Donald Trump has encountered a deeply troubling foreign-policy problem. Iran will not do what he tells it to do. This is particularly confusing because Trump has already tried nearly everything in his diplomatic toolbox: threats, bombing, more threats, name-calling,...
There is something almost too perfect about Donald Trump’s Reflecting Pool fiasco. The pool was supposed to become a patriotic showpiece for America’s 250th birthday—clear water, handsome blue bottom, suitable for photographs, speeches, flags, and perhaps a tasteful...
The Reflecting Pool Finally Reflects Something: Jeanine Pirro’s Humiliation Washington’s Reflecting Pool was supposed to be dressed up for America’s 250th birthday. Instead, the hurriedly installed blue coating began peeling, algae turned the water green, and the...
Anger is the product. One of the enduring mysteries of American politics is why the people who claim to be “winning” appear to be furious all the time. They won the presidency. They got the rallies. They got the hats, the flags, the boat parades, the truck decals, the...
Once countries conclude that America’s word is good only until the next social media post by Donald Trump, they begin making other arrangements. There are many old-fashioned ways to conduct diplomacy. Nations can negotiate. Lawyers can draft language. Officials can...
Donald Trump’s Trade War – Sheer Brilliance! Donald Trump has opened a bold new chapter in American trade policy: a three-front tariff war against the courts, the consumer, and nearly everyone abroad who has ever shipped a product in a box. It is an... 
