It may seem surprising, but even today Iran continues to abide by the nuclear agreement that Obama negotiated.

Trump is preparing to go nuclear on our allies if they don't toe the line on our stupid and unilateral decision regarding Iran.

Yesterday Trump tweeted that the U.S. will “impose large sanctions” on Turkey unless it releases pastor Andrew Brunson, who’s accused of involvement in a coup attempt.

Since the early 1970's there's been a consistent, measurable pattern.

Since Washington doesn't do diplomacy anymore, we only have two tools left: a) sanctions, and b) military force.
It appears that sanctions will soon be a tool of the past, which means that our violent foreign policy will become even more violent.
Take for example, Nord Stream 2.

The thing with sanctions is that the threat is supposed to be enough to make others comply. If you have to use sanctions, you should never have to use them against your allies. The worst case scenario is for your allies to simply ignore your sanctions threat, effectively calling your bluff.
That's what is happening today.

The United States has been rapidly losing influence in Asia these past few months, but this past week really solidified that loss.

The news media has finally caught up with what I've been pointing out for weeks (here and here) - that our economic sanctions aren't working. In fact, the sanctions are completely backfiring.
Headlines from this morning spells this out in no uncertain terms.