Outside the Beltway

As problematic as some of what we know about the internal workings of the White House may be, it isn’t a coup.

President Trump’s much-hyped replacement for NAFTA doesn’t really amount to much and won’t amount to anything unless he can get Canada, and the U.S. Congress, on board.

Gary Johnson was a successful two-term Governor in New Mexico. Now he’s making a bid to represent the Land of Enchantment in the U.S. Senate.

Laura Ingraham has responded to the deluge of criticism to her foolish and disturbing commentary. This response is also disturbing. Her attempt to walk back the racist tone of her monologue falls flat. Her statement trying to make her views more clear reveal more of her limited thinking on this matter and in general.

President Trump appears to be ready to expand his ignorant, counterproductive trade war with China.

A powerful political network is distancing itself from the Trump-dominated Republican Party.

The natural intuition of the aluminum tariff is that it would help Alcoa, the largest manufacturer of aluminum in the U.S. But apparently these things are a bit more complicated that one’s intuition would indicate.

Trade deals take more than an afternoon chat.

Donald Trump’s trade war continues to have negative consequences for American consumers and businesses.

Andrés Manuel López Obrador, a populist from the left, rode a wave of populism and public disdain for the outgoing President to a landslide win in Mexico

President Trump reportedly trashed the NATO alliance in conversations at the G-7 Summit, something that should make Russian President Vladimir Putin quite happy.

The Presidents of the United States and Russia will meet next month and there’s reason to worry about what Trump might give away.

Not surprisingly, Canadians aren’t too thrilled with Donald Trump these days.

President Trump once said that “trade wars are good and easy to win.” It’s only been three months since he started this war and we’re already finding out just how wrong he is about that.

The GOP and Donald Trump are indistinguishable now. But it’s not clear what that means.

Trump spent much of Tuesday praising a dictator who has murdered and imprisoned millions of people. Then he returned to attacking the democratically elected leader of one of our closest allies.

Donald Trump’s approach to international trade has nothing to with economics and everything to do with politics and the culture war he loves to provoke.

Donald Trump continues to claim that Mexico will pay for his still non-existent border wall. Mexico says otherwise.

President Trump is setting off another trade war, this time with some of America’s closest and most important allies.

Republicans have been hoping that the tax bill passed in December would help them in the midterms. That’s appearing to be less and less likely by the day.

An attempt at defining the conversation.

President Trump wants to send the military to the Mexican border. This is both unnecessary and a bad idea.

More than 1200 refugees, mostly from Honduras, are trying to come to the United States. What should we do about it?

In a bizarre Twitter rant, President Trump declared a DACA deal “dead,” blaming Democrats when it’s clear that it’s largely his fault.

From Europe to the Middle East, to Asia, America’s allies are concerned about what the selection of John Bolton as National Security Adviser means going forward. They should be, and so should every American.

Best known as a television host, he served in the Reagan administration and chief economist of Bear Stearns.

It is a fair question. But judging the Trump administration on tax cuts, Gorsuch, and the DJIA is to ignore a lot of profound problems.

President Trump has announced that he’ll be imposing significant tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. This is an unwise decision.

Mexico’s President canceled a visit to the United States for the second time since Donald Trump became President due to a continued disagreement over who will pay for Trump’s border wall.

President Trump has alienated America’s allies and friends, and they are acting accordingly.

Just over one year after President Trump’s foolish and ill-informed decision to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership Canada has stepped in to rescue the deal.

Donald Trump’s foreign policy has been erratic, illogical, and demonstrated a clear disdain for diplomacy.

Since taking office, President Trump has made an average of 5.5 false claims per day.

Without mentioning his successor by name, former President Bush delivered a stinging rebuke to Trump and Trumpism.

Reports are indicating that President Trump will decertify the nuclear weapons deal with Iran. This would be a foolish and potentially dangerous mistake.

At a time when our alliance is more important than ever, President Trump is responding by attacking our ally.

Trump isn’t going to win any regional popularity awards in LA.

Donald Trump is threatening to shut the government down if Congress doesn’t pay for the wall that Mexico was supposed to pay for.

Reports indicate that President Trump is preparing to fulfill a campaign promise and withdraw the U.S. from the accord on climate change reached in Paris in 2015.

During the campaign, Donald Trump promised to undo the nuclear weapons deal with Iran. Now his Administration is signaling that, at least for now, the deal will stay in place.

More stepping back from free trade and the established global economic order.

One month in, some Trump supporters are starting to wonder if he will actually deliver on what he promised.

It is Trump’s party now. Impeachment is not coming.

Nice work, Mr. President.

British Prime Minister Theresa May made it clear that she intends to move forward with Brexit.

One professor is suggesting that Bernie Sanders played a role in 2016 similar to the one that Ralph Nader did in 2000. It doesn’t pass even cursory examination.

It wasn’t exactly Lincoln-Douglas but, in the end, Hillary Clinton clearly outperformed Donald Trump last night.