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Trump keeps warning MAGA Republicans that Democrats are bent on turning America communist. Yet he trashes democratic norms at home while genuflecting before Xi Jinping abroad, treating the Chinese strongman with the kind of deference he rarely shows America’s democratic allies. iPINIONS argues that the hypocrisy is as revealing as the spectacle. Read my full… Read more.
iPINIONS warned days before CNN reported that the ceasefire with Iran was always likely to give China time to help Tehran rearm. This new commentary argues that Trump’s response exposes something even darker: a president more interested in courting autocrats and enriching himself than in defending the democratic alliance America built after World War II.… Read more.
Trump rolled out the red carpet in Alaska, literally, only to let Putin strut as the puppet master. No deals, no ceasefire, just humiliation for America and a PR win for a war criminal. iPINIONS warned it would be so… Read it on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/trump-putin-summit-alaska-2025-played Read more.
It’s bad enough that wannabe oligarchs like Jeff Bezos are joining the MAGA cult to help Trump turn American democracy into a Russia-style autocracy. But these craven SOBs have no compunction about widening the gap between rich and poor to even more obscene extremes. That’s why they no longer measure wealth between the haves and… Read more.
Greenlanders just did what too many Americans failed to do in 2016: they saw Donald Trump as a bullying snake-oil salesman with autocratic and imperial ambitions, and they rejected his pitch outright. With Tuesday’s parliamentary results, Greenlanders made clear their intent to maintain their colonial ties to Denmark. That’s because they fully appreciate the risk… Read more.
President Trump didn’t say anything in his Congressional address last night that he hasn’t said a thousand times. He repeated the same pathological lies and gaslighting tropes, bragging that America is stronger and more respected than ever. In fact, America hasn’t been this divided at home since the Civil War. And it hasn’t been this… Read more.
Syria’s rebel leader Abu Mohammad al Julani is promising to build a secular, inclusive society that respects minority rights. Western leaders are eating it up. They’re salivating at the chance to snatch Syria from Russia’s autocratic axis and parade it as a new democracy. President Biden is so impressed he scrapped the $10 million bounty… Read more.
In case you haven’t noticed, Donald Trump doesn’t just want power. He wants what Vladimir Putin has: obscene wealth and abject loyalty. And Trump has undoubtedly picked up autocratic tricks from his puppet master. But as president of the richest, most powerful country in history, Trump will have “absolute immunity” to enrich himself unchecked. So… Read more.
Trump’s $20 billion-plus payday: The ultimate political bribe Reports indicate that Elon Musk and President-elect Donald Trump are scheming to solidify their transactional alliance by merging X with Truth Social. Foremost, this deal would make Trump richer than even his wildest boasts. Musk, with a net worth exceeding $260 billion, recently made a staggering $25… Read more.
