Dave Lindorff

Trump has been tearing up treaties since taking office, from halting negotiations on the TPP to NAFTA, but his latest threat to pull out of the nuclear deal, negotiated by President Reagan in the 80s, may be his biggest mistake.

Latest knock-out of a veteran Democratic Congressman, Michael Capuano from Massachusetts, shows voters are turned off by liberals, and want more progressive candidates.

Since its heyday in the early 20th Century, socialism in the US struggled to win even a tiny following. Now candidates are openly calling themselves socialists and winning elections.

Republicans in Congress, and a pair of Norwegian parliamentarians seek to further tarnish Nobel's peace prize by nominating Trump. 'President Donald Trump receives a Nobel Peace Prize!' - I suppose it could happen.

With a White House riven by policy feuds, Trump has been tearing up agreements and treaties right and left, as well as threating military action and sanctions. This has left its allies wondering if the US is, in fact, an ally.

Seeking a trade war and needing Beijing’s help with North Korea, Trump meanwhile has the US Navy challenging China in Taiwan and the South China Sea, leaving observers and his own staff wondering what he’s thinking.