Thomas J. Raleigh · Author · Essayist · Raconteur · Est. 1950

Who’s Who in the Zoo!

Thomas J. Raleigh · August 18, 2026 · 1 min read

Can someone tell me who’s who in the zoo currently when it comes to negotiating peace settlements for this White House?  I always believed the US State Department advised the President on foreign policy and diplomatic measures.  I always thought it was the primary responsibility of the head DOS guy to coordinate treaty negotiations. You know, like Nobel Peace Prize recipient, Henry Kissinger, back in the day, or even John Kerry whose multinational JCPOA agreement took almost two years to negotiate before our self-described “stable genius” came into power and unceremoniously scrubbed the plan.

It was disturbing enough to me that our seemingly clueless president rejected all assessments from the entire US Intelligence Community, CIA, and FBI after collectively disputing claims of Iran’s “imminent nuclear threat”.  He then goes on to assemble his crack negotiating “team” headed up by a real-estate guy, a son-in-law, and a drunk neophyte from FOX News

Incidentally, this same team took the lead on treaty negotiations involving Gaza and Ukraine as well. 

Basically, zero wins and three losses to this point!!!

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