Washington Politics
On Greenland, Trump wants to be like Polk
The president's motivation isn't security or money, it's manifest destiny
January 17, 2026
The president's motivation isn't security or money, it's manifest destiny
Now that the president has identified the problem, lawmakers have a real opportunity to follow through
Republicans stopped the process before colleagues could even weigh in on further military force in Venezuela
The president went from praising ‘the wars we never get into’ to seeing how many the US can get into, and prominent members of his base are eating it up
This is one of those rare measures in which the Trump administration is supporting tax breaks, not tariffs, for the Global South
Offering a sober assessment of 19th and 20th Century US foreign policy and lessons learned the hard way
