Outside the Beltway

What Trump and DOGE hath wrought.

Who could have known?

The Asia pivot is happening very slowly.

USA! USA! USA!

Will the Netanyahu government double down on its weakening of Iran?

The ineptitude is staggering.

You know, the meritocracy at work.

Our leaders are afraid to lead.

Insights into Trump’s worldview.

It’s still murky but already quite different from the Trump 45 administration’s.

Russia, Russia, Russia?

Applying rational analysis to attitude and instinct.

A story I thought I’d never see.

Trump is spouting Russian talking points.

A shocking but completely unsurprising development.

But a centrist grand coalition will likely govern.

Three members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff have been fired.

Countering Russian (and now American) propaganda.

Trump blames Ukraine for being invaded.

Really, a older, more imperialistic one.

The World’s Greatest Deliberative Body is not doing its job.

You get what you vote for

Normal transition . . . and potential red flags.

The honey badger strikes again.

Our transitions are too long.

The bad guys are having a bad week.

Not to mention impotence.

It’s going to be a long four years.

Another setback for Teheran.

Another huge blow against Iranian’s regional strategy.

This time for Secretary of the Navy

A general conversation and a lot of specifics about RFK. Jr.

Appointing unqualified loyalists is only the start.

We have crossed Putin’s red line.

Of leopards and faces.

First there was the Department of Redundancy Department. Now for something completely different.

No, I am not kidding.

The Congressman and Green Beret colonel will head Trump’s national security team.

Trump’s foreign policy team is taking shape.

It sounds the same in the original Russian.

My concerns about a second Trump administration.

Escalation? Russian desperation?

The would-be gunman was captured before he could get off a shot.

Policy is only a part of it.

Where’s my $400,000 a month contract?