NEW YORK — Donald Trump has perhaps attacked no country as consistently as he has China. During his campaign, he thundered that China was “raping” the United States, “killing” it on trade and artificially depressing its currency to make its goods cheap. Since being elected, he has spoken to the leader of Taiwan and continued […]
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Understanding why Russians have turned to cyberwarfare
NEW YORK — I’m glad that Donald Trump will finally get a briefing on the unanimous conclusion of America’s intelligence agencies that the Russian government was behind the hacking of the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman. But he should also request and receive a political briefing on Russia that can shed light […]
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Russia asserting itself geopolitically
NEW YORK — Put his campaign rhetoric, tweets and appointments all together, and we’re getting a sense of American foreign policy under Donald Trump. The president-elect has consistently signaled that he wants to be accommodating toward Russia and get tough on China. But that sees the world almost backward. China is, for the most part, […]
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Hostility to immigration a core theme of populist parties
NEW YORK — A joke among journalists is that we are taught to count: “one, two, trend.” But at this point, I think it’s fair to say we are witnessing a populist trend around the world. The real question is, what is fueling its extraordinary rise? Almost a month after Donald Trump’s election, Europeans went […]
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The two sins revealed by this election
NEW YORK — For those of us who opposed Donald Trump, the response to Tuesday’s vote could be anger or honest reflection. I’m not by nature an angry person, so I will try the latter. Trump remade the political map with a huge surge of support from working-class whites, particularly in rural communities. Let me […]
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Trump’s views clearly show he is a danger to democracy
NEW YORK — Over the course of this campaign, I have heard from many people who have cheered my opposition to Donald Trump. But there are others who have objected, arguing that I was being biased, that Hillary Clinton had many flaws as well. So let me try to explain, one last time, why Donald […]
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Trump has run the worst campaign in modern history
NEW YORK — As this presidential election draws to its close, I keep wondering: Why has Donald Trump run such an ineffective campaign? Trump began with three big advantages. The Democrats were seeking a third consecutive term in the White House, something that a political party has achieved only twice in the last 80 years. […]
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Arab leaders must look to make changes
NEW YORK — The battle for Mosul will soon demonstrate that the key to success is not that Washington should have surprised the Islamic State or “bombed the hell” out of it. Around 100,000 coalition forces are involved in helping liberate the city, backed by formidable American air power. They will face up to 5,000 […]
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When Trump loses, what will he do?
NEW YORK — Politics is an enduring feature of human life, but political parties are mortal. This week we watched the beginning of the end of one of America’s great, illustrious parties. The Republican Party, as we knew it, is dying. The death of a party is not so unusual. Scholars divide American history into […]
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Trump exposes corrupt U.S. tax code
NEW YORK — Donald Trump has done America a great public service. No, really. By taking advantage of the country’s tax laws in such spectacular fashion, he has shone a spotlight on the corruption that is at the heart of American politics — the tax code. When most people discuss taxes, they tend to talk […]