Updates | The Week of August 14, 2017
Britany Riley // 8/20/17 //
Senior administration officials downplayed the threat of war with North Korea (WSJ).
- The Trump Administration continues to lack a coherent strategy on North Korea (The Hill).
- The standoff between President Trump and North Korea offers a test case on Presidential War Powers, writes Deborah Peterson at Just Security.
A bipartisan group of former diplomats discussed their concerns about the Trump Administration's plan to merge the State Department and USAID (WaPo).
In reaction to the terror attack in Barcelona, President Trump spread falsehoods and signaled a willingness to commit war crimes, writes Bill Kristol at National Review.
- Unlike with Charlottesville, it didn’t take long for the President to “know the facts” with the events in Barcelona (Vox).