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In today’s edition:
- Keeping an eye on Trump’s words, deeds and desperations
- How to handle a global backlash to the liberal order
- Meet the world’s smartest politician on AI
Trump Watch: A team effort
Dana Milbank announced today that he is a “self-hating Jew.” If that’s news to you, well, it’s news to him, too, considering his many years lighting candles on Shabbat and volunteering with his synagogue. But when Donald Trump tells you something, you listen.
And as the former president said this week: “Any Jewish person that votes for Democrats hates their religion. They hate everything about Israel, and they should be ashamed of themselves.”
“The chutzpah,” Dana scoffs. And the timing couldn’t be worse — an attack on American Jews from the political right just as they’re already dealing with antisemitism emanating from the far left.
Dana pulled together a handy list of the other outrageous things Trump said this week, including comments dehumanizing immigrants, supporting a nationwide abortion ban and promising a “bloodbath” should the GOP’s presumptive nominee not be elected.
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In fact, Dana is setting out to preserve for the record all the “crazy and dangerous utterances” coming from Trump each week from now until the election, lest we bounce from outrage to outrage without consequence.
In other words: “I will watch Trump so you don’t have to.”
Blessedly, Dana will have plenty of help from our other columnists. Catherine Rampell is watching Trump on the economy, and watching Americans watching Trump on the economy. Specifically, she would like to set the record straight for her many countrymen who remember the Trump economy more favorably than they perceive the economy today under President Biden.
The first three years of Trump’s term were economically decent, to be fair, but all these people warmly remembering those days “conveniently lop off his fourth, and final, year, when everything crashed,” Catherine writes, “and when he made that crash worse.”
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Josh Rogin has an eye on the would-be foreign policy of a second Trump term, and he reports that Trump son-in-law (and former Middle East adviser) Jared Kushner recently delivered troubling remarks that “could mean greater U.S. support for Israelis who want to expel Palestinians from Gaza and resettle the area themselves.”
Finally, Alexandra Petri is attentively following Trump’s attempts to scrounge up the $464 million he owes in a judgment in New York court after insurers declined to underwrite the money. (As Dana says, “If Trump, for all his self-proclaimed business acumen, isn’t a good risk for 30 different insurers, how could he possibly be a good risk for the country?”)
But Alexandra has the perfect idea: an everything-must-go fire sale! Available properties include a beautiful hotel that is “full of spies and, conveniently for the spies, classified documents,” as well as hats, ties, golf shirts and Lindsey Graham’s integrity. Deals galore!
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A worldwide SOS
Speaking of deals, Fareed Zakaria has a three-for-one global backlash for you: the reactionary responses to decades of market liberalization, political democratization and increased access to information technology.
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In an essay adapted from his new book, “Age of Revolutions,” Fareed analyzes the anxiety and fear that all these changes have begotten and the shaky ground on which the liberal order stands. The threats originate not just from abroad — from China, Russia and other illiberal actors — but at home in the West, as well.
The essay is rich in history that reveals that while “rivalry and realpolitik” have been with us forever, “the world of a rules-based international order is relatively new.”
He traces how we got there, how we’ve almost strayed away, and how we might — despite the many challenges — manage to preserve what we have.
Chaser: Jim Geraghty profiles the brave Russians standing up for free society by joining the fight in Ukraine against Vladimir Putin.
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Have you heard of Dragos Tudorache? No, he’s not the six-dozenth-billed character in yet another “Game of Thrones” spinoff. According to Josh Tyrangiel, he might be the world’s smartest politician when it comes to artificial intelligence.
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Josh’s column is an introduction to the Romanian member of the European Parliament, and to his way of thinking on AI, which combines a “kink” for seriousness with a commitment to “shedding Europe’s well-earned reputation for fining Big Tech first and asking questions later,” Josh writes.
Still, Josh reports, Europe is moving with lightning speed on regulation compared with the United States, already passing a comprehensive rule set for AI. It’s not perfect, but it’s an excellent start — largely directed by this man to watch.
Smartest, fastest
- If Ukraine falls, it will be the GOP’s equivalent of Biden’s disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal, Marc Thiessen writes.
- In a new book reviewed by Ruth Marcus, retired Supreme Court justice Stephen Breyer makes the case for setting originalism aside.
- George Will explains why falling inequality — while excellent news in its own right — is an awkward development for the left and right alike.
It’s a goodbye. It’s a haiku. It’s … The Bye-Ku.
A global close-out:
Norms, rules, liberal order —
Everything must go!
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Have your own newsy haiku? Email it to me, along with any questions/comments/ambiguities. Have a great weekend!
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In today’s edition:
Dana Milbank announced today that he is a “self-hating Jew.” If that’s news to you, well, it’s news to him, too, considering his many years lighting candles on Shabbat and volunteering with his synagogue. But when Donald Trump tells you something, you listen.
And as the former president said this week: “Any Jewish person that votes for Democrats hates their religion. They hate everything about Israel, and they should be ashamed of themselves.”
“The chutzpah,” Dana scoffs. And the timing couldn’t be worse — an attack on American Jews from the political right just as they’re already dealing with antisemitism emanating from the far left.
Dana pulled together a handy list of the other outrageous things Trump said this week, including comments dehumanizing immigrants, supporting a nationwide abortion ban and promising a “bloodbath” should the GOP’s presumptive nominee not be elected.
In fact, Dana is setting out to preserve for the record all the “crazy and dangerous utterances” coming from Trump each week from now until the election, lest we bounce from outrage to outrage without consequence.
In other words: “I will watch Trump so you don’t have to.”
Blessedly, Dana will have plenty of help from our other columnists. Catherine Rampell is watching Trump on the economy, and watching Americans watching Trump on the economy. Specifically, she would like to set the record straight for her many countrymen who remember the Trump economy more favorably than they perceive the economy today under President Biden.
The first three years of Trump’s term were economically decent, to be fair, but all these people warmly remembering those days “conveniently lop off his fourth, and final, year, when everything crashed,” Catherine writes, “and when he made that crash worse.”
Josh Rogin has an eye on the would-be foreign policy of a second Trump term, and he reports that Trump son-in-law (and former Middle East adviser) Jared Kushner recently delivered troubling remarks that “could mean greater U.S. support for Israelis who want to expel Palestinians from Gaza and resettle the area themselves.”
Finally, Alexandra Petri is attentively following Trump’s attempts to scrounge up the $464 million he owes in a judgment in New York court after insurers declined to underwrite the money. (As Dana says, “If Trump, for all his self-proclaimed business acumen, isn’t a good risk for 30 different insurers, how could he possibly be a good risk for the country?”)
But Alexandra has the perfect idea: an everything-must-go fire sale! Available properties include a beautiful hotel that is “full of spies and, conveniently for the spies, classified documents,” as well as hats, ties, golf shirts and Lindsey Graham’s integrity. Deals galore!
Speaking of deals, Fareed Zakaria has a three-for-one global backlash for you: the reactionary responses to decades of market liberalization, political democratization and increased access to information technology.
In an essay adapted from his new book, “Age of Revolutions,” Fareed analyzes the anxiety and fear that all these changes have begotten and the shaky ground on which the liberal order stands. The threats originate not just from abroad — from China, Russia and other illiberal actors — but at home in the West, as well.
The essay is rich in history that reveals that while “rivalry and realpolitik” have been with us forever, “the world of a rules-based international order is relatively new.”
He traces how we got there, how we’ve almost strayed away, and how we might — despite the many challenges — manage to preserve what we have.
Chaser: Jim Geraghty profiles the brave Russians standing up for free society by joining the fight in Ukraine against Vladimir Putin.
Have you heard of Dragos Tudorache? No, he’s not the six-dozenth-billed character in yet another “Game of Thrones” spinoff. According to Josh Tyrangiel, he might be the world’s smartest politician when it comes to artificial intelligence.
Josh’s column is an introduction to the Romanian member of the European Parliament, and to his way of thinking on AI, which combines a “kink” for seriousness with a commitment to “shedding Europe’s well-earned reputation for fining Big Tech first and asking questions later,” Josh writes.
Still, Josh reports, Europe is moving with lightning speed on regulation compared with the United States, already passing a comprehensive rule set for AI. It’s not perfect, but it’s an excellent start — largely directed by this man to watch.
It’s a goodbye. It’s a haiku. It’s … The Bye-Ku.
A global close-out:
Norms, rules, liberal order —
Everything must go!
***
Have your own newsy haiku? Email it to me, along with any questions/comments/ambiguities. Have a great weekend!
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