Here’s a thought experiment: If the United States had a means of addictively informing, subversively manipulating and covertly collecting data on half the people of China – without the permission, let alone the control, of the ruling Chinese Communist Party – would the CCP allow us unilaterally to wield such a weapon against them? As…
A long time ago, I served as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense in Ronald Reagan’s Pentagon. In that role, I learned firsthand the truth of the President’s observation that “Personnel is policy.” So, I have grave concerns about entrusting the Defense Department’s Mideast policymaking post to Michael DiMino, a man with deeply problematic prescriptions.…
Gerald Ford’s remark on the occasion of his inauguration that “Our long national nightmare is over” kept running through my head as I watched Donald Trump’s second one yesterday. It’s a source of indescribable happiness that a presidency run by unknown, unaccountable, and radical leftists was finally done – and with it a wrecking operation…
The joyous return of three Israelis held hostage and abused by Hamas for fifteen months cannot obscure the reality of the deal that set them free: It’s not a ceasefire, it’s a hudna – a temporary pause jihadists use to emulate a diabolical strategy practiced by Islam’s prophet Mohammed. When Muslims adherent to Sharia’s totalitarian…
Donald Trump has recently stupefied his supporters by embracing Joe Biden’s policies towards Israel, antithetical to his own historic positions, to his campaign promises, and to our vital interests. Two new videos critically analyze the alarming Gaza ceasefire deal and how we got here. The first is a new podcast by my friend and colleague,…
The Gaza ceasefire Joe Biden announced yesterday is a formula not for peace, but for more war. It would prevent Israel from finishing off Hamas and return the Gaza Strip to its effective control. When Hamas predictably resumes its attacks, Donald Trump will be President, not Biden. Thankfully, his incoming National Security Advisor, Mike Waltz,…
Can a man without an official portfolio inflict an enduring defeat on a President-elect not yet in power? That would be the case – unless Donald Trump promptly repudiates a disastrous deal engineered by a special Mideast envoy-designee that would effectively force Israel to lose its war with Hamas. Follow me: A rich investor-turned-amateur diplomat…
We traditionally mark the peaceful transfer of presidential power by holding the inauguration on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. A large temporary structure built for the occasion provides seating for not only the incoming and outgoing presidents and their families but virtually every other senior official and the entire Congress. In other words, it’s…
Joe Biden is to visit the State Department today to boast about his foreign policy accomplishments. It should be a very short speech. Unfortunately, it will be likely be long, at best, highly selective – and, more likely, characteristically thoroughly dishonest. Put simply, Biden inherited from Donald Trump a world largely at peace; Biden bequeaths…
The catastrophic fires raging out of control in Los Angeles are a product of multiple factors ranging from high winds to empty hydrants. There’s growing evidence, however, that people have deliberately torching property. At least one is in police custody. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the greatest arsonist of all time. He’s Communist…
President-elect Donald Trump held an electrifying press conference Tuesday. In its course, he described the vital importance of Canada, Greenland and the Panama Canal to the national and economic security of the United States. While it remains to be seen what Mr. Trump will do once in office, just by talking about those interests he…
Official narratives this week in Washington marking Jimmy Carter’s passing reflect a highly selective rendering of his White House years. If the past is indeed prologue, his many grave mistakes must be recalled, not just his few positive achievements. Three debacles, and what has flowed from them, remain particular blights on our national security and…
Last night, the Biden administration sent eleven Yemeni jihadists held for years at the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the Persian Gulf nation of Oman. This step is the latest effort by the outgoing president’s team to undermine his successor – who wisely kept “Gitmo” open – and to sabotage the national security.…
As the days of what has purported to be the “Biden presidency” run out of the allotted time, its diabolical character is increasingly on display. It seems that whoever is actually running the U.S. government – and the mere fact that we don’t know who it is says a lot about our parlous state –…
In recent days, terrorists have violently attacked sites in New Orleans and Las Vegas. Communist Chinese hackers have gained access to the Treasury Department’s data. And unidentified drones have been flying with impunity over some seventeen military bases and other sensitive real estate. At a minimum, they are likely spying on the facilities below but…
On August 15, 2016, then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gave one of his best speeches ever. It addressed with clarity and courage the threat of “radical Islamic terrorism” and what we need to do to “defeat it.” After New Year’s attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas, his analysis of the toxic ideological wellspring of ISIS…
New Year’s Day is typically a time of optimism and cheerful resolutions for how we would like to conduct ourselves in the twelve months to come. That is especially true at this juncture for those of us who voted for a new president in the person of Donald Trump, and a national course-correction. There are,…
This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. Millions of Americans reelected Donald Trump in response to the lies they were told and the damage inflicted on them by officials during the COVID-19 pandemic. By joining forces with Bobby Kennedy, Jr. and embracing “Make America Healthy Again,” Mr. Trump gave hope there would not only be accountability for…
On December 18 th , the New York Post featured the following headline: “Drones spotted near at least 17 military bases located next to Chinese-owned land in U.S.” What?!!! The Biden administration has ignored, and in some cases, exacerbated the obvious threat posed by Chinese nationals buying up farmland and other real estate, even in…
This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. So much for wishful thinking that a Syria liberated from the monstrous Bashir Assad regime would become a pluralistic democracy if only an al Qaeda veteran named Abu Mohammed al-Julani were fatuously transformed into a “moderate” politician and put in charge of the country. In…