Trump’s Politically Tricky Yemen Veto
The second veto of the Trump presidency divides his core supporters, and erodes some of his anti-establishment bona fides. Yemen is a small and impoverished outpost on the Arabian peninsula. Its relative geopolitical insignificance inspires a series of arguments surrounding the Saudi-U.S. coalition’s activities in the country. If the country matters so little, why should foreign policy realists expend significant political capital— —trying to stop said activities? But by the same token, if Yemen matters so little, why should Washington ...
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