David Frum certainly has: This morning’s presidential Twitter outburst recalls those words of Fredo Corleone’s in one of the most famous scenes from The Godfather series. Trump tweeted that his “two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, … Continue reading →
Maybe, at least among anyone paying attention to this sort of thing: Michael Wolff, the author of “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House,” included a note at the start that casts significant doubt on the reliability of the … Continue reading →
Commenter “DNW” writes: My guess is that most of the rage [at Trump] is not really at his uncouthness, or the many abrasive personality traits he is said to have, but more, or equally, a chagrin and alarm over what … Continue reading →
Of course, to call it an “anti-Trump effort” is to both understate and simplify the matter. Since the evening it became clear that Donald Trump would become president of the United States, and millions upon millions of totally shocked Americans … Continue reading →
…when I see articles like this one written by Charles P. Pierce and published in Esquire, entitled “Trump’s New York Times Interview Is a Portrait of a Man in Cognitive Decline,” just how it might feel to be on the … Continue reading →
There have been large anti-government protests in Iran for several days—and, unlike in this country, the “resistance” in Iran runs the real risk of being shot for its pains. Until today, that hadn’t happened in the current round of protests, … Continue reading →
That’s the question asked by Andrew C. McCarthy, who so far has written the most consistently insightful and in-depth articles on the subject of the investigations of Trump by various government agencies. It’s another of those “read the whole thing … Continue reading →
I have long thought that this sort of thing may be true (the link is to a piece by Rich Lowry): But every indication is that Obama and Trump are similar in that their modes of operating work much better … Continue reading →
Not. Not. NOT. I’m not sure what I expected—I expected something pretty bad, because otherwise the two would not have been removed, and it would not have been kept so hush-hush. But it’s still quite something to read what Strzok … Continue reading →
I noticed the word “cunning” in the headline of a piece by Spengler entitled “Trump’s Courage and Cunning Confound His Opponents.” He goes on to say: I can think of no politician with his combination of courage and cunning since … Continue reading →
Today’s appears to be a report that Trump watches TV 4 hours a day or more, according to the trustworthy insider informants at the NY Times. And this, despite the fact that he claims he doesn’t watch much TV: The … Continue reading →
[NOTE: I had said earlier today that I’d be writing a post about Strzok and one about Trump and Jerusalem. That turned out to be a case of biting off much more than I can chew at the moment. This … Continue reading →