Commentary

Could this be the moment Trump finally concedes that Putin has no serious interest in negotiating an end to the war he started three years ago? 

For the U.S. president, Gaza is a sideshow, and he doesn’t want it disrupting his bigger diplomatic agenda of resets and mega deals.

The U.S. leader inadvertently supplied Canada’s Carney and Australia’s Albanese with easy narratives to offer their voters.

Without U.S. security guarantees and a firm “porcupine strategy” to make sure Kyiv is heavily armed, this deal will just be a way station in Putin’s bid to subjugate the country.

The venomous reactions to the pope’s passing are no surprise, but it’s ironic that MAGA is marching in lockstep with the Vatican’s cloistered and rigidly doctrinaire insiders.

The strike on Sumy wasn’t an error, aberration or mishap. It fits into Russia’s long-established tactics — and Washington knows that.

Overall prices and mortgage rates will inevitably rise because of the president’s tariff imposition. And when they do, maybe then his MAGA base will start to erode.

Friend and foe alike will start piecing together a different global trade order that the U.S. might like a lot less than the one it trashed.

U.S. president’s continuous economic brinkmanship and bullying is presenting sharp dilemmas across the pond.

The U.S. president doesn’t see the benefit in helping allies — and it’s visible in the deal he’s trying to foist on Ukraine.