Ohio

President’s Trump’s “Establishment Endorsements

We have seen several perplexing Donald Trump endorsements this campaign cycle. Why does Trump choose an establishment-aligned candidate over a proven grassroots conservative candidate? Some of these endorsements can be explained by the difficult and narrow path Trump is treading in order to secure his primary objective: winning his party’s nomination, holding the divided Republican Party together, and going on to win the general. Second, Trump’s goal as president is to have a Republican majority House and Senate, and third, Trump wants to help the most MAGA candidates get elected. Unfortunately, Trump sometimes has to compromise in this last category –whom he endorses– in order to achieve the first two goals: winning the general and Republican control of Congress.

Caught between Toxic Clouds and Contaminated Ground

Biden’s visit to Kyiv – a place where life somewhat continues as normal – was made possible by strict US and Ukrainian security. Not that it was particularly risky. Moscow knew of the trip. Kyiv wasn’t otherwise under heavy bombardment…

Is that courage, to go to a city where your safety is guaranteed and the result is only political upside?

What about visiting a town where you might be confronted with your failures and addressed by Americans caught between clouds of toxic gas and contaminated ground?