Does Trump’s handshake deal with the EU put America first?
Of course, in Trumpworld, trade-offs don’t exist. There’s no downside, no losing. There’s only ‘winning’
World
Thursday
Tuesday
Will Pope Leo stand up to Islam?
His sentimentality could lead to the death of European culture
The Trump-Zelensky meetings offered a show of Western unity
Europe’s leaders avoided any hint of disappointment or cleavages within the alliance
Saturday
The Alaska summit went much as expected
Diplomacy has stirred, however ineptly
Friday
Trump, Putin, and the hidden power of the Bering Strait
The route connects regions that Russia and America both consider vital for trade and security – the North Pacific, and the Arctic
Thursday
What will happen in Alaska?
It is, of course, wildly unrealistic to expect Trump and Putin to not mention Ukraine
Wednesday
Beware the Nagasaki and Hiroshima revisionism
Japan started a total war. America finished it
Britain’s foreign secretary faces fine for fishing without a license
Britain’s global reputation has taken a knock in recent years – especially in the United States. This is unlikely to help things
Essex-boy Elegy: J.D. Vance meets the Bosh man
Two netizen allies meet at last
Monday
Candace Owens: on the Macron lawsuit, anti-Semitism and Trump
Bits from Candace Owens and Freddy Gray’s interview
Friday
A Trump-branded peace deal
The President has pushed through an agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia that will carry his name
Putin awards Order of Lenin to CIA chief’s son
Putin handed President Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff something from Russia with love
My battle to buy pierogi might end up in court
Can a Martha’s Vineyard food vendor refuse to sell to me because I’m a Zionist?
Thursday
Is Putin taking Trump for a ride?
The Kremlin has a strategic plan. Trump does not
Tariffs and the psychodrama of Trump diplomacy
Politics is personal. And the psychodrama is exhausting, after all
Monday
Is Bukele a tyrant or a triumph?
One thing is clear: Bukele is riding high in El Salvador and in Washington
An American in Paris
John Singer Sargent was was destined for greatness – and scandal
Ann Coulter: On immigration, Trump 2.0 and the Epstein Files
Bits from Ann Coulter and Freddy Gray’s interview
Friday
A global MAGA crusade against web regulation?
We are often – wrongly – told that MAGA is simply a politics of expediency and national self-interest
Thursday
The Art of the Dealmaker-in-Chief
With Trump’s international agenda, scratch beneath the hilariously crazy surface and you find a more serious campaign to isolate China, China, China
