Opinion | Trump promised restraint but has delivered more calamitous intervention

President Trump at the White House on Monday. By Katrina vanden Heuvel Katrina vanden Heuvel Columnist covering national politics, progressive politics and movements, and foreign policy Bio Follow Columnist May 7 at 8:12 AM The lie of “promises made, promises kept,” a favorite phrase in President Trump’s stump speech for reelection, is perhaps most apparent in his foreign misadventures.

After the Saudi regime assassinated Post contributing columnist Jamal Khashoggi inside their consulate in Istanbul, Congress — led by Rep. Ro Khanna in the House, and Bernie Sanders and Mike Lee in the Senate — backed a joint resolution, under the authority of the War Powers Resolution, directing the president to end our complicity in this horror. Bipartisan majorities in both houses voted to end this shameful policy started under Barack Obama.

Trump announced that “all options were on the table.” His truculent trio of advisers — national security adviser John Bolton, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and viperous special envoy Elliott Abrams — openly threatened U.S. intervention. Frustrated by the public embarrassment of the failed coup, Pompeo warned that “military action is possible.” Bolton asserts that “the Monroe Doctrine is alive and well. It’s our hemisphere,” and invokes the Roosevelt Corollary, claiming the U.S.

And the “endless wars” that Trump promised to end continue — Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and so on. Libya is a failed state, mired in violence since our “humanitarian” intervention. Drone attacks have escalated in eight nations, almost certainly generating more terrorists than they kill. U.S. Special Operations forces were in 149 countries in Trump’s first year in office.

He who must not be listened to.

Unless, his intervention is on Mars. Where exactly are you looking?

CALAMITOUS REALLY DONALD TRUMP IS WAGING WAR WITH IRAN. OK.. VENEZUELA..OIL..TRUMP TURMOIL IRAN...OIL..TRUMP TURMOIL DO YOU SEE A PATTERN HERE THIS TRUMP CRIMINAL IS BEING MOTIVATED BY GREED, WEALTH POSSIBILITIES AND DICTATORIAL POWER HE SO CRAVES.

Did you know that in one comment Trump actually said that he kept more promises than he made? Only the best words.

At least it’s labeled opinion.

Good for him

Trump's about to win reelection because of your journalistic nonsense. So keep it up...LMAO.

He's a ****

whaddya mean...,Trump said his Admin is the most transparent administration in, like, ever....💩

Yes, and thankfully the militarily all took an oath to the constitution not to a Russian Agent elected by Cyber war in the 2016. So in the final analysis if the rule of law collapses they can assert their duty to replace the current Putin mob with truly elected Americans.

Trump & restraint in same sentence?!?

Trump lied again you mean.

trump is chaos - and the eternal dumpster fire. ImpeachTheMF !

Everything he says is a lie, so why is anyone surprised?

Restraint NOT OBAMA-LIKE CAPITULATION or FECKLESS WORDS.

Said a piece of the media complex that has caused mass hysteria and commotion across the nation, for self serving reasons.

Oh poor Washington Post. No matter how much propaganda you put out there, he's still going to be your president for another 6 years. Maybe you ought to go to Venezuela and set up shop there. You'll increase your subscription numbers-people will buy it to eat it and wipe with.

Just wait until DerangedDonald starts a war with Iran for the sole purpose of going into 2020 as a wartime President. TuesdayThoughts

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