JD Vance Drops Ohio State’s Championship Trophy During White House Celebration

JD Vance Drops Ohio State’s Championship Trophy During White House Celebration

Vice President JD Vance dropped the College Football Playoff national championship trophy during an event on the White House South Lawn on Monday, an ill-timed fumble that he laughed about later after it had spread across social media. As the ceremony honoring the champion Ohio State Buckeyes came to an end, Mr. Vance — a … Read more

Opinion | Trump is on a Path to Failure

Opinion | Trump is on a Path to Failure

In May 2017, just a few months into the first Trump administration, I wrote a column arguing that his incapacity was so obvious and destructive that he should be removed from office via the 25th Amendment to the Constitution. This was a popular column, but its argument did not hold up well. Trump’s first-term White … Read more

Opinion | 8 Pieces of Free Advice for Trump’s National Security Team

Opinion | 8 Pieces of Free Advice for Trump’s National Security Team

This may be presumptuous, but it strikes me that the new administration’s national security team could use some advice. I have worked with senior leaders through many administrations from both parties. I’ve seen firsthand how highly capable and skilled professionals have conducted themselves in these positions. So, Vice President JD Vance; Secretary of State Marco … Read more

Opinion | There Is a Liberal Answer to Elon Musk

Opinion | There Is a Liberal Answer to Elon Musk

Democrats have a problem that runs deeper than the 2024 election. They have a problem that runs deeper than Elon Musk’s assault on the government. Look at the places they govern: strongholds like New York and Illinois and where I’m from, California. They’re losing people. [CLIP: Since the pandemic started, California is seeing an exodus, … Read more

Some European Allies Fear Trump Is Out to Destroy Them

Some European Allies Fear Trump Is Out to Destroy Them

Follow live updates on the Trump administration here. During his first term in office, President Trump described the European Union “as a foe,” established “to hurt the United States on trade.” He repeated the charge at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, but in more vulgar terms: “The European Union was formed in order to screw … Read more

Meet Germany’s Far-Right Leader, a Study in Contradictions

Meet Germany’s Far-Right Leader, a Study in Contradictions

When Vice President JD Vance criticized his German hosts last week for sidelining far-right parties, he did not mention by name the Alternative for Germany, known as the AfD. But soon after his speech at the Munich Security Conference, in which he stunned the room by comparing democracy in today’s Europe to Soviet-era totalitarianism, Mr. … Read more

German Chancellor Rebukes Vance for Supporting Party That Downplays Nazis

German Chancellor Rebukes Vance for Supporting Party That Downplays Nazis

Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany on Saturday accused Vice President JD Vance of unacceptably interfering in his country’s imminent elections on behalf of a party that has played down the atrocities committed by the Nazis 80 years ago. A day after Mr. Vance stunned the Munich Security Conference by telling German leaders to drop their … Read more