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David Rothkopf

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Trump’s War Is Just the Tip of His Iceberg of Catastrophe

Trump’s War Is Just the Tip of His Iceberg of Catastrophe

Trump’s Iran war is a fiasco. Undertaken without adequate planning by a president deaf to the advice of experts, there is no meaningful measure by...

19.03.2026 4

The Daily Beast

David Rothkopf

How Unfit Trump’s War Could Be Most Dangerous One of All

I remember sitting in a hospital room following the birth of my younger daughter watching reports of the early days of the first Gulf War. The U.S....

28.02.2026 10

The Daily Beast

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Trump’s SOTU Speech Was Bad. The State of Our Union is Worse

If you took every true thing President Donald Trump said during Tuesday’s State of the Union address and tattooed it onto the genitalia of a flea,...

25.02.2026 10

The Daily Beast

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The World Is Learning to Say ‘No’ to Donald Trump

Donald Trump on Friday attacked the Supreme Court majority that ruled against him in a landmark decision on tariffs with a venom and ferocity he has...

21.02.2026 1500

The Daily Beast

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The Dems Warming Up for 2028—and Who’s Ahead Racing Already

Spoiler alert: No one has the slightest idea who the Democratic candidate for president will be in 2028. Including me. But that doesn’t mean it’s...

20.02.2026 50

The Daily Beast

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The Only Upside to Mad King Trump’s Monuments

07.02.2026 30

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Our President is Truly the Ugliest American

03.02.2026 70

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There Can Be No More Doubt. Trump Wants to Kill Free Speech

31.01.2026 100

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It’s Clear Punch Drunk Trump, 79, Is On the Ropes

30.01.2026 20

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Trump’s Goons Are the Terrorists. Here’s What We Must Do Now

25.01.2026 100

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Time to Admit It, America: He’s a Dangerous, Lunatic Moron

21.01.2026 650

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Trump’s MAGA Agenda Means Gutting America’s Truly Great Past

14.01.2026 20

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Donald Trump’s America Is Acting Like a Mafia State

06.01.2026 50

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Why Trump’s War Is Dumb, Brazen—and Of Course, All About Oil

04.01.2026 10

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Trump’s War Has Most Sinister Inspiration You Can Imagine

04.01.2026 70

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Time to Kick Trump Out of Office—and Into a Padded Cell

19.12.2025 100

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Trump Is Sending America to War With a Truth Social Rant

18.12.2025 50

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Trump Is Triggering His Very Own MAGApocalypse

13.12.2025 50

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Trump’s New Global Vision Amounts to a National In-Security Strategy

08.12.2025 8

New Republic

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Why Blowhard Pentagon Pete Put Himself in the Crosshairs

02.12.2025 7

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How Trump’s Four Ugly Words Reveal the Worst Is Yet to Come

23.11.2025 9

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We’re All Stuck in Trump’s Swamp of Bad Billionaire F--kery

19.11.2025 10

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It’s About Time For Republicans to Dump Donald Trump

14.11.2025 9

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Why These Vichy Dems and Their Spineless Boss Need to Go Now

11.11.2025 5

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Why Dem Triumph Is Only Act One of Trump’s Year From Hell

07.11.2025 5

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Is Trump the Fuse Who Will Detonate ‘A House of Dynamite’?

29.10.2025 20

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Why One Name Should Go On That Ballroom—And It’s Not Epstein

25.10.2025 6

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This Trump Stunt Makes Louvre Heist Look Like Chump Change

23.10.2025 5

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It’s No Nobel, But Trump’s Gaza Deal Is a Glimmer of Hope

10.10.2025 10

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This Is the Real Reason Trump's a Disaster Merchant

No, our commander-in-chief is not a hysterical little girl who sees monsters hiding under her bed or in the back of every closet she passes....

08.10.2025 7

The Daily Beast

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Trump’s Generals Speech Proved Dumb, Deluded—and Dangerous

01.10.2025 20

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Trump’s UN Speech Was a Tragedy of Shakespearian Proportions

24.09.2025 10

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You’ll Never Guess Who’s Replacing Trump as the Face of MAGA

23.09.2025 8

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R.I.P. the First Amendment, Killed by Cowardice and Greed

19.09.2025 5

The Daily Beast

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MAGA Exposes Its Naked Cynicism as It Revels in Kirk’s Death

13.09.2025 7

The Daily Beast

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Why MAGA’s Canonization of Charlie Kirk Is Truly Monstrous

13.09.2025 10

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Donald Trump’s Presidency Is Making America Irrelevant

06.09.2025 10

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It’s Tasteless to Speculate That Trump Might Soon Be Buried

30.08.2025 7

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Yes, It IS a Police State. And Yes, You Can Do Something

24.08.2025 5

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Is Peace in Ukraine So Crazy? Maybe Not, but Trump Is

20.08.2025 8

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Why Trump’s Latest Reality TV Show Is a Flop

17.08.2025 10

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We Already Know the Outcome of Trump and Putin’s Next Summit

14.08.2025 5

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Why Trump's Chilling Flex of Brute Force is So Disturbing

12.08.2025 7

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Donald Trump Is Sucking the Life-Blood Out of America

09.08.2025 6

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Trump Thinks He’s a Hero. He’s the Bond Movie Bad Guy

08.08.2025 5

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Trump Is Quickly Becoming the World’s Kidney Stone

30.07.2025 5

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Trump Is the Icarus of Lies. Is He Too Close to the Sun?

27.07.2025 9

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Who Really Thinks the ‘Epstein Files’ Will Harm Trump?

15.07.2025 9

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How Trump Is Getting Away With Murder. Literally

10.07.2025 6

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Trump’s Big Budget Bill Is a Brutal Breakup With His Base

03.07.2025 10

The Daily Beast

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