Trump’s fawning performance in Helsinki has only lent credence to the worst theories about him
The legacy of his presidency may be to fortify suspicions of Moscow and his chum Putin.
After flirting with Putin, is Trump putting ‘America first’?
The Helsinki summit, which was intended to smooth relations with Moscow, is having the reverse effect.
What’s the purpose of Trump’s forthcoming meeting with Vladimir Putin?
A diligent press corps is trying to force him to say what he will do or say when he meets his Russian chum. But Trump himself may not really know.
Brett Kavanaugh is the establishment Republican’s dream Supreme Court Justice
Like Neil Gorsuch, he appears to be your standard issue hard-line conservative but not a judicial Robespierre.
Could Hillary Clinton take on Donald Trump again?
It’s an outcome that would thrill Donald Trump and his supporters. The “it” is, of course, another Hillary Clinton run…
Alan Dershowitz is winning in the Trump era
The trials of Alan Dershowitz, who alleges that he is being shunned and ostracised by former friends on Martha’s Vineyard,…
Is Mitt Romney considering another run for the presidency?
A man ruthless enough to strap his dog Seamus to the roof of his station wagon on a family road trip to Canada has to be taken seriously.
Justice Kennedy’s retirement allows Trump to become the restorer of GOP values
Whomever he picks will surely move rapidly to overturn the key decisions that Kennedy, often a decisive swing vote, supported on abortion and gay rights.
Trump is behaving like a caudillo in trying to intimidate Harley-Davidson
Tariffs are a huge political gamble, one that the GOP is eyeing with mounting apprehension.
Will doubling down on a culture war boost Trump’s political prospects?
The President’s inability to care what his critics think is paying off.
Trump is still on the ‘offenseive’ over immigration
As the President consolidates his hold on the GOP and defies his detractors, he is relying on women as a kind of protective force field.
How splitting up families gave Trump the biggest crisis of his presidency
Separating children from their parents at the border represents a repudiation of the core of the GOP.
James Comey is a man obsessed with his own myth
Oh, dear. The myth that James Comey has sedulously cultivated of himself—the ascetic warrior for truth, the vigilant sentinel of…
Donald Trump’s dictator complex
The reviews are coming in for Donald Trump’s performance in Singapore and they aren’t pretty. Nicholas Kristof of the New…
Maybe Trump can sign a free-trade pact with Russia and North Korea to replace Europe, Mexico and Canada
Well, well, well. So Melania had a “big operation” that lasted four hours, did she? President Trump revealed this little…
Welcome to the jungle: Centrist Democrats charge through California primaries
Moderates held off challenges from the far-left and right through their state’s unorthodox electoral system.
Should Germany expel American ambassador Richard Grenell?
The diplomat’s comments to Breitbart have caused German politicians to question his suitability.
Where in the world is Melania Trump?
FLOTUS hasn’t been seen in over two weeks.
Donald Trump and the art of the conspiracy theory
From the White House, the president offers what amount to daily lessons in the objurgatory arts.
Donald Trump goes on the warpath with North Korea
So much for the “World Peace” that Donald Trump bragged he would create at the June 12 Singapore summit. In…
Did Ukraine bribe its way into the White House?
Michael Cohen's Kiev connection could spell more trouble for his former boss.
The sorry state of Trump’s affairs
At home and abroad, the President is suddenly beleaguered
Trump is getting ‘schlonged’ by America’s enemies
So much for the Nobel Peace Prize that Donald Trump said “everyone thinks” he should receive. The New York Times…
Could John Bolton cost Trump his Nobel Peace Prize?
My, my, my. North Korea is in a snit over National Security Adviser John Bolton who urged it to follow…
Is Trump preparing to sell out South Korea?
Maybe President Trump has finally given up on his cherished dream of Vladimir Putin as his new best friend. It…
