Outside the Beltway

Trump’s lack of focus may spare us the worst outcomes in this one instance.

Resisting gaslighting must be social. It’s crucial for those who oppose Trump’s falsehoods to remind each other, again and again, that 2 + 2 = 4.

The scholar-statesman best known for coining “soft power” has died at 88.

Nationwide protests yesterday show a growing outrage over Trump 2.0.

A natural evolution in American foreign policy, albeit a concerning one.

America is getting screwed by playing by the rules it created.

The postwar era may have ended yesterday.

A shocking but completely unsurprising development.

Really, a older, more imperialistic one.

Sorting through the deluge.

About half the country wants about half of Trump.

Greenland, Canada, and Panama. Oh my.

And what a week it has been.

Another day, another Trump temper tantrum.

On the Sunday shows today, one of the President’s top aides insisted that the Administration is seriously looking at the idea of buying Greenland even though it isn’t for sale.

This timeline is just so weird.

Continuing the conversation from James Joyner’s post.

President Trump wants to make a deal.

John Bolton is leading a cry for preemptive war against North Korea.

Trending on Twitter this morning is a collection of infographics compiled by Ezra Klein under the heading “22 maps and charts that will surprise you.”