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Donald Trump on a Twenty Dollar Bill (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump's shamelessness could save him

Heather Digby Parton
President Donald Trump; Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Kenny Stancil - Common Dreams
Presidents Donald Trump, George W. Bush, Richard Nixon, and Lyndon B. Johnson (Getty Images/Salon)

Trump lied to us: It's nothing new

Heather Digby Parton
Vladimir Putin; Mohammad Bin Salman; Donald Trump (AP/Getty/Salon)

Greed, Trump and climate-change denial

Carl Pope
An oil pump works, on Saturday, April 16, 2016, in the desert oil fields of Sakhir, Bahrain. Oil-producing countries are to meet in Qatar on Sunday, April 17, 2016, to discuss a plan to freeze output but their gathering comes as nations like Iran rapidly ramp up their pumping. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali) (AP)

Qatar snub puts relationship at risk

Nader Habibi - The Conversation
Donald Trump; Derek Harvey; Michael Flynn (Getty/Aude Guerrucci/Mark Wilson/Mandel Ngan)

Our man in the Middle East

Steven A. Cook
(Reuters/Lucas Jackson/Shutterstock/Salon)

The week in Trump's conflicts

Matthew Rozsa
(AP/Evan Vucci/Getty/Gabriella Demczuk/Photo montage by Salon)

wining, dining and diplomacy

Sophia Tesfaye
An Iraqi Oil Field (Reuters/Azad Lashkari)

World’s biggest bribe scandal

Ben Norton
(Reuters/Charles Platiau/AP/Janet Van Ham)

Bill Maher and Piketty unite

Sean Illing
(AP/Reuters/Mian Kursheed)

America's terrorism mystery

Marcy Wheeler
Militants from the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) people raising their flag at the entrance of an army base in Ninevah Province. Iraq. (AP)

Peter Gelling, Kyle Kim, Timothy McGrath - GlobalPost
Army Pfc. Bradley Manning (AP/Patrick Semansky)

Chase Madar - TomDispatch.com
(Associated Press)

David Vine - TomDispatch.com
The Dalai Lama (Religion/Jessica Rinaldi)

We're more peaceful than ever

Michael Lind