Trump administration
Brace yourselves for Gulfgate…
Russiagate was, famously, something of a damp squib. Donald Trump was never a secret Kremlin asset. Moscow did not internet-brainwash…
Live-streaming an execution is grotesque
The public will be able to watch via livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan, the US-born Muslim terrorist who shot…
Trump’s second term has put his legacy in grave peril
Two recent stories sum up the state of Donald Trump’s presidency and underscore the growing gap between him and his…
Trump has serious beef with American farmers
In August, Donald Trump sided with consumers by increasing the tariff-free quota on imported beef for 90 days beginning September…
Trump’s White House helipad do-over
Get to the chopper… but not yet. More construction is underway at the White House, as President Trump has directed…
The media will miss Trump when he’s gone
Hats off to President Trump! At the conclusion of his speech to the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Trump donned…
Who can blame the White House teleprompter operator, America’s savviest gambler?
Taking the luck out of betting might lessen the thrill, but it certainly ups the profit. White House teleprompter operator…
How does the Catholic J.D. Vance justify Trumpian policies?
Curiously, the President is almost invisible in Vance’s latest memoir – so perhaps the VP is attempting to distance himself, at least as far as his current job allows
Inside Trump’s brazen financial disclosures
Donald Trump has exposed a weak link in American democracy. It is dependent, as the Founders would put it, on its…
Are hostilities in Iran really about to cease?
Donald Trump is trying to wriggle out of his self imposed Strait-jacket. After a renewed round of bombing Iran and…
Immigration control has been the bright spot of Trump’s second term
Parts of the MAGA movement are unhappy with President Trump’s migration strategy. The administration has softened its policy on deportations…
Melania’s mysterious messaging
On April 9, Melania Trump held a lone press conference. She showed up in a charcoal suit, delivered a speech…
The Pentagon’s holy war with Rome
America is having its Golden Age, Iran is about to get blasted into the Stone Age… and Elbridge Colby wants…
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.…
Who’s the most special envoy?
On the final weekend of her tenure as Homeland Security Secretary, Kristi Noem was in South America meeting the President…
Trump falls back on ‘you’re fired!’ as midterms loom
Pam Bondi’s departure as attorney general has prompted the usual Kremlinologist speculation. One theory has it that Donald Trump was…
Bondi out: is Trump culling the beautiful women from his cabinet?
More like Pam Gone-di! President Trump this afternoon confirmed that Attorney General Pam Bondi would be moving on to pastures…
Will Nato regret snubbing Donald Trump?
On April 4, NATO will be 77 years old. The chance that America will be counted among the celebrants when…
What do the White House’s cryptic X videos mean?
The White House X account has won notoriety as a coven of young memesters scandalizing the nation. There have been…
How Trump and FIFA’s Gianni Infantino teamed up to rebrand peace
When you attend the court of King Donald, it’s important to genuflect. Unfamiliar foreigners in need of pointers can look…
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…
Trump’s State of the Union address was pure theater
Watching Donald Trump’s State of the Union Address tonight, I thought of two homely things. One was something that a…
Trump’s worrying appetite for war
As The Spectator goes to press, a great fleet of American war machines is whirring through the skies toward the…
Dr. Oz’s war on Armenian medical fraud
As Gangs of New York showed us, those who’ve settled in America have a tendency to bring Old World grudges over with…
