Trump
Fellow Traveler, Foreign Affairs, Military, Putin, Trump, Trump-Russia
Fellow Traveler
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Joe Biden, Presidential race 2020, Trump
Biden Wisely Adopts a Version of McKinley’s Front Porch Campaign
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Michael Scherer reports that Joe Biden rises with a less-is-more campaign: Biden has made no secret of his own thinking on the matter. “The more that Donald Trump is out the worse he does. I think it is wonderful that he goes out,” Biden joked Saturday at a virtual event for Asian American and Pacific Islander…
Republicans, Trump
Republican Voters Against Trump: Bill, a Veteran from Iowa
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
While not a member of a political party, one can still sympathize with – and support – the many thousands of Republicans each day who reject Trumpism. Bill, a veteran from Iowa, is one of them: “This is not what supporting and defending the Constitution means to me and other military veterans… I hope you…
Foreign Affairs, Military, Putin, Trump, Trump-Russia, Unfit
Bounty
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Republicans, Trump
Republican Voters Against Trump: John from Wisconsin
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
While not a member of a political party, one can still sympathize with – and support – the many thousands of Republicans each day who reject Trumpism. John from Wisconsin is one of them: “Left unchecked, this man will single-handedly destroy the great legacy which was handed to us by past generations. Is this the…
Coronavirus, Covidiocy, Public Health, Trump
This is a Mask
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Coronavirus, Covidiocy, Public Health, Trump, Unfit
Trump: Slow the Testing
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Campaign Ads, China, Corruption, Foreign Affairs, Trump, Unfit
’Chyna’
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
The Trump campaign has been running ads accusing Biden of being soft on China. That avenue of attack – always dubious, as it was Trump who started a trade war with China to the detriment of American consumers and farmers – has now slipped away, as the allegation’s in Bolton’s book now place Trump at…
Television, Trump
The Cultural Universe of Trump TV
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
America, Military, Trump, Unfit
America Shouldn’t Name Her Military Bases After Traitors
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
America, Police, Protests, Race, Trump
Why Now?
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Social historians, looking at the many protests against police violence (protests taking place across America and in other countries) will be able (if imprecisely) to assess the motivations of these recent events. Of two things one can be confident, without being a historian: these protests are in response to specific acts of law-enforcement violence, with…
Trump, Unfit
Leadership
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
History, Politics, Presidential race 2020, Trump
Trump Rallies on Juneteenth in Tulsa
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Trump is both ignorant and slow, but his aide Stephen Miller is neither. Knowing as much about these men, one reads that the Trump campaign has picked Juneteenth for a rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma: How can you further inflame racial tensions? Send the president, who has called those protesting for racial equality “thugs,” to a…