A sudden shift in US demands has unsettled allies already balancing multiple crises. Behind closed doors, tensions escalated as strategic priorities collided. As reported by ft.com. Donald Trump threatened to halt arms supplies to Ukraine in an attempt to force European allies to join the so-called “coalition of the willing” to restore shipping through the […]
As I’ve said elsewhere, I’m dubious that Congress is going to give him an AUMF — he didn’t actually go to them first, just hauled on in, and there have been decidedly unencouraging statements on the matter from both sides of the aisle in Congress — which he’s probably going to need if he wants to continue the conflict using the US military for more than eight weeks, and he’s burned through a bit over half of that window already. He’s got kinda limited options.