Thursday, July 31, 2025

Trump's List of Foreign Policy Errors Continue to Grow

Trump’s Missed Opportunities Are Piling Up
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/29/trumps-missed-opportunities-are-piling-up/
The Trump administration had an unprecedented chance to change the United States for the better.
 
What Has Being a ‘True Friend’ to Trump Gotten Modi? Not Much, Indians Say.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/world/asia/modi-trump-india-tariffs.html
India’s prime minister has made a big effort to build closer ties using his rapport with the U.S. president, but critics say he is getting little in return.

Has Trump Damaged India-US ties Beyond Repair?

Trump Is Pushing India to Submit to China
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/28/india-china-normalization-trump-second-term-geopolitics/
Without clear U.S. support, the cost of resisting Beijing is too high.
 
Why Brazil Might End Up with Higher Tariffs Than Any Other Nation
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/30/brazil-trump-tariffs-lula/
The rift between the Western Hemisphere’s two largest democracies is the strongest evidence yet that Trump is in the business of autocracy promotion. 

No One Is Defying Trump Like Brazil’s President
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/world/americas/brazil-president-lula-trump-tariffs.html
Faced with threats of 50 percent tariffs and demands to end a criminal case, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said he wouldn’t take orders from President Trump.
 
Brazil’s Brave Stand Against Trump
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/brazil-president-lula-standing-up-to-trump-by-joseph-e-stiglitz-2025-07