April 14, 2018: Trump Finds a Distraction from the Cohen Raid in Attack on Syria
A year ago Trump ordered 59 cruise missiles fired to attack a Syrian airbase in response to Syrian President Assad using Sarin nerve gas against his own people. Since then Syria has used chemical...
View ArticleThe Review, April 21: Will Cohen Flip?
For now, the main question regarding the Trump investigation is whether Michael Cohen, Trump’s personal attorney, will cooperate with Special Counsel Robert Mueller. A week ago Monday, FBI agents used...
View ArticleThe Review: Trump and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week
It was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week for Trump, much of it self-inflicted. Last weekend, Trump tweeted that he believed his personal attorney Michael Cohen, whose files were seized...
View ArticleThe Review, May 5, 2018 – Trump, the Prince of Lies
Trump has been proven to have lied about Stormy Daniels. Trump earlier told the press “no” when asked if he knew about the $130,000 payment to Daniels to prevent her from saying she slept with him....
View ArticleThe Review, May 13, 2018 – Trump Encourages Nuclear Proliferation
This week Trump announced the U.S. was withdrawing from the agreement where Iran agreed to stop developing nuclear weapons in return for the U.S. lifting economic sanctions. As part of the withdrawal,...
View ArticleThe Review, May 20, 2018 -- King Trump: I Am the State
The Review, May 20, 2018 -- King Trump: I Am the State.King Louis XIV of France supposedly proclaimed L'Etat, c'est moi (“I am the State”). Although that is probably apocryphal, Trump is endeavoring...
View ArticleThe Review, May 26, 2018: North Korea Through the Looking Glass
After abruptly cancelling his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, a day later Trump declared the talks are back on -- at least until Trump changes his mind again. But more important, none of...
View ArticleThe Review, June 2, 2018: Democrats Must Push Economic Issues to Win
To win one or more houses of Congress in November, Democrats must return to basics, pushing pocketbook economic issues and strongly supporting more conservative Democrats who are running.Progressives...
View ArticleThe Review, June 9, 2018: Trump Works for Democratic Victory in 2018
Trump’s megalomania and hatred for everything that President Obama supported have compelled him to actions that increase the Democrats’ odds of taking back the House in November.Last weekend we learned...
View ArticleThe Review, 6-16-18 – Trump Scores International Coup for Himself
Trump has proclaimed an America First foreign policy. Although that does have the requisite authoritarian history that Trump loves, his actual policy is Trump First. Trump does not care about the...
View ArticleThe Review, June 23, 2018 – Trump’s Migrant-Family Separation Strategy
Trump is worried about the Democrats taking one or both houses of Congress in November. He wants to fire up his base for the elections. Immigration, he believes, is key to doing that. To prove to...
View ArticleThe Review, June 30, 2018 – Blocking Trump’s Supreme Court Catastrophe
Trump appointing another far-right justice to the Supreme Court to replace the retiring Anthony Kennedy will be a catastrophe for democracy in this country.Trump lost the popular vote by almost...
View ArticleThe Review, July 7, 2018 – Trump Inexorably Plods to Trade Disaster
After imposing tariffs on Canada, Mexico and the European Union, Trump on Friday instituted $34 billion in tariffs against China. China immediately retaliated. Trump claims that trade wars are good...
View ArticleThe Review, July 14, 2018 – Trump Sabotages NATO and Britain
This week Trump succeeded both in undermining the NATO alliance and British Premier Theresa May. Vladimir Putin must be pleased, although he may have expected more. The first Secretary General of...
View ArticleThe Review, July 21, 2018 – Trump Publicly Displays His Loyalty to Putin
In his 45-minute press conference with Putin after their two-hour private summit in Helsinki, Trump publicly demonstrated his fidelity to Putin. This week may come to be seen as the turning point for...
View ArticleThe Review, July 29, 2018 – Trump Tries Camouflage on Trade, Obamacare and...
Beset by a drop in his poll numbers and Democrats’ increased odds of reclaiming the House, this week Trump tried to camouflage his trade war, his attacks on Obamacare and his relationship with Russia....
View ArticleThe Review, August 4, 2018 – A Cornered Trump Lashes Out
An increasingly cornered Trump, beset on many fronts, lashed out in frustration this week, often to his own detriment.Trump Confirmed His Intent to Shut Down the Government If He Does Not Get His...
View ArticleThe Review, August 11, 2018 – Trump, as Godfather, Receives Protection,...
Trump’s associations have included many mob bosses. And like a Don, Trump obtains protection from his followers and dispenses indulgences to his favorites.Devin Nunes Admits Protecting Trump Is the...
View ArticleThe Review, August 18, 2018 – Trump Wields Security Clearance Revocations as...
Trump revoked the security clearance of former CIA Director John Brennan this week. Press Secretary Sarah Sanders claimed Brennan had made “outrageous allegations” and “wild outbursts” about the...
View ArticleThe Review, August 25, 2018 – What Happens Now After the Worst Week for Trump
This was the worst week yet for Trump regarding his legal troubles. The question is what happens now.The Guilty Verdicts, Plea Deals and Immunity GrantsOn Tuesday Paul Manafort, a Trump campaign...
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