What really mattered, and what didn’t.
President Donald Trump’s first seven days in office were historic, chaotic, often astonishing and sometimes unsettling. With a flurry of provocative executive orders, surreal events, unapologetic falsehoods and did-he-really-say-that tweets, Trump continued to obliterate political norms, serving notice that the gaze of history won’t change who he is. He made so much news and did so many unorthodox things that it was hard to keep track of everything that was changing in Washington. The question, though, is what did all that sound and fury signify?
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials — January 27. 2017
Surprise! Trump doing what he said he would — Jordan Fabian and Jonathan Easley, The Hill
America Needs a Strong Partnership With Mexico — Ana Quintana, RCW
Here’s What the US Imports From Mexico – and Who Would Pay Trump’s 20% Tax — Robert Garver, Fiscal Times
Don’t Expect Mexico’s Elites to Stand Up to Trump — Greg Grandin, The Nation
America Is Already Paying for the Wall With Mexico: How Trump made an enemy — Jorge Guajardo, The Atlantic
Trump’s Foreign-Policy Revolution — Charles Krauthammer, NRO
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Trump’s hopes for Syria safe zones may force decision on Assad — Phil Stewart, Reuters
Hamas and Israel: Can they do a deal? — Upfront/Jazeera
China’s gamble for global supremacy in era of Trump — Carrie Gracie, BBC
Xi’s the boss: China’s leadership transition — Foreign Brief
Afghanistan: Taliban At The Gates (Video) — 101 East/Al Jazeera
Thawing the permafrost with Russia: There are good reasons to work with Vladimir Putin against a shared threat — Evgeny Lebedev, Washington Times
Will Trump Outsmart Putin? Or Will Putin Outsmart Trump? — Maxim Trudolyubov, Newsweek
What Trump didn’t say about the Trans-Pacific Partnership — Robert Boxwell, Reuters
Mrs May goes to Washington — Jeremy Shapiro, European Council on Foreign Relations
