Trump has shattered America’s ‘illusion of omnipotence’ in Iran
Donald Trump likes to use the phrase ‘go big or go home’ to describe his political strategy. It looks as…
The truth about Robert Mueller
In the pantheon of Trump adversaries, Robert Mueller may rank at the very top. Everything about Mueller – his rectitude, his…
The bad news keeps mounting for Donald Trump
Donald Trump thought it would be a cakewalk. Determined to oust his adversary almost overnight, the US President quickly discovered that…
Iran isn’t Trump’s only ‘imminent threat’
President Trump thought it would be a cakewalk. Far from capitulating, his nemesis seems to be on the comeback trail. Gabbard…
Donald Trump is tarnishing Brand America
Donald Trump has become something of a sole man. His cabinet members and White House visitors report that the President has developed…
Trump has been caught flat-footed on Iran
Donald Trump has become something of a sole man. His cabinet members and White House visitors report that the president has developed…
The Democrats are on the march in Texas
It’s the best of times for the Democrats in Texas and the worst of times for the Republicans. James Talarico…
The Texas Republican revolt
Following last night’s primaries, Texas Democrats have a clear Senate candidate in James Talarico. Texas Republicans have a civil war.…
The Iran strikes might be Trump’s Sarajevo moment
Here we go again. Switch out Saddam Hussein for the Ayatollah Khamenei and Ahmed Chalabi for Reza Pahlavi and you…
Trump’s reality-show State of the Union speech
Donald Trump may have celebrated Team USA for winning the gold at the Olympics in hockey, but he was not…
The Supreme Court is right to reject Trump’s tariffs
At a rally in Georgia on Thursday night, President Trump declared that he couldn’t wait ‘forever’ for the Supreme Court…
Is Donald Trump becoming a globalist?
It was a banner day for Donald Trump. On Thursday, at the US justice department, a long perpendicular banner with…
Washington is in a deep freeze
As the Potomac ices over for the first time in decades, Washington is in a deep freeze. Democrats are about…
Far from all Americans support Trump’s advance on Greenland
President Trump isn’t ushering in a golden age but rather an age of gold. The precious metal has hit an…
Trump’s Greenland caper will heighten inflation
On February 24, Donald Trump will deliver the first State of the Union speech of his second term as president.…
Venezuela has left Trump feeling cocky
There was no dancing, let alone prancing, in the Brooklyn courtroom as former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro was arraigned on…
Maduro appears in NY court as Venezuela replaces him
There was no dancing, let alone prancing, in the Manhattan courtroom as former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro was arraigned on…
Why does Trump care about Europe’s ‘civilisational erasure’?
In Ukraine, as elsewhere in Europe, Donald Trump’s new national security strategy is being met with a mixture of incredulity…
Trump is running out of tricks to prop up the American economy
President Donald Trump dozed off during his cabinet meeting on Tuesday. Who could blame him? Listening to Secretary of State…
Donald Trump’s affordability blues
So President Donald Trump may have dozed off during his cabinet meeting on Tuesday. Who could blame him? Listening to Secretary of State Marco Rubio…
Trump blames Biden for shooting of National Guardsmen
In response to the attack on Thanksgiving eve by a suspected Afghan national upon two West Virginia National Guardsmen, President…
Elon Musk’s Doge was a damp squib
Doge has been Doge’d. Elon Musk’s once fearsome US Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) has been shut down eight months…
Donald Trump doesn’t want to talk about Epstein
The contrast could hardly have been starker. As Donald Trump palled around with Mohammed bin Salman in the newly gilded Oval Office, Congress was voting on…
The Epstein files continue to haunt Donald Trump
The main thing that has made the Epstein files seem politically (as opposed to morally) significant is that Donald Trump…
Trump is creating a political Frankenstein
During the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump depicted himself as synonymous with winning. “We’re gonna win so much,” he said, “you…
