WASHINGTON — In his second year in office, President Trump did many positive things and, on Friday, I offered my list of the 10 best things Trump did in 2018. But he also did a lot of bad things that ranged from cringeworthy to catastrophic. Here are the 10 worst: 10. His comment about “sh–hole” […]
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Trump's top 10 successes of 2018
WASHINGTON — In his second year in office, the list of extraordinary things President Trump has done, for good and ill, continued to grow. Today, I offer my annual list of the 10 best things Trump has done in office. (In my next column, I will give you my list of the 10 worst.) 10. […]
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Send captured IS fighters in Syria to Guantanamo
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s decision to withdraw all U.S. forces from Syria is already having unintended consequences. The U.S. departure could lead to the release of 1,100 Islamic State fighters now held in detention camps in northeastern Syria — creating a dangerous new terrorist threat to the West. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) — the […]
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I was arrested for nunchucks. Now, justice.
When news broke last week that a federal judge had ruled a New York law banning possession of nunchucks unconstitutional, I felt vindicated. You see, as a teenager growing up in New York City in the 1980s, I was arrested and thrown in jail for illegal possession of nunchucks. Really. During high school, I got […]
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Will Trump repeat Obama’s mistake in the Middle East?
WASHINGTON — During his time in CIA custody, 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed told his interrogator something prophetic. The United States may enjoy some fleeting battlefield successes, Mohammed declared, but in the end “we will win because Americans don’t realize … we do not need to defeat you militarily; we only need to fight long […]
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The Mueller probe could turn out to be a disaster — for the Democrats
WASHINGTON — All of Washington is focused on the political peril President Trump faces from Robert Mueller’s investigation. But the Mueller probe could very well turn out to be a disaster, not for Trump, but for the Democrats. The special counsel was appointed to investigate whether Trump engaged in a criminal conspiracy with Russia to […]
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There's a word for the Democrats' negotiating strategy: Insanity
WASHINGTON — Good news for the incoming House Democratic majority! They have something President Trump really, really wants: money to build a border wall. Trump is desperate for this money. Mexico won’t give it to him. Only congressional Democrats can. Without their consent, he can’t deliver on one of the key campaign promises he made […]
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Never easy to maintain ties with tyrants
WASHINGTON — In recent days, many have sought to contrast President Trump with President George H.W. Bush. But there is one area where Trump is channeling his inner George H.W. Bush — and not in a good way. His response to the murder and dismemberment of Jamal Khashoggi in a Saudi consulate echoes Bush’s handling […]
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President wins battle with China over trade policies
WASHINGTON — “When you strike at a king you must kill him,” Ralph Waldo Emerson once said. Well, this year China tried to strike at President Trump for daring to launch a trade war with Beijing — and missed the mark entirely. After Trump imposed massive tariffs on Chinese goods earlier this year, Beijing responded […]
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Gene editing is here and it's an enormous threat
WASHINGTON — A Chinese scientist’s claim to have created the first genetically edited babies has evoked widespread condemnation from the scientific community. “This is far too premature,” one American genetic scientist told the Associated Press. But here is a larger question: Should we be doing this at all? The Chinese scientist, He Jiankui, used a […]