Nahal Toosi

Washington, D.C.

Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent and Columnist at POLITICO

Senior foreign affairs correspondent @POLITICO. Check out my column, Compass, at the link below. I’m also on Threads, BlueSky & Mastodon.

Articles

Katarski jumbo jet dla Donalda Trumpa? "Żadna decyzja nie została podjęta"

2 days ago | wiadomosci.onet.pl | Gregory Svirnovskiy |Dasha Burns |Nahal Toosi

— Ewentualne przekazanie samolotu do tymczasowego użytku jako Air Force One jest obecnie rozważane przez ministerstwo obrony Kataru i Departament Obrony USA, ale sprawa jest nadal analizowana przez odpowiednie działy prawne i żadna decyzja nie została podjęta — mówi Ali Al-Ansari, katarski attaché do spraw mediów w USA. Przekazanie samolotu wartego według ABC 400 mln dol. (ok. 1,5 mld zł) ma zostać ogłoszone podczas zbliżającej się wizyty Trumpa na Bliskim Wschodzie.
Qatar calls reports of upcoming jet gift to Trump 'inaccurate'

3 days ago | politico.com | Gregory Svirnovskiy |Dasha Burns |Nahal Toosi

ABC News reported Sunday that a super luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet would become available for the president. President Donald Trump will soon depart for a four-day trip to the Middle East, with stops in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. | Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Qatar on Sunday denied reports that the Trump administration is preparing to accept a luxury jet from the country’s royal family.
How Marco Rubio defied expectations and rose to the top of Trump’s orbit

1 week ago | politico.com | Nahal Toosi |Felicia Schwartz |Robbie Gramer

With four hats, including national security adviser, the former Trump rival is defying predictions he’d be a weak player. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends a National Day of Prayer event with President Donald Trump in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on May 1, 2025. | Yuri Gripas/Abaca Marco Rubio is doing big things under President Donald Trump — way more than nearly anyone expected.
How Marco Rubio defied expectations and rose to the top of Trump’s orbit

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Nahal Toosi |Felicia Schwartz |Robbie Gramer

1 hour agoWaltz angered Trump over conversations with IsraelThe fired national security adviser engaged in intense coordination with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about military options against Iran ahead of an Oval Office meeting between the Israeli leader and Trump, two people said.
Trump’s National Security Team Was Extraordinarily Weak Even Before Waltz’s Ouster

1 week ago | politico.com | Nahal Toosi

A typical national security adviser is first among equals, but not in this administration. National security adviser Mike Waltz walks to board Marine One at the White House in Washington, on April 3, 2025. | Carlos Barria/Reuters via Redux Pictures Nahal Toosi is POLITICO’s senior foreign affairs correspondent. She has reported on war, genocide and political chaos in a career that has taken her around the world.
Trump’s National Security Team Was Extraordinarily Weak Even Before Waltz’s Ouster

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Nahal Toosi

Losing Mike Waltz as national security adviser isn’t that big of a change. The guy never had much power. One intriguing aspect of President Donald Trump’s second administration is how no one, aside from Trump himself, has much juice on matters of foreign policy and national security. Instead, there’s been a proliferation of power centers — some of them institutions, some individuals, and none of them particularly strong.
It’s the tariffs, stupid

2 weeks ago | politico.com | Nahal Toosi |Mickey Djuric |Sue Allan

| Subscribe here | | Follow Politico CanadaThanks for reading Ottawa Playbook. Let’s get into it. → How do you stand up to DONALD TRUMP, anyway? → PIERRE POILIEVRE and MARK CARNEY make their closing arguments. → DOUG FORD’s advice to the Conservative leader. → PHILIPPE J. FOURNIER on the path to a Liberal majority. If you are in Ottawa tonight, drop by our watch party. Canada’s election campaign fixated on one question: Who is best to handle U.S. President Donald Trump? But is that even possible?
Trump Is Pretending to Be Weak When It Comes to El Salvador

2 weeks ago | politico.com | Nahal Toosi

In fact, when I reached out to five current and former U.S. officials to discuss the matter, they assured me that I wasn’t going crazy — that Trump’s and Bukele’s displays of helplessness were indeed absurd, if not Kafkaesque. Some of the officials were granted anonymity to avoid potential retaliation but most were eager to put their names down, and they provided a series of concrete moves Trump could make.
Has Trump Forgotten His Own Power?

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Nahal Toosi

It has been startling to listen to President Donald Trump and his team suggest there’s nothing they can do to retrieve Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man they admitted in court to mistakenly deporting to an El Salvador prison alongside other migrants. Much of the Trump administration’s image is built around the idea of strength, especially on the global front, so this display of impotence is off message. He’s the one, Trump likes to say, who holds the cards.
"Wariactwo". Amerykańscy dyplomaci przerażeni planami administracji Donalda Trumpa. "Małpy wpadłyby na coś lepszego"

3 weeks ago | wiadomosci.onet.pl | Felicia Schwartz |Nahal Toosi |Robbie Gramer

Do mediów trafił rzekomy projekt rozporządzenia, wzywający do wyeliminowania wielu tradycyjnych biur amerykańskiego Departamentu Stanu oraz do zmiany sposobu funkcjonowania delegacji służby zagranicznej. Wśród innych zmian możliwych jest likwidacja regionalnego biura zajmującego się Afryką i zmniejszenie obecności dyplomatycznej USA w Kanadzie.