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Trump rushed into a deadly war with Iran without a complete game plan. Not a surprise — he’s done it this way his entire life — but still another reminder that his White House is inhabited by a wrecking crew: bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
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May 28
The White House looks like a state fair in Iowa where Nickleback and Warrant will play a concert on the last day.
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May 18
Mark Cuban stands behind Trump as Trump speaks on behalf of stealing from taxpayers. This is why you don't go to the White House to do events with Trump -- you end up disgracing yourself.
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May 19
“The Treasury Department is responsible for depositing $1.776 billion into an account that will be controlled by a group of people selected by the acting attorney general, Todd Blanche.” nytimes.com/2026/05/18/busin…
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May 13
When Donald Trump sits down for talks with Xi Jinping, can the world’s two-biggest powers stabilize a fraught relationship?
🎥 @TimOBrien joins @andreaskluth and @KarishmaJourno to discuss LIVE at 8:30 am ET/8:30 pm HKT x.com/i/broadcasts/1kKzDMmAe…
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May 12
Also: President Trump previously said he had personally chosen the contractor to fix the Reflecting Pool, because of the good work they did on his golf club's swimming pools.
Now, Trump says does not know them.
May 12
NEW: Interior Dept. staffers have raised questions about the quality and speed of the work being done to repair the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, according to document seen by the NY Times.
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May 9
A reminder whenever Trump posts these cartoons pretending to be on the front lines of any conflict: He sought and received five deferments and didn’t serve in the Vietnam War. He’s happy to wage wars, but happier still to have other people fight them.
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May 9
I used to make fun of this kind of thing when reporting in North Korea.
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Apr 30
Oh dear, the curse of The Economist's oil cover:
"... Why oil prices are not yet high enough..."
You know what that means, don't you?
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Apr 30
A suicide note purportedly written by Jeffrey Epstein in a Manhattan jail has been kept secret for nearly seven years, locked up in a New York courthouse.
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Apr 21
Completely ruthless and craven. “After halting a U.S. resettlement program for Afghans who helped the American war effort, President Trump is in talks to send as many as 1,100 of them to the Democratic Republic of Congo.”
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Apr 17
Trump has never been good at geography. Even when it comes to countries he’s bombing and blockading. Where is the Strait of Iran?
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VIDEO COLUMN: All what you wanted to know about the Strait of Hormuz.
My @Opinion visual op-ed about the world's most critical waterway; it shipping lanes, and why the strait may never return to its pre-war status.
(Originally published April 10th)
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Apr 12
First, Iran, now Hungary. Quite a losing streak for JD Vance and the White House. Is he going to Greenland next?
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Apr 12
The things you say when you’re cornered in Iran — and you put yourself in the corner:
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Apr 12
Trump says the US will now block the Strait of Hormuz after failed peace talks with Iran. He’ll never learn.
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