"Asian perspectives of the US have shifted from a country once perceived as a force of “moral legitimacy” to something akin to “a landlord seeking rent,” Singapore’s defense chief said on the si… (View Post)

I watched the whole thing. It all feels relatively good natured save that Trump keeps rambling about what a great idea it is of his to talk to Putin, and Zelensky wants to assert that Putin, actually… (View Post)

100% But I think it’s useful to try to understand the underlying thought process. Trump, Musk and Vance all have different “journeys”. So do Hegseth and the rest of them. Also, Trump runs a chaotic c… (View Post)

Hillbilly Elegy was applauded by good American liberals and Hollywood even made a film about it. I think Vance is a good, old-fashioned American isolationist, whose aesthetic dislike of “Old Europe” … (View Post)

Thanks for this. I actually trust many fellow PBers to give a more reasobable interpretation of events than many of the news media. Certainly in America it’s not really possible to get news that is n… (View Post)