If I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard a Trumpian say that Donald Trump is the world’s best negotiator, I’d surely have enough to take my wife to a nice restaurant (at least once!). I’m not saying that Mr. Trump doesn’t know how to negotiate, but the proof is clearly in the pudding […]
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Why Donald Trump is unable to negotiate a deal on many of the important foreign policy issues we face
03 Jun 2026
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War in Iran–where are we going?
23 May 2026
Mr. Trump’s management style, as epitomized in “The Art of the Deal,” (with it’s deliberate concealment of true goals to aid in negotiation) is perhaps a great business negotiating style. Yet it is a terrible way to lead a country through a war. We hear daily, “it’s almost over,” and then “we’re getting ready to […]
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Donald Trump has been consistently opposed to allowing Iran become a nuclear threat to the world, at least since 2011. Here at BATG, we’ve joined Mr. Trump in his hostility to Iran. Older Americans have lived their lives watching an Iran regime that is implacably opposed to the freedoms of the west, with the United […]
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Mr. Trump has boldly gone where no previous president has dared to go. For almost 50 years, the Iranian regime has engaged in low-level warfare against both the U.S. and its allies. Over 2000 Americans have been killed by Iranian proxies, and our response has been typically, at best, tit for tat. Given the ideological […]
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A Trumpian Triumph challenges the left
14 Oct 2025
The release of the Israeli hostages filled most of the world with joy yesterday. The end of the war in Israel is now possible. War is ugly, which is why however unrealistic its vision is in a fallen world, we must always at our core desire to be peacemakers. Phase 1 of this peace deal […]
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It all comes down to really one question. Is it acceptable to the United States for the Iranian regime to have nuclear weapons? If the answer is no, then Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu have performed a tremendous service to the world. The wicked Iranian regime has directly and indirectly killed perhaps 1000 Americans since […]
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