Here is a direct challenge to the Emoluments Clause of the U.S. Constitution. Trump says his Miami resort would be ‘great location’ for next year’s G-7: President Donald Trump on Monday floated the possibility of holding next year’s G-7 summit at his golf resort in Miami. Miami is a “great location” for next year’s summit, … Read more
As I’ve said before, “At some point the Russians figured out that the best way to defeat America is by old-fashioned capitalism and corruption: find easily corruptible politicians in key positions of power and simply buy them, through bribery or with campaign contributions.” “Moscow Mitch” McConnell took a beating this week in investigative journalism from the … Read more
The Washington Post editorializes today, Barring two U.S. lawmakers from Israel is un-Israeli. Trump’s cheering for it is un-American. President Trump has trampled on innumerable American democratic norms and traditions, but few instances have been as egregious as his public intervention Thursday urging Israel to deny entry to a pair of U.S. members of Congress who … Read more
The headlines today are wrong, and misleading: New York Times: Iran Announces New Breach of Nuclear Deal Limits, and Threatens Further Violations Washington Post: Iran set to breach limit on enriched uranium within ‘hours’ Politico: Tehran: Iran set to breach nuclear deal Iran cannot “breach” an agreement already materially breached by the Trump administration. Any … Read more
Like Romeo and Juliet, star-crossed lovers Donald Trump and Kim Jon Un had to sneak away – to the DMZ – to share their forbidden love. (Such pairings are often said to be doomed from the start.) “Oh Kim, your love letters were so beautiful, I just had to defy my family and come see … Read more