Trump gambles for resurrection.

Yes, he did. Yes, he did. It happened. Not only did Trump take the side of his ally Vladimir Putin over the American government he himself heads, but he made it clear that he did not fear the consequences of doing so. Now media members and elected officials alike are openly using the word “treason”—you know, […]

The grim trigger: Trump declares a trade war on himself.

Gary Cohn had enough. Oh, not when the President praised neo-Nazis. That wasn’t enough. But when Trump unilaterally announced steel and aluminum tariffs against every other country in the world, that was enough. Cohn issued his resignation, possessed of the tax bill his vulture capitalist friends wanted and not wanting to be the face of […]