John Feffer

This Is What Accountability Looks Like - FPIF Whether it's the refusal to release all the Epstein files, the failure to punish Trump for his anti-democratic actions, or the launching of the war in Iran, the United States is becoming as unaccounta...

Trump wasn't punished for trying to overturn an election. U.S. officials with Epstein connections haven't resigned. And Trump is fighting a war against Iran without providing a coherent rationale. The United States is becoming as unaccountable as Russia under Putin. bit.ly/40IJdGp

The Silver Lining Behind Trump’s Tariff Tantrum - FPIF The Supreme Court's recent decision is a sign that U.S. institutions are attempting to claw back authority from an overreaching executive.

NEW: The 6-3 Supreme Court decision striking down Trump's tariff regime is a sign that U.S. institutions are attempting to claw back authority from an overreaching executive.

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With Its Tariff Ruling, the Supreme Court Shows It's Possible to Take Trump's Toys Away The decision is a sign that US institutions are attempting to claw back authority from an overreaching executive.

The court decision—on top of other judicial setbacks Trump has faced—may well mark the high tide of the president’s overreach, writes @johnfeffer.bsky.social.

The Silver Lining Behind Trump’s Tariff Tantrum - FPIF The Supreme Court's recent decision is a sign that U.S. institutions are attempting to claw back authority from an overreaching executive.

Trump's recent trade tirades seem to be tinged with desperation, like a toddler who can't get out of its crib no matter how much it shakes its rattle. The only solution is to take away his toys before he hurts himself and everyone else. The Supreme Court has shown the way. bit.ly/4tUSad3

Trump Goes Rogue as a Globocop - FPIF MAGA outgrows its isolationism.

The only principle that Trump now invokes in his foreign policy is the infamous law of the jungle. He believes that power — its threat and its exercise — is all that matters for apex predators like the US. The rest is just the chittering of potential prey. bit.ly/40llhbS

Can the MAGA Coalition Survive Trump's Imperialist Pivot? | Inkstick Not everyone in the MAGA coalition is happy about Trump's about-face on isolationism.

"Global cop, then, would not seem to be a suitable aspiration for the likes of Donald Trump. Unlike Obama, he’s not interested in making sure that laws are observed and miscreants punished. Instead, Trump practically fawns over the miscreants..."

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Trump Is Turning the US Into the World's Rogue Policeman ​The United States has long been tempted to play good cop-bad cop with the world. President Trump is simply taking things to the next distinctly psychopathic level.

That’s exactly the kind of police officer that Donald Trump aspires to be, wielding power not on behalf of principle but in the service of personal gain and autocratic control, writes @johnfeffer.bsky.social.

Can the MAGA Coalition Survive Trump's Imperialist Pivot? US President Donald Trump's government has abandoned the isolationism he once advocated for, instead turning to imperialist policies.

"The only principle that Trump now invokes in his foreign policy is the infamous law of the jungle. He believes that power — its threat and its exercise — is all that matters for apex predators like the United States (and himself). The rest is just the chittering of potential prey."

MAGA Outgrows Isolationism A mere 15 years ago, during an epoch that now seems as distant as the Paleozoic era, an American president attempted to use military power to prevent a dictator from slaughtering his own citizens. Bar...

From TomDispatch this morning: Donald Trump may be the first American president to treat international law as if it were as fictional as intergalactic law -- John Feffer, "MAGA Outgrows Isolationism, And Yet America First Means America Alone"
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The Disappearance of Palestine? - FPIF International support for a Palestinian state has never been stronger, but the territory that could be included in such a state is disappearing like sand in an hourglass.

What’s happening today in both #Gaza and the #WestBank is a deliberate effort by the Israeli government to change the facts on the ground and make any “two-state solution” a territorial impossibility.
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Trump Delivers Lunch to Beijing - FPIF China is taking advantage of the fact that even the most even-tempered of allies have had it with Trump and his tantrums.

China isn’t just eating our lunch. The Trump administration is preparing the meal and delivering it all the way to Beijing on a silver platter. bit.ly/4qYgJny

Wannabe King of the World At the World Economic Forum this year, the audience of wealthy and powerful was treated to the kind of trash-talking that was once reserved for the likes

Wannabe King of the World

Via @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social by Scoville Fellow '88 @johnfeffer.bsky.social. www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/03/w...

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New Publication: @johnfeffer.bsky.social explores the US Land Back movement - Indigenous efforts to reclaim stolen land to restore sovereignty, stewardship and culture. Examining legal, political and economic routes and limits of market & charity solutions. Find it here: rosalux.nyc/restoring-th...

Yes - agreed! I do think there's a chance to contain it. There are impressive examples of individual, group, state, and international resistance. But just preserving everyday mechanisms of democracy and sanity is also important...

The Man Who Would Be King (of the World) - FPIF With his new Board of Peace, Trump is now bent on conquering the world.

From Belarus and Russia to Saudi Arabia and Israel, Trump is peace-washing some of the worst human rights violators in the world. bit.ly/3NJ4Q6l

Trump's Administration of Comic Book Villains Is Making War on the World Order The 47th US president wants to get rid of the United Nations, reverse the decolonization process, and return the world to a time when only power determines the course of events.

The Trump administration shouldn’t be surprised when the world that it is trying to turn upside down unites against it, writes @johnfeffer.bsky.social.

Trump Tries to Overturn the World Order - FPIF And the world is starting to fight back.

From health care to climate change to Greenland, the Trump administration is doing everything it can to harm people and the planet. Trump and company are like comic book villains, and their supporters don’t even realize it. bit.ly/3LunPAZ

Is Iran Next? - FPIF Trump wants to be the world's policeman, and Putin's not going to stop him.

Protests could topple the Iranian government. Trump could launch an attack. And #Iran could be the next in a series of countries that Russia has effectively abandoned around the world. bit.ly/4sHuLLM

The Power Play President - FPIF For Trump, peace negotiations and military operations are simply different means to the same end: total control.

At Foreign Policy in Focus, in his latest piece, John Feffer on how Trump aspires to be the number one bad hombre: the one in complete control. shorturl.fm/AjvOR

The Russian Far-Right - Institute for Policy Studies How Does It Influence Russian Government Policy?

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The Venezuela Attack Is Part of Trump's Quest to Be the World's No. 1 Bad Hombre ​For Trump, peace negotiations and military strikes are simply the means to an end. He wants to exert power over as much of the world as he can reach.

Trump is on an extended power play. He will use America’s asymmetric advantage to score as many goals as he can during his term, writes @johnfeffer.bsky.social.

The Power Play President - FPIF For Trump, peace negotiations and military operations are simply different means to the same end: total control.

The U.S. military operation in Venezuela was the latest example of the Trump/Putin doctrine: our sovereignty is sacred but your sovereignty means nothing at all. bit.ly/4ptDSgb

The Geopolitics of Trump’s Venezuela Campaign - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung The attack on Maduro is part of a wider attempt to push China out of the region

Trump’s escalating pressure on Venezuela is not just about Maduro but about reasserting US dominance in Latin America and pushing China out of the region, as @johnfeffer.bsky.social argued just last month.

The Geopolitics of Trump’s Venezuela Campaign - FPIF Is Trump about to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys?

Alas, as I predicted for Venezuela, Trump has captured the chicken to scare the monkeys. The president has signaled that he can and will do anything to expand his power globally. bit.ly/3MweCIm

#AnálisisYDebate 📚 ¿Lucha contra el narcotráfico o estrategia de dominación? 📖 John Feffer analiza cómo la estrategia de EE.UU. hacia Venezuela amenaza con profundizar la dependencia hemisférica.

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Trump Destroys Government - FPIF The administration is destroying all the aspects of government that can make a positive difference in people’s lives and pumping up those aspects of government that concentrate wealth, promote injusti...

It’s one thing to cut government services and regulations. Those can be restored by subsequent administrations. It’s another thing to destroy the very idea of government. bit.ly/4pKaG5D

#AnálisisYDebate 📄Este texto de John Feffer examina cómo se despliega un aparato militar orientado a cálculos de poder, control de recursos y rivalidad con China. El autor menciona que, además, se utiliza la fragilidad venezolana como mensaje para toda la región

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La géopolitique de la campagne de Trump au Venezuela. – Réseau Bastille

Trump est-il sur le point de tuer le poulet pour effrayer les singes ?

Par John Feffer | 10 décembre 2025

Publié à l’origine dans Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung.

Donald #Trump a sans aucun doute des ambitions mondiales. Il utilise les droits de douane 👇

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[Column] Trump destroys government Anti-government sentiment has reached record heights under Donald Trump, and that’s no accident

"It’s one thing to cut government services and regulations. Those can be restored by subsequent administrations. It’s another thing to destroy the very idea of government," John Feffer writes in a new column.

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Trump in #Venezuela. Den geopolitischen Kontext der US-amerikanischen Lateinamerika-Politik analysiert John Feffer vom Institute for Policy Studies. 👇
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