The battle for the neoconservative soul
Robert Kagan has long had a knack for capturing public attention with bold pronouncements about American foreign policy. In 1996, together…
Trump is in the mood to do a deal with China
As President Trump travels to China today, his original plans for the visit have been upended. He wanted to arrive as…
Trump is clinging to a mirage in the Middle East
Well, well, well. For all the head-scratching that it initially occasioned, President Trump’s hasty abandonment of ‘Project Freedom’ – his…
Trump is too busy with himself to notice the chaos around him
King Charles and Queen Camilla were at their most emollient in Washington, where they exchanged a flurry of presents with…
For Trump, it’s lonely at the top
King Charles III and Queen Camilla were at their most emollient in Washington, where they exchanged a flurry of presents…
Virginia referendum loss adds to Trump’s woes
In 2020 Donald Trump became the first Republican presidential candidate to lose Virginia twice since William Howard Taft. Then in 2024 Trump lost once…
Trump’s foe-bashing won’t save his capsizing presidency
Has the dustup between Washington and Tehran come to an end? ‘They’ve agreed to give us back the nuclear dust…
What will the Iran ceasefire cost Trump?
Might Donald Trump travel to Tehran this spring to open an American embassy and declare that he’s fallen in love with the new…
Why Trump is tempting 25th Amendment talk
During his remarks in Budapest, Vice President J.D. Vance, who is trying prop up Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán as he runs for reelection, appeared to think the unthinkable.…
Will Trump really obliterate Iran on Tuesday?
Was Donald Trump’s profane and threatening tweet, which included an F-bomb and an allusion to Iran’s leaders as “crazy bastards,”…
Donald Trump is going on a firing spree
The surprising thing isn’t that Donald Trump fired his attorney general Pam Bondi and appointed Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche…
Iran doesn’t need pummelling to the Stone Age
In his nationwide address on Wednesday, Donald Trump could not have been clearer about the course of the Iran war.…
Trump’s rambling Iran address was full of wishful thinking
In his nationwide address on Wednesday, Donald Trump could not have been clearer about the course of the Iran war. It’s not ending…
Trump has already checked out of NATO
Donald Trump, who will deliver an address from the Oval Office tonight, isn’t giving up on his aims for his…
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…
