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David Rothkopf is CEO of The Rothkopf Group, a media company that produces podcasts including Deep State Radio, hosted by Rothkopf. TRG also produces custom podcasts for clients including the United Arab Emirates. He is also the author of many books including Running the World: The Inside Story of the National Security Council and the Architects of American Power, Superclass, Power, Inc., National Insecurity, Great Questions of Tomorrow, and Traitor: A History of Betraying America from Benedict Arnold to Donald Trump. His daily newsletter "Need to Know" is available at davidrothkopf.substack.com.

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opinion

Who Really Thinks the ‘Epstein Files’ Will Harm Trump?

TEFLON DON

Controversy over the “Epstein files”—or a lack thereof—has led to a major MAGA meltdown. But it won’t stick.

David Rothkopf | Published Jul 14, 2025
opinion

How Trump Is Getting Away With Murder. Literally

MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH

He has gleefully embraced pro-death policies— and those alone (among all his administration’s many misguided, ill-conceived, corrupt and outright evil initiatives) are working exceptionally well.

David Rothkopf | Published Jul 09, 2025
opinion

Trump’s Big Budget Bill Is a Brutal Breakup With His Base

IT'S NOT YOU, IT'S ME

He promised them he would Make America Great Again, but like virtually everything Trump has done since retaking the White House, it will be achieve quite the opposite.

David Rothkopf | Published Jul 02, 2025
opinion

Trump Doesn’t Need the Nobel Prize. He Needs an Intervention

STRAIT UP

He’s dangerously unfit. Don’t be fooled by the amusing nuttery—this president’s capacity for catastrophe is immense.

David Rothkopf | Published Jun 24, 2025
opinion

Why Trump’s Ego is More Dangerous than Iran’s Nuclear Threat

OLD MAN’S FOLLY

The country’s nuclear capabilities, which U.S. intelligence downplayed earlier this week, were not the true impetus for the attack.

David Rothkopf | Published Jun 22, 2025
opinion

Why Trump’s War on Democrats Threatens Democracy Itself

UTTERLY ANTI-AMERICAN

In just a few days the president has show his opponents will be harassed, targeted, and punished. We need to resist.

David Rothkopf | Published Jun 17, 2025
opinion

Trump Has Us On His Escalator to Hell—But There is a Way Off

DECADE OF DON

Exactly 10 years ago, he began a descent and pulled us down. We are tarnished, sullied and divided—but there is a reason for hope.

David Rothkopf | Published Jun 16, 2025
opinion

How Iran Puts Trump’s Impotence on Full Embarrassing Display

SHRUNKEN AND SHRIVELED

All the reasons Trump is the opposite of a 4-D chess player are on brutal display in the Tehran rubble.

David Rothkopf | Published Jun 13, 2025
opinion

Why Trump’s Birthday Parade Risks Being a Dark Turning Point

CRYSTALIZING MOMENT

The president is, once again, disrespecting our armed forces by hijacking the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday celebrations—and turning it into a party for himself.

David Rothkopf | Published Jun 10, 2025
opinion

It’s Summer in Trump’s America and Fascism Is in Bloom

WARNING: WORSE TO COME

President Donald Trump seeks to send a message that, unlike past presidents, he does not derive his powers from our laws.

David Rothkopf | Published Jun 08, 2025

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