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Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives to attend a photo ceremony prior to a meeting in the SCO Plus format at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Tianjin, China, September 1, 2025. Sputnik/Sergei Bobylyov/Pool via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.
PUTIN HIS PLACE

Putin Hit With Humiliating Dressing Down on World Stage

He’s not the messiah, he’s a very naughty boy.

Harry Thompson

U.S. President Donald Trump attends a bilateral meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the G7 Summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, June 17, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
SWOON!

Fawning Trump, 80, Thirsting Over Men on World Stage

Trump called one leader “the most beautiful looking man” and recounted a hotel meet-cute with another.

Farrah Tomazin

WASHINGTON,DC -   U.S. President Donald Trump met with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office of the White House, Oct. 7, 2025, in Washington.(Photo by Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
LEFT BEHIND

Trump Humiliated by Allies While He’s Busy Starting a War

Canada has made another move to counter his tariffs.

Janna Brancolini

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick speaks to members of the media near the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 13, 2025.
TALL TALE

Trump Goon’s Story About World Leader Branded Total BS

Foreign officials poked holes in the White House narrative about MAGA failing to strike a trade deal with India.

Will Neal

Donald Trump,Narendra Modi
HE WENT THERE

Oh, No! Trump, 79, Attempts Indian Accent on Asia Tour

The president went into full embarrassing grandpa mode at a summit in Gyeongju, South Korea.

Isabel van Brugen

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 13: U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meet in the Oval Office at the White House on February 13, 2025 in Washington, DC. Prime Minister Modi is meeting with President Trump to discuss tariffs and trade relations in the wake of President Trump's announcement on implementing reciprocal tariffs. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
LOST IN VOICEMAIL

World Leader Finally Picks Up the Phone for Giddy Trump

The prime minister had reportedly ignored Donald Trump’s calls for months.

Erkki Forster

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A photo illustration of President Donald Trump falling down a deconstructed American flag.
Opinion
IGNORANCE IS BLISS

Donald Trump’s Presidency Is Making America Irrelevant

Foreign leaders—along with those here at home—have concluded that the only way to live with Trump is to learn to live without him.

David Rothkopf

Trump the Outsider
CAST ASIDE

This Is How Trump Just Got Triply Humiliated: Political Guru

Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un, and other world leaders made the president’s “back-to-school week” rough, David Rothkopf explains on The Daily Beast Podcast.

William Vaillancourt

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 17: Former National Security Adviser John Bolton speaks to reporters after speaking in a panel hosted by the National Council of Resistance of Iran – U.S. Representative Office (NCRI-US) at the Willard InterContinental Hotel on August 17, 2022 in Washington, DC. The NCRI-US held the panel to mark the 20th anniversary of their first press conference on the perceived threat of Iran’s nuclear weapons program. Recently the U.S. Justice Department announced charges against an Iranian operative for a plot to murder John Bolton. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
AND RISING

Trump Enemy John Bolton Reveals America’s ‘Main Threat’

The president’s former national security adviser is warning of a hardening alliance of authoritarian world powers.

Erkki Forster

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi walks next to Russian President Vladimir Putin during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025 at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Centre in Tianjin, China, September 1, 2025.    SUO TAKEKUMA/Pool via REUTERS
I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND

Putin Awkwardly Holds Hands With Leader at Anti-West Summit

The Russian president was eager to show off his new besties to the world during a meeting in China.

Tom Sanders

US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 13, 2025.
LEFT HANGING

World Leader Refuses to Take Trump’s Calls After Ugly Spat

Experts called the souring of the relationship between India and the U.S. “head-spinning.”

Janna Brancolini

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