Donald Trump, Putin and the Concert of Arabia
The subject of Iran appears to have been just as important as Ukraine
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Wednesday
Tuesday
The New York Times finally comes clean about Covid
It only took the newspaper five years to acknowledge what people had said since the beginning
Monday
French politician calls for return of Statue of Liberty
Trump’s White House says, ‘non monsieur’
Recession? What recession?
No one knows how President Trump’s efforts to use American tariffs to force our trading partners to lower theirs will turn out
The case against admitting Canada to the US
From the bordering northern United States
How Republicans should capitalize on Chuck Schumer’s weakness
They’re going to need to resist the temptation to slow down
Why air strikes on the Houthis will fail
All other attempts to stop the Houthis haven’t worked. Why should Trump’s be any different?
Sunday
Trump has elevated the Houthis as an opponent
The cold, hard truth is that air strikes have seldom proven lethal enough to decapitate rebel movements and regimes in the Middle East
Saturday
Will Trump’s spending bill luck run out?
It’s to Trump’s benefit that the shutdown was avoided, but it can be chalked up as a win for the Democrats, too
Can Chuck Schumer hang on?
The Senate Minority Leader’s decision to prevent a government shutdown has earned him a telling off
Trump’s foreign policy isn’t unprincipled
The President is driven by a deep fear of communist China
The problem with putting US nukes in Poland
Allowing Poland to host US tactical nuclear weapons would violate the NATO-Russia Founding Act
Trump’s war on Europe should not surprise anyone
There’s not a new sheriff in town, but an old one with scores to settle
Friday
Why Greenland’s election might not have been so bad for Trump
‘The night’s big loser was the status quo,’ says Tom Dans
What Vladimir Putin really wants from Ukraine
Force won’t work on the Russian President
Vance booed at Kennedy Center performance
It’s hard to think of a stunt that would boost his appeal more
Who trusts Saudi Arabia?
The special relationship between the Trump administration and MbS
Eliminating the Education Department is the key to restoring American culture
‘President Carter’s new bureaucratic boondoggle’ has failed the test
Thursday
Why abolishing DEI is only a partial revolution
There is a chink in Trump’s strategy
The federal-state collisions looming over New York
Liberals offended by Trump’s war on DEI should learn from my YMCA pick-up basketball game on West 14th Street