad March 14, 2026. Published in La JornadeThe survival of humanity requires multiple ways of confronting the empire gone mad. 0 India: Iran’s Brinkmanship and Trump’s Redline: How the Crisis Is Reshaping India’s West Asia Strategy March 10, 2026. Published in FirstpostIf escalation hardens into a binary alignment, India’s pivot will be quiet but decisive. 0 Topics South Korea: Strike on Elementary School Kills 175, Trump Blames Iran without Evidence March 14, 2026. Published in HankyorehThis 'Master of Deception' should realize that his long history of backtracking does not absolve him of his lies. 0 Mexico: The Empire Gone Mad March 14, 2026. Published in La JornadeThe survival of humanity requires multiple ways of confronting the empire gone mad. 0 Egypt: When Americans Finally See What We Always Knew March 13, 2026. Published in Ahram OnlineA significant segment of the American political elite engages with Israel not through rational calculus but through eschatological conviction. 0 Saudi Arabia: US Attempting To Pass the Buck to its Gulf Allies March 13, 2026. Published in Arab NewsThe U.S. has always benefited from and even stirred up the rivalry between Iran and the Arab Gulf states. 0 Ghana: Ghana Must Choose Diplomacy over Alignment in the Israel-Iran Crisis March 13, 2026. Published in GhanaWeb 0 Saudi Arabia: Paradoxes of the Holy War March 13, 2026. Published in OkazAre we looking at a return to the darkness of the Old World, or does President Trump intend to spring yet another one of his endless surprises on us? 0 Australia: Iran, Not the US, Currently Has the Strategic Upper Hand March 13, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia 0 Australia: How Donald Trump and JD Vance Are ‘Philosophically a Little Bit Different’ on Iran March 13, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia 0 Related Articles Mexico: How Much Does Peace Cost and Who Pays for It? March 14, 2026. Published in La JornadaThe utterly repugnant, obscene, and criminal war invented by the pedophiles in the White House is the clearest expression of the lack of any civility that this band of thugs from the Republican Party has shown the world. South Korea: Strike on Elementary School Kills 175, Trump Blames Iran without Evidence March 14, 2026. Published in HankyorehThis 'Master of Deception' should realize that his long history of backtracking does not absolve him of his lies. Mexico: The Empire Gone Mad March 14, 2026. Published in La JornadeThe survival of humanity requires multiple ways of confronting the empire gone mad. Egypt: When Americans Finally See What We Always Knew March 13, 2026. Published in Ahram OnlineA significant segment of the American political elite engages with Israel not through rational calculus but through eschatological conviction. Saudi Arabia: US Attempting To Pass the Buck to its Gulf Allies March 13, 2026. Published in Arab NewsThe U.S. has always benefited from and even stirred up the rivalry between Iran and the Arab Gulf states. Previous articleWill Trump Make America White Again?Next articleDon’t Worry about Pyongyang. Worry about Washington. LEAVE A REPLY Cancel replyLog in to leave a comment