Angus King: “It appears that these recent moves, they've simply said, 'We're going to shore up Assad, no matter what.'”

Instead of pursuing solutions that are consistent with America’s values, President Trump has decided to ease energy sanctions on Russia.

At the end of the day, this deal from the White House is an attempt to boost their short-term political prospects at the true cost of the American people.

The grave danger we now face is that the current administration has undermined both prongs of deterrence strategy in different theaters — a lack of will in Ukraine and a lack of capacity in Iran.

That's not as dire as some of the AI officials who have suggested that there was a 10 percent chance of wiping out all of humanity.