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Jimmy Carter Was the Anti-Trump Who Made America Great

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The Daily Beast

David Rothkopf

Three Presidents. One Country. What Could Go Wrong?

20.12.2024 30

The Daily Beast

David Rothkopf

Trump Should Dump Kash Patel & Pete Hegseth for His Own Good

Friends don’t let friends drive drunk. Similarly, supporters of the next president should not let him drive the nominations process for his new...

04.12.2024 40

The Daily Beast

David Rothkopf

Why Trump’s Clown Cabinet of Deplorables Is a No-Joke Circus

There has never been a week like this one in the long history of U.S. presidential transitions. There have of course, over the past two and a half...

16.11.2024 60

The Daily Beast

David Rothkopf

Opinion: Trump Having Putin on Speed Dial Isn’t Funny, It’s Terrifying

So, let me get this straight, according to Bob Woodward’s new book War, Donald Trump was sitting in Mar-a-Lago on a trove of stolen U.S. national...

09.10.2024 30

The Daily Beast

David Rothkopf

Opinion: The Real Losers of the Walz-Vance Debate: Every Voter Watching It

There is no question that the big loser at Tuesday night’s CBS vice presidential debate was the audience. It is not just that the debate was boring,...

02.10.2024 8

The Daily Beast

David Rothkopf

Opinion: The Worst Political Violence of 2024 May Lie Ahead—Thanks to Trump

It says something about the times in which we live that a second apparent assassination attempt against a former U.S. president is not the most...

17.09.2024 9

The Daily Beast

David Rothkopf

Opinion: Kamala Harris Won Debate by a Knockout—but Her Fight Is Far From Over

If Tuesday night’s presidential debate were a boxing match it might have been stopped by the referees in its very first moments when Kamala Harris...

11.09.2024 10

The Daily Beast

David Rothkopf

Opinion: Why Trump and Putin Now Need Each Other—Desperately

When Donald Trump first heard on Thursday morning that Vladimir Putin had endorsed Kamala Harris for president, he must have been shattered. Not...

06.09.2024 30

The Daily Beast

David Rothkopf

Opinion: Kamala Harris Hits It Out of the Park, CNN Not So Much

A big question was answered during the CNN interview of Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. Viewers saw for...

30.08.2024 100

The Daily Beast

David Rothkopf

Opinion: Kamala Harris Just Gave the Speech of Her Life

They saved the best for last. In a week of speechmaking like none of us have seen in our lifetimes, with one barn-burning or heart-tugging or...

23.08.2024 80

The Daily Beast

David Rothkopf

Opinion: Ignore the Media Haters. The ‘Harris Honeymoon’ Is Far From Over

They’re baaaa-ack. Well, actually, truth be told, they never left. They are America’s political media elites and they are still up to their old...

13.08.2024 60

The Daily Beast

David Rothkopf

Opinion: Tim Walz Is the Biden That Harris Needs—Same Vibes, Same Base

Kamala Harris has chosen. She has picked Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate and in so doing she has both set the terms for the 2024...

06.08.2024 8

The Daily Beast

David Rothkopf

Opinion: Kamala Harris Has a Tough VP Choice to Make—and Tim Walz Should Win It

30.07.2024 3

The Daily Beast

David Rothkopf

Here’s How President Trump Would Run Roughshod Over Our Democracy

This May and June, leaders from Washington’s policy, political, legal, and national security communities got together to imagine what for many of us...

30.07.2024 20

New Republic

David Rothkopf

Opinion: Bullet? Shard of Glass? Welcome to Donald Trump’s Ear Wound Theater

On Wednesday, FBI Director Christopher Wray triggered a firestorm when he told a congressional hearing on the assassination attempt against former...

26.07.2024 8

The Daily Beast

David Rothkopf

Opinion: Kamala Harris Must Be the Candidate. This Is How She Beats Trump

21.07.2024 4

The Daily Beast

David Rothkopf

Opinion: Joe Biden’s Biggest Challenge: If He Quits, How Does He Quit?

Joe Biden is about to embark on what is likely to be a long weekend—but not the good kind we normally associate with summer. According to reliable...

19.07.2024 8

The Daily Beast

David Rothkopf

Opinion: ‘Unity’ Doesn’t Mean Covering Up the Truth About Donald Trump

Donald Trump is a changed man. We know because he has said so. He has framed his near-death experience at the Pennsylvania rally at which a sniper...

15.07.2024 10

The Daily Beast

David Rothkopf

Opinion: At That Nato Presser, Joe Biden Left the Biggest Question Unanswered

The most significant thing about President Biden’s Thursday press conference following the NATO summit was that while he was doing it, his opponent...

12.07.2024 10

The Daily Beast

David Rothkopf

Opinion: NATO Leaders Care About One Thing: Can Biden Beat Trump?

As NATO’s leaders and their teams mix in the corridors and cocktail parties surrounding their 75th anniversary summit in Washington, DC. this week,...

11.07.2024 10

The Daily Beast

David Rothkopf

Opinion: It’s Time to Get Used to the Idea of President Kamala Harris

While the debate over Joe Biden’s future has raised many questions, it has made one thing much clearer. It is time for Americans to get used to the...

07.07.2024 80

The Daily Beast

David Rothkopf

Opinion: The Biden Scenario That Terrifies Big Democrat Donors and Candidates

Will he stand, or will he stand down? That’s the question Joe Biden is facing as the July 4 holiday weekend begins. Biden reportedly told “a key...

03.07.2024 4

The Daily Beast

David Rothkopf

It’s Time. Biden Needs to Say to Harris, “It’s Your Turn Now.”

Joe Biden has had a great presidency. By any objective metric, he has excelled as president. One of his top aides, who worked closely with him in the...

28.06.2024 4

New Republic

David Rothkopf

Opinion: Here’s Why Putin Loved the Biden/Trump Debate

If Vladimir Putin got up early to watch the U.S. presidential debate, he might have called for a bottle of champagne to go with his breakfast. It is...

28.06.2024 20

The Daily Beast

David Rothkopf

Opinion: Trump Returns to the Scene of the Crime—and the GOP Cheers

It is not easy to go from betraying a state to being welcomed back into its capital. Jefferson Davis avoided Washington, DC after the Civil War. It...

14.06.2024 9

The Daily Beast

David Rothkopf

Opinion: Biden’s D-Day Speech Nailed the Threat of Modern Fascism

Watching the small parade of elderly men and women—many in wheelchairs, some wearing military insignia—receive the gratitude of the President of...

06.06.2024 10

The Daily Beast

David Rothkopf

Opinion: Benjamin Netanyahu Is No Ally, He’s a Liar and Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Address Congress

Inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak to a joint session of Congress is a bad idea that just got worse. Multiple news sites...

06.06.2024 10

The Daily Beast

David Rothkopf

In the Former Eastern Bloc, They’re Terrified of a Trump Presidency

As I sat across a table from a minister in the Bulgarian government in his office in Sofia, he shook his head and then held it in his hands. “I...

04.06.2024 80

New Republic

David Rothkopf

Opinion: The Very Real Threat of Right-Wing Leaders Cheering on Trump

One by one they offered their loyalty pledge to MAGA’s Dear Leader. One by one Republican leaders publicly placed fealty to Donald Trump ahead of...

02.06.2024 50

The Daily Beast

David Rothkopf

Opinion: This Is How Biden Should Use Trump’s Conviction Against Him

The Trump verdict continues to send shockwaves across the American political landscape—and on Friday, at his rambling Trump Tower press conference,...

31.05.2024 10

The Daily Beast

David Rothkopf

Opinion: All Signs Point to a Trump Debate Meltdown

16.05.2024 70

The Daily Beast

David Rothkopf

Opinion: Biden’s Weapons Warning to Israel May Be a Gaza Turning Point

Joe Biden’s statement that he would limit offensive weapons shipments to Israel if they expand their operations in Rafah is one of the most...

10.05.2024 20

The Daily Beast

David Rothkopf

Opinion: Benjamin Netanyahu Is America’s Worst Ally

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has, over the past several days, cemented his position as America’s worst ally. In fact, given his...

07.05.2024 80

The Daily Beast

David Rothkopf

Before Trump’s Big Lie, There Was Trump, the Big Liar

The first stages of the trial of the People of New York State vs. Donald J. Trump have been illuminating in a variety of ways. They have made it...

25.04.2024 50

The Daily Beast

David Rothkopf

Iran’s Nuclear Program Could Speed Up After Strikes With Israel

There are many creatures in the animal kingdom—from weasels to spotted skunks to ostriches—that perform a dance to intimidate their enemies. This...

19.04.2024 10

The Daily Beast

David Rothkopf

U.S. Must Pull Out All the Stops to Avoid a Regional War After Iran Attacks Israel

Iran launched an attack on Israel Saturday that was apparently designed by Iran to be both dramatic and ineffective. It was dramatic, because in the...

14.04.2024 70

The Daily Beast

David Rothkopf

Donald Trump’s Pathetic and Dangerous Foreign Policy Reboot

Donald Trump, over the past few weeks, has grown more vocal about what his foreign policy would look like in a second administration. You might even...

11.04.2024 90

The Daily Beast

David Rothkopf

Biden Should Suspend Offensive Military Aid to Israel Immediately

Outrage and indignation from the President of the United States and his aides, no matter how great, no matter how many times expressed or leaked to...

05.04.2024 40

The Daily Beast

David Rothkopf

Israel Risks Dire Consequences After Two Deadly Airstrikes

Within 24 hours, two Israeli strikes occurred on targets that could not be more different. Both however, have the possibility of dramatically altering...

03.04.2024 30

The Daily Beast

David Rothkopf

In This Brutal, Divisive Election Year, Choose Optimism

Bernard Schwartz was the last person in my life to regularly refer to me as “kid.” When in the course of our many collaborations over the past two...

27.03.2024 3

The Daily Beast

David Rothkopf

Benjamin Netanyahu Defying Biden’s ‘Red Line’ Would Be a Disaster

Benjamin Netanyahu has brought the U.S.-Israel relationship to the breaking point. The tensions between the Biden administration and Netanyahu’s...

11.03.2024 10

The Daily Beast

David Rothkopf

Trump Embraced an Authoritarian the Day After Biden Fiercely Defended Democracy

Within a 24-hour period, the 2024 presidential campaign kicked off in a way that could not present the choice before the American public more starkly....

09.03.2024 30

The Daily Beast

David Rothkopf

Kamala Harris Finally Finds Her Voice. Hopefully, Biden Follows.

While the Biden administration is extremely disciplined in terms of the foreign policy messages delivered by the president and the various members of...

06.03.2024 8

New Republic

David Rothkopf

The Biden Administration’s Going All-In on Its Push for a Gaza Ceasefire

The clock is ticking. The Biden administration has gone all-in on its efforts to bring the fighting in Gaza to a halt. The increasingly emphatic U.S....

05.03.2024 10

The Daily Beast

David Rothkopf

Supreme Court Picks Up Where the Jan. 6 Mob Left Off

I don’t think most Americans realize how close we are to losing everything we most value about our system of government. It is not just that the...

01.03.2024 30

The Daily Beast

David Rothkopf

Biden and Netanyahu Both Hope the Other Is Out of Power Soon

This week, U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu demonstrated yet again why theirs is the foreign policy world’s...

29.02.2024 30

The Daily Beast

David Rothkopf

A Vote for Trump Is a Vote for Putin—and a World in Danger

We are dramatically understating the threat Donald Trump and the MAGA movement pose to the security of the United States, Europe and the world. It is...

23.02.2024 100

The Daily Beast

David Rothkopf

Trump Is Telling Us He’s an Enemy of the American People

12.02.2024 6

The Daily Beast

David Rothkopf

Democrats Have to Stop Living in Denial About Biden’s Age

Democrats are in need of a reality check. The stakes are too high for us to indulge in the kind of denial, self-deception, and illusions that are a...

12.02.2024 30

The Daily Beast

David Rothkopf

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