United States International Relations

• Trump’s Security Strategy Focuses on Profit, Not Spreading Democracy - President Trump’s new National Security Strategy describes a country that is focused on doing business and reducing migration while avoiding passing judgment on authoritarians.
• Trump Administration Says Europe Faces ‘Civilizational Erasure’ - America’s goal should be “to help Europe correct its current trajectory,” the administration said in its new National Security Strategy.
• Trump Trumpets Peace in Africa Amid War on Drug Boats, in Day of Dissonance - President Trump presided over a Congo-Rwanda peace deal on the same day his administration was being questioned about potential war crimes.
• What to Know About Putin’s Visit to India as Oil Trade Dries Up - The Trump administration, which crippled Russia’s oil sales to India with sanctions, will be watching Mr. Putin’s talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
• Trump’s Former Campaign Manager Assisted Honduran Presidential Candidate - Brad Parscale advised the campaign of Nasry Asfura, a right-wing candidate who was endorsed by the U.S. president.
• Trump’s Threat of Military Action Is a Major Challenge to Maduro. Here’s What to Know. - The president has warned that the United States could soon expand its attacks from boats near the coast to targets inside Venezuela, but he has also spoken by phone to its leader.
• On Trump’s Insults, Somalia’s Prime Minister Says ‘It’s Better Not to Respond’ - President Trump referred to Somali immigrants as “garbage” during a White House meeting on Tuesday.
• Weak Spots Are Few for Russia in Ukraine Peace Talks - Economic and military pressures could force Russia’s hand. Its economy is strained but not enough to do that, analysts say. And President Vladimir V. Putin says Russia is winning the war.
• Trump’s Pardon of Honduran Ex-President Erases Top Loyalist’s Triumph - Emil Bove III’s work as a prosecutor, before he was a Trump lawyer and official, helped lead to the conviction of the Honduran ex-leader whom President Trump freed this week.
• Trump Calls Somalis ‘Garbage’ He Doesn’t Want in the Country - President Trump has a history of insulting people from African countries, but the outburst was shocking in its unapologetic bigotry. Vice President JD Vance banged the table in encouragement.