David Rothkopf

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.

Don’t be distracted by the fact that some of those involved are clearly a few sandwiches shy of a picnic.

Trump has not just fallen short of fulfilling the promises that we all knew were lies all along, he has also failed to achieve goals he deeply hoped to.

The president turned to TV tricks to candy-coat his malignant intentions.

Trump has long been drawn to Russia, to Vladimir Putin, and sees the Kremlin as an active supporter of his presidency.