The path to the nomination for anyone other than Trump is exceedingly narrow. Voter composition and mobilization efforts will be key for Trump’s rivals.
Tag: Joe Biden
Biden Meets Xi
China’s grand strategy of building and projecting its “comprehensive national power” is a long-term geopolitical design fundamentally incompatible with Washington’s determination to maintain its open-ended “full spectrum dominance.”
A Trump Political Miracle?
If Trump’s momentum continues to build, we may be on the precipice of witnessing a world-historic, resounding affirmation of the people’s desire for self-government, against incredible odds.
‘International Chaos’—Connect the Dots to Biden
Biden's retreat from leadership is in keeping with his long-standing policies and example, with predictable results on the international scene.
War in the Democratic Party—and at the Opera
In art as in politics, liberals find wickedness only in our own institutions.
Polemics & Exchanges: November 2023
A reader critiques Pedro Gonzalez's September column: "Even a cursory review of the results suggests some level of fraud." Gonzalez replies: "Trump was a populist so unpopular that he lost the popular vote to Hillary Clinton."
The Fall of Rome All Over Again
The great American Empire is collapsing, like Rome before it, but not for the reasons our academic elites give.
Why Bidenflation Defines Bidenomics
Bidenomics holds little hope of saving Biden, no matter what happens next.
Biden’s Shameless Hypocrisy on Migrant Family Separations
Team Biden is going to great lengths to conceal data on the high and growing number of family separations occurring at America’s southern border, which have resulted from their bad policy and are happening on their watch.
Cornel West Spells Doom for Biden
Cornel West is setting the stage for a replay of 2000 when Ralph Nader peeled off enough votes to cost the Democrats the White House. West's appeal, like Nader's, is a sign of a larger problem facing the Democratic party.
Hunter’s Plea-Deal Implosion Reveals the Justice Department’s Deception
The Justice Department's attempt to avoid public scrutiny of the sweetheart plea deal it gave to Joe Biden's son, Hunter, has blown up in its face.
The Frontrunner Who Looks Like a Loser Is Biden
Democrats don't want to lose next year, but they have to play the hand they dealt themselves.
There Is No ‘Moving On’ From Corruption
The classified document mishandling charges against Donald Trump pale in comparison with the legal violations of Democrats, including by Joe Biden and his son Hunter. Such a brazen legal double standard exists only in the world's most corrupt countries.
End American Gerontocracy
Joe Biden's latest fall demonstrates again that he is a massive liability as president. It also shows how America is suffering from gerontocratic rule, with aging Baby Boomers in their 70s and 80s dominating leadership positions.
RFK Jr.’s Threat to Biden
An octogenarian Joe Biden knows history bears a warning for him. The last Democratic president to be challenged for re-nomination was Jimmy Carter.
Biden’s Lost Generation
The party of hope and change has become the party of despair.
2024: 3 Leaders, 1 Way to Win
A Trump-DeSantis face-off in the Republican primaries could be costly for the party, but whichever candidate wins the nomination will need to reclaim the Rust Belt in order to beat Biden.
On Unjust Peace
The Ukrainian invasion may not have happened if the American government had not tried to push NATO to the borders of Russia. Conflict happens in international relations and does not require woke ideological hysteria as a response.
Are We the Baddies?
It appears the U.S. government has attacked the civilian infrastructure of a NATO ally for the purposes of maintaining geostrategic advantage over both Europe and Russia, revealing the utter moral bankruptcy of U.S. foreign policy.
A Tale of Three War Orations
Three speeches given on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the Russo-Ukrainian War reveal that the most principled voice of realism and moderation is coming from a small European nation, Hungary, whose leader is keeping his nation out of the unfolding tragedy.
Democrats Have No Good Option for 2024
Given the alternatives, the Democrats might have to roll the 2024 dice with their stammering, scandal-ridden, palpably weak, cognitively deficient presidential incumbent.
A Midterm Reality Check
With the Georgia runoff results in, the midterms represent a remarkable achievement for the Democratic Party. They've held their own despite failing grades in all polls on inflation, crime, foreign policy, and immigration, and a mostly senile president.
Putin’s ‘Winter War’ on Ukraine
Vladimir Putin intends to conscript the coming winter of 2022-23 as an ally of his failing army—a strategy that has worked for Russia is past conflicts.
Biden’s Versus Trump’s Lies: What a Difference an Administration Makes
Despite Biden's frequent displays of confusion, neither the Democrats nor the media care much about the mental acuity of a Commander-in-Chief not named Trump.
The U.S. Needs to Change Course Right Now in Ukraine
Americans do not—and should not—care whether an ethnically divided, strategically unimportant, historically contested Slavic subregion or two in eastern Ukraine ultimately takes orders from Kyiv or Moscow.
Biden Commits US to War for Taiwan
The United States will go to war to defend Taiwan if China invades the mainland. That is the commitment made last week by President Joe Biden.
How Can You Befriend a ‘Semi-Fascist’?
President Joe Biden recently accused Trump voters of embracing "semi-fascism." Friendships can be forged across partisan lines, but it's rather difficult to befriend a "semi-fascist," isn't it?
How Liberal Elites Detest Middle America
President Biden’s recent attack on MAGA Republicans is typical of leftists who resent Middle America.
Is Taiwan’s Independence Worth War?
Defending Taiwan from China would come at a high cost. A war with China in the Western Pacific would be devastating for the U.S.
New York Times to Biden—Time to Go!
America's paper of record has provided cover for, and given sanction to, ambitious Biden rivals to take on the Democratic president.
Liberal Tolerance on Display After Reversal of Roe v. Wade
After the Roe reversal protests erupted all across the country, with the largest in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles—cities in states with virtually zero probability that their lawmakers will pass laws restricting abortion.
Will Midterms Be Biden’s Last Hurrah?
Biden's presidency is marked by multiple domestic failures. Those combined with his age and declining cognitive abilities make a second term of his presidency highly unlikely.