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Trump: The Counterfeit Dove

by | Mar 3, 2017

Trump: The Counterfeit Dove

by | Mar 3, 2017

“By at least one measure at this point in his presidency, Trump has been more interventionist than Obama: in authorizing drone strikes and special operations raids in non-battlefield settings (namely, in Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia).”

–Micah Zenko,
“The (Not-So) Peaceful Transition of Power: Trump’s Drone Strikes Outpace Obama”

Sheldon Richman

Sheldon Richman

Sheldon Richman is the former executive editor of The Libertarian Institute and a contributing editor at Antiwar.com. He is the former senior editor at the Cato Institute and Institute for Humane Studies; former editor of The Freeman, published by the Foundation for Economic Education; and former vice president at the Future of Freedom Foundation. His latest books are Coming to Palestine and What Social Animals Owe to Each Other.

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