#Trump has particularly threatened #universities over campus #protests against #US ally #Israel's devastating military assault on #Gaza after a deadly Oct 2023 attack by Palestinian #Hamas militants.

Trump casts the protesters as #ForeignPolicy threats who are antisemitic & sympathetic to Hamas. Protesters, including some #Jewish groups, say Trump wrongly conflates their advocacy for #Palestinian rights & criticism of Israel's actions in Gaza w/support for #extremism & #antisemitism.

…Now, #Trump’s 2nd admin is pushing US #ForeignPolicy ofcls to find ways to partner w/ #Putin’s #Russia, signaling that he is willing to part ways w/ #allies, including by staking claims to #Greenland & #Canada, pressing #Ukraine to seek peace, & shifting US resources from #Europe to focus on #China.

#EdMartin’s views in some ways track those of VP #JDVance & #DNI #TulsiGabbard, who have criticized the exercise of US military power overseas.

People can disagree over US #ForeignPolicy, said Joseph Cirincione, a nuclear policy & #NationalSecurity expert who has advised US presidents & supports US military #aid to #Ukraine, “but repeatedly helping #Russia advance its #propaganda aims by echoing its views on its state-directed media, that should be #disqualifying.”

Day 18 cont

“Dutton told host #PatriciaKarvelas (#ABCAustralia) that if “negotiations were taking place, then surely Australia would have been consulted”, and if not, that would have been a “catastrophic failure”.

Karvelas pushed Dutton on whether the president had announced this, or whether there were any public statements on the issue. Dutton said:

There’s commentary I have seen reported from the #Indonesian spokesperson. That’s obviously come from the administration. There are reports of negotiations or discussions that have taken place between Russia and Indonesia. Pushing again, #Karvelas asks, “Where have you seen the Indonesian president confirm this? Aren’t you verballing him? He hasn’t talked publicly about it”.

Dutton digs in:

There’s comment that’s come out of the administration, out of the #Prabowo administration ... Dutton says it a third time, that there are “public reports”:

There’s public reports in relation to the claim that’s been made. There’s been a lot of activity between #Russia and #China and #Indonesia, et cetera. That’s a matter of public record.”

If you can’t win and you have no foreign policy, make up about our political allies (Indonesia).

#AusPol / #PeterDutton / #propaganda / #slogans / #ForeignPolicy / #LNP / #Liberal / #Nationals <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/16/australia-election-2025-live-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-coalition-labor-housing-cost-of-living-bandt-greens-ntwnfb?page=with%3Ablock-67fecd2e8f08bcf9ff482418#block-67fecd2e8f08bcf9ff482418>

The finding, contained in a March memo that was described to WaPo, said #Trump’s Secy of State #MarcoRubio did not have sufficient grounds for revoking Ozturk’s #visa under an authority empowering the top US diplomat to safeguard the #ForeignPolicy interests of the US.

Last month, #JDVance said #Denmark had "not done a good job" for #Greenland & had not spent enough on security while visiting the Danish territory.

The alleged email, released by a #military news site, told staff Vance's comments were "not reflective" of the base. A #Pentagon spox cited the article, saying "undermining" US leadership was not tolerated.

#dissent #diplomacy #ForeignPolicy #geopolitics #authoritarianism #autocracy #Trump
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/04/10/space-force-commander-greenland-sent-out-email-breaking-vance-after-his-visit.html

The admin’s consideration of such a quixotic quest underscores the growing clout of #tech magnates & #Trump’s increasingly expansionist #ForeignPolicy. After campaigning on a largely isolationist platform, #Trump has since his Nov election suggested taking back the #PanamaCanal, annexing #Canada, acquiring #Greenland, & redeveloping the war-torn #Gaza Strip after seizing the beachfront land from displaced #Palestinians.

Since #Poilieve isn't talking it's worth asking #GregMcLean: What was Pierre's quid pro quo to India for their #ElectionInterference in the #Conservative leadership race? Why'd they want him over #PatrickBrown & #JeanCharest? https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgnl4e3grpo #CalgaryCentre #SecurityClearance #ForeignPolicy #Poilevre #Election2025 #yyc

With #CalgaryCentre candidate #GregMcLean regurgitating VERBATIM #Poilievre 's CSIS-debunked BS excuse for failing to get his #SecurityClearance, it now means every PP #ForeignInterference story is now a Greg McLean story. Price of being a liar, McLean. https://youtu.be/92w7am9De3U?si=ORuN9_-DVvBs3673 #CalgaryCentre #SecurityClearance #ForeignPolicy #Poilevre #Election2025 #yyc

Da, who's a professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing, lives in a country where expression is limited, especially on sensitive topics. But American specialists in #China have found him a useful interlocutor, offering a window into the thinking inside the #UnitedStates' great geopolitical rival.

Here's what he had to say about shifting #US #ForeignPolicy approaches & how changes may benefit China.