Donald Trump
‘Republicans’ at the DNC
The Democratic Zoomvention is nearly complete. Cutting away all the pageantry typical of a party convention has done a great…
A country for old men
When 83-year-old New Jersey congressman Bill Pascrell shared a photo of American lawmakers meeting a Chinese trade delegation in Washington…
Exclusive: half of Americans support Trump bypassing Congress for COVID relief
More than half of registered voters support President Trump using executive action to bypass Congress and extend coronavirus relief measures,…
Will Trump win Minnesota?
Sen. Amy Klobuchar may have to eat her words after declaring last year that Donald Trump will ‘never win Minnesota’.…
Will it be Biden-Harris or Harris-Biden?
News of Kamala Harris’s selection as Joe Biden’s running mate was greeted by everything but the popping of champagne corks…
Donald Trump isn’t mad
It is alarming how psychiatric diagnoses have crept into the political commentary. Donald Trump, we’ve been told, has narcissistic personality…
Trump’s Art of the Executive Order
The Executive Order is political weakness at its most powerful. The spectacle of Donald Trump adding his Sharpie-stroke to the…
Joe Biden should debate
Why would a benevolent God deny us the prospect of a debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump? As the…
Trump’s autocratic antics risk becoming the new normal
It is easy to forget the abnormality of Donald Trump’s presence in the White House. Before his election it would…
Dear Boris: what happens if Trump doesn’t accept defeat?
How Boris should handle the US election
What’s on the agenda?
Donald Trump has been tight-lipped about his second-term agenda, preferring to speak about the past accomplishments of his administration when…
Trump campaign misses the mark with latest Biden attack
Former vice president Joe Biden handed the Trump campaign an interview gaffe for the ages on Wednesday. When asked if…
Who does Trump want?
Joe Biden has reportedly narrowed his vice-presidential search, with Sen. Kamala Harris and former national security adviser Susan Rice taking…
President Trump should bend — but not break — Big Tech
Americans’ increasing focus on this fall’s elections has awakened in me a tinge of nostalgia for the good old days…
Has Trump’s Covid-19 response really been so dire?
The sight of Donald Trump fumbling with charts during his interview on HBO this Monday has provided much ammunition for…
The real Joe Biden: what would his presidency look like?
What should the world expect from a President Biden?
Has Trump turned you into a masochist?
Welcome back to the Red Room, Democrats. On Thursday morning President Trump fired off a stream of consciousness tweet tinkering…
Trump’s election delay tweet smacks of desperation
Donald Trump’s tweet mooting an election delay isn’t a sign of strength but weakness. Maybe he’ll say it was just…
Trump’s troop move is a 21st-century strategy
Why should the United States prop up the defense of Germany, the richest country in Europe — and against Russia,…
No, Trump can’t delay the election
While cries of ‘authoritarian dictator’ have been lobbied at the President by America’s progressives over the past three and a…
Get ready for Trump’s second term
President Trump’s adversaries are running Joe Biden, a fallback Beltway lifer who is credibly accused of selling his office, leaking…
Predictions of Trump’s demise may yet again be premature
Throughout the summer, various polls from the key battleground states indicate Joe Biden is in a very strong position. He…
Is Trump toning himself down for re-election?
The last time a U.S. President lost re-election, the year was 1992 and the victim was George H.W. Bush. President…
Trump shouldn’t wear a mask
Next time Donald Trump poses for a photo call in one of those ridiculous, unnecessary and completely off-brand face masks,…
A disturbance in the Trump campaign
Is the Death Star about to implode? Trump campaign manager (at least at this writing) Brad Parscale bragged some weeks…