The National Interest

It’s a way for him to avoid taking responsibility for his own policy.

The Trump adviser said he never met any Russians, and now says he forgot about this Russian offering dirt on Clinton.

“He’s the head of the country, and I mean he’s the strong head. He speaks and his people sit up in attention. I want my people to do the same.”

Ominous music plays.

“If it’s a cult, it’s because they like what my father is doing.” Yes, that is how cults work.

“His country does love him. His people, you see the fervor.”

Deep in a New York Times story on palace intrigue lies a key revelation of a potential republic-shaking plot.

Football, pardons, and the authoritarian nightmare.

There’s only one possible thing that could have stopped Trump’s tariffs in court. He just did it.

President Trump’s trade war has enraged America’s allies and delighted Vladimir Putin.

News reports continue to convey the president’s aversion to presidenting.

The president is relying on right-wing bloggers that even the crazy right thinks are crazy.

The White House event was heavy on compulsory authoritarian demonstrations of ersatz nationalism, and light on genuine patriotism.

This is not like picking a cultural fight with the New York Times or Rosie O’Donnell.

“If he shot James Comey, he’d be impeached the next day,” Giuliani said. But would he?

We are about to find out whether we are a nation of laws, or a nation where justice is whatever Trump says it is.

The president discovering seemingly innocuous power to impose tariffs and hand out pardons has potential for abuse.

Trump continued to demand that Jeff Sessions take over the Russia probe and investigate Trump’s enemies.

The Senate Republicans broke all the judicial rules, and have been richly rewarded. Now George Will repeats an outright lie about it.

Another line you tend not to hear from people who haven’t been involved in criminal activity.