The Greek-American lobby

Within the space of just a few days, the two Greek Americans upon whom some in Athens and certain Greek Americans had pinned their hopes left the White House. Reince Priebus was expelled in the most deceptive way possible from his position as chief of staff. George Gigicos, the person who spent the most time by Donald Trump's side during his presidential election campaign, has also departed his position as White House director of scheduling and advance. The Greek-American "mafia," as some in the media dubbed them, no longer exists.

As the other recent and not-so-recent experience has demonstrated, just because a Greek American is in a key position doesn't necessarily mean our problems will be solved quite the way we imagine. The agenda these people have when they take up key positions is much greater than the "Greek" issues, which are much smaller by comparison. We also...