Kuwait ‘Indispensable Partner’ for U.S.

[T]he crisis of soft power risks accelerating the decline of [U.S.] power in the world, activating and speeding up centrifugal dynamics that might otherwise have taken years to fully manifest.

Trump, who presents himself as bringing peace to the world ... launched a war based on questionable rationale in a conflict-ridden region.

Trump and his advisers have repeatedly insisted that the U.S. president can pretty much do whatever he wants and that the pesky Congress need only be consulted rarely.