David Rothkopf

Ushering in a new “golden age” for America? You’ve got to be kidding.

The President just can’t help himself.

The secretary of defense must be fired, but he’s not the only one.

Trump’s second administration already looks like a DOGE’s breakfast. You’d be forgiven for asking whether anyone is in charge at all.

The president has immunity. He can grant impunity to his aides by promising them pardons. He knows the courts could never enforce their decisions since the Department of Justice will do his bidding, whatever it may be—and he’s acting like it.

Is this a case of a president who is not really all there, or a superpower that is over the hill? Or worse, is it both?

We’ve hit an “anti-jackpot” unprecedented in our history and, I would guess, in the history of most other countries too. (Why do I guess that? Because most countries that hit this kind of skid tend not to survive.)

For those who know Trump and who and what he is best, these destructive tariffs make perfect sense, even if they make no economic sense.

Make no mistake, executive orders going after “improper ideology” are a dangerous step from a would-be King George.

We’ve seen inside the Houthi chat: None of these people or their crass emojis should be near the levers of power.