How committed is President Donald Trump to deterring conflict in Asia? The White House’s actions haven’t synced with its words.
Daniel DePetris: Asia is getting shortchanged as the US keeps its focus elsewhere
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Clarence Page: Donald Trump embraces South Africans — the white ones
In the coming week, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is scheduled to meet Trump at the White House. They have much to discuss.
Heidi Stevens: Instead of a wedding registry, they asked for children’s books. And then gave them all away
I love this little slice of kindness in a world that could use some right now, an act in which a bunch of kids were just gifted a sense of belonging.
Elizabeth Shackelford: America’s president is for sale
The Qatari jet may be the flashiest, but it’s only the latest in a flood of corruption now manipulating U.S. foreign policy.
David Greising: Gun buybacks in Chicago can do some good — but CPD owes us transparency
Gun buybacks can do some good. But they need to be effectively run. They shouldn’t wind up back on the streets.
Steve Chapman: President Donald Trump’s policies are an education in folly
This clownfest dramatizes something Americans had but didn’t appreciate: a functioning system administered by people with experience.
Elizabeth Shackelford: Make it make sense. What is motivating Donald Trump’s foreign policy?
Russia isn’t just getting its way on Ukraine. The Trump administration has taken other actions on Vladimir Putin’s wish list.
Heidi Stevens: Trump has treated the country as his stage. But Americans are not extras in their own life stories
One thing that doesn’t fit neatly in the Trump narrative is thousands upon thousands of fed up Americans flooding the streets in protest.
Daniel DePetris: The frenetic foreign policy of President Donald Trump’s first 100 days
Has President Donald Trump accomplished any foreign policy goals in his first 100 days?
Clarence Page: Sen. Dick Durbin’s departure stirs a scramble amid a new generation
As President Donald Trump’s polling takes a tumble 100 days into his second term — and Illinois’ Dick Durbin, the Senate’s second-ranking Democrat, announces his retirement, a very old hit tune sung by Ethel Waters comes to mind: “There’ll Be Some Changes Made.” I’m gonna change my way of livin’, and that ain’t no bluff […]