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America’s Road to—and out of—Damascus A New Chapter for U.S.-Syria Relations
On May 14, 2025, President Donald J. Trump made history by meeting with Ahmad al-Sharaa, the new interim leader of Syria, and announcing the lifting of sanctions on Syria. The meeting with Sharaa, which took place in Saudi Arabia as part of the president’s first planned official overseas visit of his second term, came at the request of the Crown Prince and the President of Turkey.
AFPI Announces New Foreign Policy Initiative, Names Ambassador Carla Sands as Chair
The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) is pleased to announce the creation of the new Foreign Policy Initiative, with Ambassador Carla Sands leading the effort as chair.
AFPI Supports President Trump’s Action Against Iran
President Trump has been consistent since long before his election that Iran cannot possess a nuclear weapon as a nuclear-armed Iran would pose a direct and considerable threat to the United States, Israel and the world.
Trump’s Careful, America First Approach to Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Program
The mainstream media has been in overdrive this week, claiming that President Trump’s MAGA base is prepared to revolt if the president decides to drop bunker-buster bombs on Iran’s Fordow uranium enrichment site because this would violate his America First principles to keep America out of new and unnecessary wars.
Netanyahu Never Waivered on Threat from a Nuclear Iran
Israel’s bold airstrikes against Iran’s nuclear program reflected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s long insistence that the Iranian nuclear program has only one purpose: to construct nuclear weapons.