Tag: Donald Trump

Newsom at Davos: Western alliance is “dormant, not dead” (Dave Lawler – Axios)

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he's at the World Economic Forum to share a different vision of the U.S. than President Trump (...). The...

Trump has been texting with Mamdani (Axios)

President Trump has a surprising phone pal: He and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani have texted back and forth recently, two sources familiar...

Trump’s DOJ launches criminal investigation of Fed chair Powell (AXIOS)

Federal prosecutors are investigating Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell over the central bank's multi-billion-dollar project to renovate its headquarters, according to a report late...

Pazzo ma non scemo: l’interventismo selettivo di Donald Trump

(Girolamo Boffa) A Napoli si dice: “Chill è scem, ma nun è pazz”. Nel caso di Donald Trump, però, la formula va capovolta. Trump appare spesso come...

Musk Aims to Break the Two-Party US System (Carroll Doherty – German Marshall Fund of the United States)

For years, Americans have complained about the iron grip the two major parties have on the nation’s politics. They have sent a clear signal...

Amid Trump, Musk blowup, canceling SpaceX contracts could cripple DoD launch program (Theeresa Hitchens – Breaking Defense)

If President Donald Trump were to follow through on his threat today to cancel all government contracts with billionaire Elon Musk, it would likely...

(USA/Politics/Donald Trump/Mitch McConnell) Mitch’s Nightmare: Will Donald Trump Run for President in 2024? (The National Interest)

Rachel Bucchino The former president has been on a digital hiatus ever since he left the White House last month, but Donald Trump effectively ended...

(USA/Donald Trump/Joe Biden) The Real Winner of Trump’s Impeachment Trial Is Biden (The National Interest)

Jacob Heilbrunn Other than Donald Trump, no one is probably jubilant that the trial came to a swift end than Joe Biden. https://nationalinterest.org/feature/real-winner-trump%E2%80%99s-impeachment-trial-biden-178256

(USA/Congress/Donald Trump) Why Congress Is Right to Acquit Donald Trump (The National Interest)

Aram Bakshian Jr. I look forward to never having to vote for Donald Trump again. But that choice should be mine, not that of partisan...

(USA) Trump’s future: Nine possibilities (Brookings)

John Hudak, Christine Stenglein, and Elaine Kamarck https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2021/02/05/trumps-future-nine-possibilities/

(Iran/Donald Trump) Iran imposes sanctions on Trump, senior US officials (Maziar Motamedi, Al Jazeera)

Iran’s foreign ministry has sanctioned outgoing United States President Donald Trump and nine other current and former senior officials of his administration. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/19/iran-designates-senior-us-officials-including-trump-terrorists

(USA/Donald Trump) Why Trump is not likely to pardon himself (Sahar Aziz, Al Jazeera)

By pardoning himself, the president would admit guilt for wrongdoing, which he would never do. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/1/19/why-trump-is-not-likely-to-pardon-himself

(USA/Donald Trump/Foreign Policy) Trump’s Foreign Policy Moments (CFR)

Donald J. Trump’s presidency has marked a profound departure from U.S. leadership in areas such as trade and diplomacy, as well as an across-the-board...

(Donald Trump/Trumpism) Trump is gone, Trumpism will be gone (Mohsen Pak Aein, IRNA)

Trump was a new phenomenon in the American political system. He had no experience in political science and was not a theorist; but in...

(USA/Donald Trump/Steve Bannon) Trump mulls presidential pardon for former aide Steve Bannon in final days in office (The New Arab)

In his final days in office, President Donald Trump is considering a pardon for his former chief strategist and top campaign aide, Steve Bannon, according to reports by the...

(USA) Twitter’s ban on Trump strips US of ‘moral high ground’ in criticizing others on freedom of speech: observers (Global Times)

Social media's permanent silencing of US President Donald Trump again exposed the country's double standards, and stripped Washington's "moral high ground" in lecturing other...