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Or, as Britain’s most notorious politician, Boris Johnson, warns, ‘volunteering for economic vassalage’? Here is the Trumpian way President Donald Trump thanked Prime Minister Theresa May for orchestrating his recent cloak-and-dagger visit to the UK: Mr. Trump second-guessed Mrs. May’s handling of the main issue on her plate: how Britain should cut ties to the… Read more.
Last weekend, Serena Williams won unprecedented praise despite coming up short at Wimbledon. It was her second Grand Slam tournament after giving birth last September. But I found the praise a curious thing, which compelled this allusion to Tiger Woods: Like Woods, Williams could become resigned to playing on her laurels, continually pleasing fans and… Read more.
The few A-list advisers Trump appointed to his cabinet represented the one redeeming feature of his presidency at the outset. The prevailing wisdom was that the triumvirate of James Mattis at Defense, Rex Tillerson at State, and H.R. McMaster at National Security would provide the kind of steadiness for Trump’s White House that training wheels… Read more.
But why travel anywhere when you (and especially your kids) can enjoy mobile devices right there … at home: #staycation? Read more.
In “Trump, May, Macron: Don’t Bomb Syria. Withdraw World Cup from Russia!,” April 11, 2018, I pledged to boycott this World Cup. I honored that pledge. But I cannot resist sharing the following about France’s 4-2 victory over Croatia’s in Sunday’s final match: Immigrants, sons of immigrants and grandsons of immigrants bonded together with scions… Read more.
At a joint press conference today, President Trump doubled down on his belief in President Putin’s denial that Russia launched cyberattacks on the 2016 US presidential election. This, despite his own intelligence agencies, which includes the CIA, FBI, and NSA, saying Russia did, and the Mueller investigation indicting 12 Russian agents for orchestrating those cyberattacks.… Read more.
The Justice Department announced indictments against 12 Russian nationals as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election, accusing them of engaging in a ‘sustained effort’ to hack Democrats’ emails and computer networks. All 12 defendants are members of the GRU, a Russian federation intelligence agency within the main… Read more.
Despite all the hype, if not the expectation, Serena Williams (36) did not even come close to winning this Wimbledon final. Angelique Kerber (30) of Germany defeated her handily in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3. In the eyes of many watching on Saturday, Williams was still a winner. … [M]others who know what it feels like… Read more.
Alas, England, this is no breach. For the embarrassing truth is that this narcissistic Neanderthal thinks everything, including royal protocol, is all about him. Related commentaries: mooning NATO… Read more.
Donald Trump is making his first visit to Britain today as president of the United States. More to the point, this is the second stop on what could be the most consequential foreign trip of his presidency. It began at a NATO summit in Brussels on Wednesday and will end with a Putin summit in… Read more.
