Less than a week after Donald Trump invited Russia to do “whatever the hell they want” to American allies, Vladimir Putin had Alexei Navalny, his strongest political adversary, murdered in a Siberian prison. Navalny’s death was but one among a series of tragic consequences flowing from Trump’s fealty to Putin, mirrored in turn by the GOP’s fealty to Trump. Entering the 2024 campaign season, Trump enablers have elevated Trump’s political interests over U.S. national security, leaving Ukraine and the U.S. border vulnerable to an unhinged candidate’s lust for retribution. Trump’s embrace of Putin and antipathy toward Volodymyr Zelenskyy is dangerous. […]
Category: Post-Tribune Opinion
Haake: Forget insurrection. Aiding the enemy is treason.
In April 1949, the world reeled from unspeakable horrors. An estimated 85 million people suffered agonizing deaths in WWII — 45 million soldiers were smeared across battlefields; 25 million people starved to death; and 11 million Jews, gays and other minorities drew their last breath in Hitler’s maniacal death camps. Allied forces emerged from the war determined to forge a collective defense for the future. The North Atlantic Treaty established NATO and gave teeth to a free world order governed by the rule of law. Prized for its armed deterrence, NATO delivered somber recognition that although Hitler was gone, the […]
E. Jean Carroll didn’t win $83 million. Trump lost it.
An old colleague and I exchanged a rolling text dialogue during the E. Jean Carroll jury trial last week. We were riveted by Donald Trump’s performative alpha-hood. He angrily shook his head while Carroll was testifying. He furiously wrote and passed notes to his counsel. He tried to get the last word when the judge […]