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King Charles’s Rough Wooing of Trump as Epstein Haunts His Visit

Wednesday, April 29, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

King Charles came to America bearing pomp, tea, and a civics lesson Trump’s America sorely needed. But iPINIONS contends that Epstein haunted the visit, Christian Turner undercut the special relationship, and Magna Carta exposed the absurdity of a republic flattering a wannabe king. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/king-charless-rough-wooing-of-trump Read more.

China Arms Iran to Kill Americans — While Trump Blockades It

Wednesday, April 15, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

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.

Putin Defies Trump’s Blockade to Deliver Oil to Cuba

Wednesday, April 1, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Putin just exposed Trump’s Cuba blockade as another bluff. After threatening to stop any country from supplying oil to the island, Trump folded the moment Russia called him on it. iPINIONS contends that this humiliation reaches far beyond Cuba to Iran, NATO, and Taiwan. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/putin-defies-trumps-blockade-to-deliver Read more.

US and Israel Target Iran. Ukraine Left to Wither…

Wednesday, March 4, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

As Washington turns its firepower toward Iran, Ukraine risks becoming a collateral nuisance in a larger geopolitical gamble. iPINIONS examines how this shift empowers Moscow, unsettles Europe, and exposes the limits of American resolve. Read my full take on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/us-and-israel-target-iran-ukraine Read more.

Carney’s Rupture Warning Sends Trump Full TACO at Davos Over Greenland

Friday, January 23, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Davos helped launder Trump as a misunderstood “business realist.” This year, the bill came due. As Trump rambled about Greenland and NATO, Mark Carney warned of a rupture in the world order, and called on middle powers to hold together what America built but Trump is unraveling. iPINIONS dissects the humiliation, the irony, and the… Read more.

Loss of Common Sense Explains MAGA

Monday, June 10, 2024 at 8:08 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

The GOP: from political party to con syndicate The Republican Party has transformed into a national con syndicate. This is more evident than ever with convicted felon Donald Trump as its leader. But conning is what Republicans do. That’s clear enough from the lies they tell just to “own the libs.” Indeed, all they contribute… Read more.

Biden Slams Trump’s Threat Against NATO as ‘Dumb’ and ‘Un-American’

Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 8:14 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Trump threatens NATO members Donald Trump’s norm-busting behavior has redefined the term “unprecedented.” Indeed, he has given political reporters and pundits cause to toss that term around like confetti at a New Year’s Eve bash.  Case in point is the unprecedented way Trump threatened he would encourage Russia to have its way with NATO members who “do not pay… Read more.

Davos Predicts Trump Re-Election. Biden Should Start Celebrating

Saturday, January 20, 2024 at 7:58 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

The World Economic Forum at Davos The annual gathering of business and political elites at the World Economic Forum (WEF) at Davos, Switzerland, concluded yesterday. However, this event reeks of hypocrisy. Forum discussions do little more than emit the CO2 attendees continually pledge to reduce. Especially notable are their backslapping pledges to combat climate change… Read more.

Biden’s ‘Slow Yes’ for Weapons Doomed Ukraine to a Stalemate with Russia

Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 6:23 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Biden’s ‘slow yes’ helped Russia From the outset, US President Biden framed the war in Ukraine as a tectonic battle between autocracy and democracy. Yet, the US and NATO have been helping Ukraine, a democratic country, fight merely to survive rather than win.  Last week, Time Magazine published a definitive update with this striking headline: “The Biden Administration’s… Read more.

Polls Show Biden and Trump in a Dead Heat. Don’t Be Like Ginsburg, Biden. Retire Now!

Thursday, September 7, 2023 at 12:50 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

I was in the vanguard of those calling for President Biden to announce he will not seek reelection. Yes, I cited prevailing concerns about his age. He’s 80. But I also noted back then that, among other things, he promised he’d serve only one term – as a transitional president; he risked the backlash that befell… Read more.