Jacob Heilbrunn

Trump plays the joker with Starmer

28 February 2025 7:31 am

Donald Trump was in a jocular mood as he met with Keir Starmer, barely allowing the Prime Minister to get…

The AfD will be a thorn in Merz’s side

24 February 2025 7:30 am

Alice Weidel, the leader of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, didn’t mince her words. Speaking immediately after the German…

Tulsi caps off a big day for ‘realism and restraint’ in foreign affairs

13 February 2025 11:00 am

For the proponents of what they like to call realism and restraint in foreign affairs, it’s been a banner day.…

How radical will Donald Trump be?

21 January 2025 7:36 am

If Donald Trump, as Scott Jennings observed on CNN, is at the ‘apex of his political power,’ then what comes…

Donald Trump’s quarreling coalition

21 January 2025 2:10 am

Like Ronald Reagan in 1985, Donald Trump is bowing to the elements and moving his inauguration indoors to the Capitol…

The quarrelling coalition behind Donald Trump

20 January 2025 6:13 pm

Like Ronald Reagan in 1985, Donald Trump is bowing to the elements and moving his inauguration indoors to the Capitol…

Donald Trump’s plans sound… interesting

8 January 2025 5:00 pm

No one can accuse President-elect Donald Trump of failing to be transparent about his intentions and plans. Speaking at a…

Kamala shows her stern side in NBC interview

23 October 2024 1:37 pm

Small wonder that Donald Trump is dodging a new debate with Kamala Harris. If her latest television interview was anything…

J.D. Vance made the case for Trump better than Trump

2 October 2024 4:20 pm

Tim Walz versus J.D. Vance was the anti-Trump debate. There were no references to the animal kingdom in this Vice-Presidential…

Kamala’s brand new, same old last-minute policy platform

11 September 2024 4:13 am

After weeks of studious silence, Vice President Kamala Harris has been issuing a flurry of policy proposals that she’s touting…

Republicans shouldn’t underestimate Kamala Harris

22 July 2024 7:49 am

Joe Biden has bowed to the inevitable in withdrawing from the presidential race and endorsing his Vice President, Kamala Harris.…

Kamala Harris is a more formidable opponent for Trump

22 July 2024 5:15 am

On Sunday Joe Biden bowed to the inevitable in withdrawing from the presidential race and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris.…

Top Democrat Adam Schiff urges Joe Biden to quit

18 July 2024 4:22 pm

The blows keep coming. California congressman Adam Schiff, who was an impeachment manager during Donald Trump’s first Senate trial in…

What does JD Vance want?

16 July 2024 7:52 am

With his selection of JD Vance as his running mate, Donald Trump has signaled that he doesn’t simply want to…

Biden’s assassination statement is tepid

14 July 2024 5:30 pm

Trump displayed great presence of mind in raising his fist in defiance and shouting ‘fight’ as secret service agents sought…

Is Joe Biden in denial?

12 July 2024 4:23 pm

Donald Trump had good reason to gloat over Joe Biden’s press conference flub referring to ‘Vice President Trump’. It was…

Joe Biden’s ABC interview won’t help his doomed campaign

6 July 2024 6:47 pm

Like a father confessor, ABC News’s George Stephanopoulos tried everything to jolt President Joe Biden out of his complacency. He…

Can the Democrats drop Joe Biden?

29 June 2024 4:01 pm

After his disastrous outing against Donald Trump on Thursday evening, Joe Biden’s surrogates are scrambling to salvage something from the…

Reflecting on Trumpism in Pittsburgh

16 April 2024 11:50 pm

Pittsburgh  Over the past few decades, Pittsburgh has become the poster boy for industrial transformation, going from Steel City to…

Donald Trump ordered to pay $350 million in fraud case

17 February 2024 7:29 pm

Donald Trump may be spending much of his time complaining that Nato members aren’t paying their bills, but he has…

Trump says he will let NATO down. How will Kamala Harris respond?

13 February 2024 3:42 am

When Donald Trump declared that Russia could do “whatever the hell it wants” to NATO countries, he was espousing his…

Will Chris Christie’s withdrawal help stop Trump?

12 January 2024 2:11 am

It was former New Jersey governor Chris Christie who ended up getting smoked. His share of the Republican primary vote…

Trump’s callous Israel remarks should be disqualifying

13 October 2023 8:34 am

Donald Trump has always had a close but uneasy relationship with Jews that is not confined to his son-in-law Jared…

Donald Trump can run but he can’t hide from his 6 January indictment

2 August 2023 4:45 pm

The surprising thing isn’t that Donald Trump was indicted. It’s that it took this long. After Attorney General Merrick Garland…

Trump’s indictment shows his luck is running out

9 June 2023 4:30 pm

Donald Trump has chalked up a lot of firsts. First president to be a chum of Russian president Vladimir Putin.…