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James Mattis
July 29, 2024
Robert Schlesinger
J.D. Vance Proves It: Trump Hires the Very Worst People
Trump’s new running mate will haunt him just like all of the fools and weasels from his first administration.
July 12, 2021
Timothy Kudo
Blame the Generals for Our Defeat in Afghanistan
America is finally pulling out of a losing war, after two decades of lies and deceit from the country’s military leaders.
October 2, 2020
Peter Stone
The Real Deep State Is Trump
How the president has used William Barr and other officials to turn the government into his personal fiefdom
June 8, 2020
Walter Shapiro
The Revolt of the Center-Right
Prominent Republicans are balking at voting for Trump. Could it cost him the election?
April 3, 2020
David Roth
The Enduring Delusion of a Chastened Trump
From time to time, the president seems to grasp the gravity of his situation. It never lasts.
September 9, 2019
Jared Keller
James Mattis’s Bizarre Cult of “Lethality”
As he manicures his political reputation, the Pentagon carries on with the buzzword-heavy culture of killing he gave it.
May 7, 2019
Matt Ford
The Ignoble Afterlife of the Trump Staffer
John Kelly is the latest former official to cash in on his experience working for a corrupt and immoral administration.
December 20, 2018
Jeet Heer
Jim Mattis resigns as secretary of defense with a letter critical of Trumpian foreign policy.
December 19, 2018
Jeet Heer
Trump declares victory over ISIS in Syria. The Pentagon disagrees.
October 16, 2018
Jeet Heer
James Mattis refuses to take Trump’s bait and holds on tight to his job.
March 5, 2018
Jeet Heer
Trump’s Chaos Is Becoming America’s Chaos
His push for a trade war shows how an "isolated and angry" president could wreak havoc for the country.
December 21, 2017
Jeet Heer
The Dangerous Incoherence of Trump’s Russia Policy
The president wants a partnership with Vladimir Putin, but his national security leaders are pursuing aggressive containment.
November 8, 2017
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Andrew J. Bacevich
Leave It to the Generals
A nonstrategy for Afghanistan.
February 28, 2017
Jeet Heer
Trump: The buck does not stop here!
January 12, 2017
Jeet Heer
The incoming Trump administration is already sending dangerous mixed messages to Russia.
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