Putin awards Order of Lenin to CIA chief’s son
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Putin handed President Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff something from Russia with love
Jacob Heilbrunn
Jacob Heilbrunn is editor of The National Interest. He lives in Washington DC
Friday
Thursday
Is Putin taking Trump for a ride?
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The Kremlin has a strategic plan. Trump does not
Friday
Will Trump take a stand against the Muslim Brotherhood?
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The pressure to label the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group is building in Congress
Tuesday
Don’t bet on the Trump economy
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It is hard not to feel a sense of foreboding
Friday
Was Trump in Epstein’s birthday book?
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The president doth protest too much, methinks
Monday
Has Putin turned Trump into a Russia hawk?
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The hawks in Washington are jubilant, the MAGA restrainers, as they refer to themselves, aghast
Thursday
Trump gets his Big, Beautiful Bill over the line
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But he also triggers the start of the midterm elections.
Tuesday
Trump threatens to deport Elon Musk over BBB opposition
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Without federal EV subsidies, ‘Elon would probably have to close up shop and head back home to South Africa,’ Trump said
Friday
Supreme Court allows Trump to recast America
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The power of federal judges to constrain the executive branch has been curbed
Monday
Why did Trump strike Iran?
Over the weekend, the US conducted strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Iran is weighing a response, and Trump has raised the possibility of a change in leadership in Iran. To discuss what comes next and why this move seems to counter everything we know about ‘America First’, Freddy Gray is joined by editor of the
Saturday
Is Trump ready to fight a forever war?
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The President is going into this battle alone
Tuesday
Will the Maga isolationists forgive Trump for Iran?
That was fast. In the space of a few weeks, President Donald J. Trump has gone from being the idol of the Republican isolationists to the hero of the hawks. Only a few days ago, the Wall Street Journal editorial page was complaining that ‘Maga isolationists want the President to pressure Israel to stop the war before Iran’s nuclear
Friday
Trump has been outmaneuvered by Netanyahu
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Iran may well seek to trigger a wider war that enmeshes America
Sunday
How Biden became Trump’s useful political milksop
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The President continuously exploits his predecessor to provide a further fillip to his political fortunes
Tuesday
Trump has no appetite for a second-term war
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In Riyadh he channeled his inner Lord Palmerston
Trump is treating Israel like a nettlesome supplicant
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For Netanyahu, this turn of events comes as a rude surprise
Wednesday
J.D. Vance makes nice with Munich
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Is it possible Trump – and by extension, Vance – are truly taking a harder line on Russia?
Sunday
Trump rules out a third term
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In 2028, would there be an appetite for him to serve one?
Friday
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 her at a briefing session that President Trump has appointed Marco Rubio to replace Mike Waltz as his acting National Security Advisor. But this isn’t his final Waltz. Waltz is now headed to the United
Wednesday
Why Trump won’t fire Pete Hegseth – yet
On Monday, the liberal outlet National Public Radio reported that Donald Trump’s administration was looking for a replacement for Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth. This report may in fact have helped shield Hegseth from being sacked for having arranged a second Signal chat group about impending war plans for Yemen that apparently included his wife, Jennifer,
