Washington is at risk of making the same mistake with Iran that it has made for nearly five decades: believing that enough economic pressure will eventually force the Islamic Republic to change its behavior. Recent reporting suggests that CIA Director John Ratcliffe has advised President Donald Trump to maintain a “no war, no deal” approach, […]
Demographics are destiny. The foundations of the European Monetary Union, which provides the financial underpinning for the European Union, and its central bank, the European Central Bank, are increasingly fragile. Without significant structural reforms in its member countries, the EMU will unravel. Across the currency union, public spending on pensions hovers around 12% of GDP. […]
THE ARRIVAL OF DIVIDED GOVERNMENT. It has long been a truism that a president’s job approval rating is the best indicator of how his party will perform in midterm elections. On Election Day 2026, President Donald Trump‘s approval rating was a low 39.1%, with 59.1% disapproval, according to the RealClearPolitics average of polls. For months, […]
President Donald Trump was elected to bring down inflation and put America and Americans first. Instead, the president interpreted the mandate he won in 2024 as a license to govern capriciously, and his supporters have paid a steep price for his repeated mistakes. They understandably resented this and, in the midterm election, have turned the […]
Incumbent parties almost always face downsizing in midterm elections, and in that way, 2026 is no different. But what may differentiate an ordinary blue wave from the evident indigo tsunami that voters delivered to Republicans is how uniquely President Donald Trump manufactured the dismantling of his own Senate majority. I am not talking about responding […]
Not all the results are in yet, but one thing is for sure. Democrats won big in the midterm elections. Very big. Displacing the Republican majorities in both the Senate and the House of Representatives, Democrats have inflicted a punishing and embarrassing defeat on President Donald Trump and his party. Trump bears significant responsibility for […]
The wipeout-in-progress of GOP politicians in Senate and gubernatorial races across the country is perfectly exemplified by the disastrous series of decisions that led to Ken Paxton being nominated in Texas. President Donald Trump endorsed Paxton over incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) in the GOP primary, based on Cornyn’s previous criticisms of Trump and his […]
