Trump’s Abandonment of Foreign Policy

Plus: Boris Johnson’s bad Saturday, and Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s show of force in Queens. View in browser | Update your preferences Comment Turkey, Syria, the Kurds, and Trump’s Abandonment of Foreign Policy The President’s ignorance of the world has never been so blatant—or produced such bipartisan opposition. By Robin Wright In Brexit News Daily Comment Boris Johnson’s Bad Saturday and the Contradictions of Brexit One of the inescapable facts of Brexit politics is a lack of faith in Johnson, but another is the lack of a cohesive opposition. By Amy Davidson Sorkin Letter from the U.K. Watching the Brexit Chaos from a Pub on Parliament Square During an extremely rare Saturday meeting of Parliament, hundreds of thousands of anti-Brexit protesters gathered outside Westminster. By Anna Russell PAID POST “[An] engaged and absorbing novel.” —The New York Times Book Review “With a spellbinding narrative and its exquisitely accurate evocation of two eras, Barbara Kingsolver’s novel is itself a shelter of sorts. One doesn’t want to leave it.” —Wall Street Journal START READING NOW More in News & Culture Campaign Chronicles Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Make a Show of Force in Queens At what was billed as Sanders’s comeback rally, he was less interested in talking about his recent heart attack than about his core issues. By Eric Lach Q. & A. The Former U.S. ISIS Envoy on Trump and the Crisis in Syria Brett McGurk discusses his feelings toward the President, Turkey’s real agenda for the region, and how we arrived at the current calamity. By Isaac Chotiner Dispatch How to Mourn a Glacier In Iceland, a memorial ceremony suggests new ways to think about climate change. By Lacy M. Johnson Cultural Comment The Miami Dolphins and the Art of Losing Assembling a team that will almost certainly be defeated verges on the morally macabre. By Jody Rosen Humor from The New Yorker Cartoons From The Issue Cartoons from the Issue Drawings and drollery from this week’s magazine. Daily Shouts Honest Skin-Care-Product Reviews “This sculpting powder is my go-to! One day, I hope I’ll find out exactly what it’s supposed to be sculpting.” By Loretta Donelan Sign up for more newsletters from The New Yorker. Visit The New Yorker shop. Question about your subscription? Contact Customer Care. New Yorker digital subscribers get unlimited access to everything on newyorker.com. Log in to your account here. We’d love your feedback on this newsletter. Please send your thoughts and suggestions to TNYinbox@newyorker.com. This e-mail was sent to you by The New Yorker. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, NewYorker@newsletters.newyorker.com, to your address book. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2019. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.