The Globalist

Making personal loyalty the measure of all government, as Donald Trump does, was tried in the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin.

An alternative view on the inevitability of a politically impotent America.

Trump embodies many of the nasty or deceitful trends that have long moved the Republicans away from the path of political virtue.

Not a single Congressional Committee is looking into the abuse and utter mockery that is being made of official U.S. government ethics rules.

What the U.S. president really means by pleading for “fairness” is simply for the U.S. to have its way.

Was Putin’s talk of a Russian miracle weapon merely meant for domestic consumption ahead of Russia’s March presidential elections? Or does he pursue another goal with his move?

The “forgotten” Americans – to whom Trump solemnly promised that they would be forgotten no more – are likely to go empty-handed.

At the end of Trump’s first year in office, the U.S. faces graver challenges than in many generations.

To Trump, the broad masses of the American people are ultimately no better than Mexico’s poor. All he really desires is the approval of the billionaire class.

Rather than an outlier, Trump is the perfect front man for the “values” Republicans have been pursuing for well over a decade.