Epstein Secrets

nted to a recent New York Times column by Tom Friedman arguing that the most successful American leaders on the Middle East process were Kissinger, Jimmy Carter, and himself. In any case, Baker said, Zoellick "wasn't involved extensively" in making policy toward Israel. "He was not the lead guy. The lead

sure, of these wars that we get into that sometimes do not represent a direct national security threat to the United States." Baker argued that the George H.W. Bush-led 1990-1991 Gulf War, which was prosecuted by an international coalition Baker himself played a key role in creating, was a more successful model

when white people want to harass Hispanic basketball players or Muslim students, they have a rallying cry: "Trump, Trump, Trump!" Former President Jimmy Carter says that the American democracy has been transformed to an oligarchy and if this is true the use of fear has been a major instrument. Americans wer

we've seen so far. He changes everything." Both Bush 41 and 43 won by winning over "Reagan Democrats", bl

go directly to the White House to try to persuade President Carter to issue a statement expressly denying the Soviet

inton case was resolved, John Kennedy, Jr.—the late son of the former President—called and asked me if I would contribute an article to his magazine, George. He asked me if I would describe the ten greatest legal blunders of the 20" Century. Here is what I described as the number | and 2 greatest blunders

ime minister. Larger-than-life chiefs have included Richard Nixon’s H. R. Haldeman and Alexander Haig; Gerald Ford’s Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney; Jimmy Carter’s Hamilton Jordan; Ronald Reagan’s James Baker; George H. W. Bush’s return of James Baker; Bill Clinton’s Leon Panetta, Erskine Bowles, and John Pode

tand. Ailes, a veteran of the Nixon, Reagan, and Bush 41 White Houses, was growing worried by the presiden

an, was cool at best to a Reagan presidency. | remember one post-Bush-defeat meeting of our committee when we had already secured the nomination and George Herbert Walker Bush sat next to me and lightly apologized for referring to me as the “Voo-Doo Economist.” In truth, | had sort of enjoyed the handle, and told H.W. Bush

alker Bush sat next to me and lightly apologized for referring to me as the “Voo-Doo Economist.” In truth, | had sort of enjoyed the handle, and told H.W. Bush that | was delighted he finally had come to join us because | needed some fellow Yalies to up the quality of our group. He laughed. Things had been

n that detrended real nondefense GDP per adult as a measure of our country’s economic performance has ended on very low notes for Obama, “W” Bush and Bush Sr., it is clear 5 Note: the gray vertical lines in figures throughout this paper represent the election dates of these individual presidents. The reaso

ination, he clearly exposed all the weaknesses of President Carter, just as Senator Bernie Sanders is exposing Hilar

ciety, accountable and effective democratic institutions, and responsible regional leadership." Other issues: Although he once described himself as a George H. W. Bush-school realist, in the past year Obama has learned to embrace humanitarian intervention, both in Libya and in central Africa, where military adv

as been characterized by cycles of enthusiasm about foreign engagement. In the mid-1970's, following the war in Vietnam, America, guided by President Jimmy Carter's moralizing impulse, opted for "regionalization" of its engagements. But, given that the Soviet threat still existed, this effort came too early (an