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1/So is Donald Trump's foreign policy designed to advance our interests, or his? Is endorsing Bibi in Israel in the interests of the United States? Recall that even AIPAC has criticized the extremism of Bibi's electoral coalition. timesofisrael.com/major-us-jewis…
2/And this oped from Don Jr, wading deeply into contentious domestic UK/EU issues this week..... Guy isn't in our govt, wtf is he doing here? Does Trump family have their own foreign policy outside of US govt?
3/Or the many times our President has chosen to believe the word of Putin over his own IC about whether Putin attacked the US? news.vice.com/en_us/article/…
4/Or here is Jared working the Saudis and on the same trip his brother is trolling for business.....
5/Or Jared repeatedly going to Mexico, doing meetings without the involvement of the Embassy or career staff. thedailybeast.com/report-us-amba… He was there again this week, almost no press about it in American media.
6/Takeaways. One - Trump/his family have their own foreign policy and foreign dealings which are often not connected to positions of USG/Congress or informed by them - Israel, Brexit, border, Russia, INF treaty, Saudi, Yemen, tariffs, China. It's just an extraordinary situation.
7/Brazenness of interventions this week by Trump family in Brexit and Israeli domestic politics confirm their willingness to put their own private interests over those of the US - something very material for the Mueller probe, and #TrumpRussia.
8/Time now for House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Engel to hold ongoing series of hearings abt how Trump conducts foreign policy, and how disconnected it has become fr US national interests. Kushner must testify for an entire day at least, talk abt Israel, Mexico, Saudi.
9/Particularly imp for very public hearings for it just isn't clear the President is focused on keeping America safe in the face of new, rising threats. He appears to have other goals than our security in mind in his foreign policy/natl sec strategy.
