Trump is sending mixed messages about the Qatar attack
Oops. The White House is claiming that President Trump directed the ubiquitous Steve Witkoff to warn Qatar that Israel was…
Trump’s command economy
Donald Trump never made a secret of the fact that he wanted to be a commanding president but it wasn’t…
Donald Trump was on his best behaviour in his meeting with Zelensky
It was back to black for Volodymyr Zelensky. After the Trump White House asked whether he was going to wear…
Putin awards Order of Lenin to CIA chief’s son
John Reed, a young Harvard graduate and journalist, thought highly of the Bolshevik revolution and chronicled it in his book…
Is Putin taking Trump for a ride?
Already the Kremlin is setting the terms of the forthcoming summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. Steve Witkoff, Trump’s…
Don’t bet on the Trump economy
The Trump White House took a victory lap on Monday, declaring in its newsletter that the American economy is back…
Was Trump in Epstein’s birthday book?
Bombshell or damp squib? The Wall Street Journal has dived into L’Affaire Epstein with a vengeance, reporting tonight that Donald…
Has Putin turned Trump into a Russia hawk?
No, President Trump wasn’t referring to Russian president Vladimir Putin when he talked at a White House luncheon today about…
Trump gets his Big Beautiful Bill over the line
Forget Elon Musk. House Speaker Mike Johnson is President Trump’s new partner, delivering the victory that he needed to ensure…
Trump threatens to deport Elon Musk over BBB opposition
It’s a time, as a great Republican once announced, for choosing. Elon or the Donald? After they seemed to reach…
Supreme Court allows Trump to recast America
Donald Trump is on a roll. Last week, he bombed Iran and imposed a ceasefire on Tehran and Jerusalem. Now…
Is Trump ready to fight a forever war?
So much for the contention that President Donald Trump always chickens out. Trump has done what George W. Bush, Barack…
Has Donald Trump sided with the hawks?
That was fast. In the space of a few weeks, President Donald J. Trump has gone from being the idol…
Trump has been outmaneuvered by Netanyahu
The surprising thing isn’t that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attacked Iran. It’s that the current bombing campaign didn’t occur sooner.…
How Biden became Trump’s useful political milksop
It turns out that Joe Biden is one of the best things ever to happen to Donald Trump. Sure, Trump…
Trump has no appetite for a second-term war
Now more than ever, Donald Trump appears to be channeling his inner Lord Palmerston. It was the 19th-century prime minister,…
Trump is treating Israel like a nettlesome supplicant
When Donald Trump won the 2024 election, the first foreign leaders to congratulate him were Israeli officials. Now, as he…
J.D. Vance makes nice with Munich
It was an emollient J.D. Vance who showed up at the Munich Leaders Meeting in Washington, DC. Gone was the Vance…
Trump rules out a third term
Is Donald Trump forsaking four more years? In an interview today with NBC’s Kristen Welker, Trump indicated that while his…
Is Marco Rubio the next Henry Kissinger?
Tammy Bruce, the State Department spokesperson, was flummoxed. ‘I just heard this from you,’ she responded after a reporter told…
How much hope did Trump offer Meloni?
In early March Donald Trump said Elon Musk was doing “an amazing job.” Last week he said Governor Gretchen Whitmer…
Trump is starting to face tariff blowback
Liberation Day? Pshaw. President Trump may be gloating about imposing sweeping tariffs on America’s allies and adversaries abroad, but he…
Trump’s choice on a replacement UN ambassador is complex
Maybe the surprising thing isn’t that Donald Trump yanked Elise Stefanik’s nomination to become ambassador to the United Nations. It’s…
The ‘government by groupchat’ scandal should cost Mike Waltz his job
Blimey! Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg has written a fresh exposé that should result in the immediate resignation or firing of…
Cosying up to Putin has weakened Trump’s hand in Europe
Once upon a time, America practiced ping-pong diplomacy to try and improve ties with Mao’s China. Now Donald Trump and…
