Opinion

Washington wants a share of the AI boom and reassurance that somebody else has the risks under control. Preferably the same people producing the boom. That is a comfortable political arrangement until those people start discussing how much power they might actually acquire. Then the enthusiasm becomes irritation, and the invitation to help shape the future comes with a request … [Read more...] about Washington Fears AI Power and Still Wants to Clip the Coupons

Volodymyr Zelensky’s achievement in the Starlink confrontation was to make an obscure restriction impossible to hide behind technical language. A satellite connection that fails when a drone accelerates is a battlefield problem. Once the Ukrainian president kept describing its consequences in public, it became a political problem for Donald Trump and Elon Musk. By October 24, … [Read more...] about How Zelensky Embarrassed Trump and Musk Over Starlink

For years I believed the American president was the only person on earth who could truly frighten the Islamic Republic. The carriers are American. The B-2s are American. The bunker busters that went into Fordow in June last year were American. So when Donald Trump tells reporters to wait and see what he does to Iran, I take the sentence seriously, because the arsenal behind it … [Read more...] about The Worst Nightmare of Tehran Is Israel, Not Trump

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has found another opportunity to lecture Senator Elizabeth Warren on elementary economics. In a combative post on X, he accuses Warren of manipulating inflation statistics, ignoring improvements in real wages under President Donald Trump, and selectively choosing figures that make the administration look bad. His language is colorful, his … [Read more...] about What Scott Bessent Doesn’t Say: America’s Debt Crisis Is Bigger Than His Inflation Argument

Representative John Garamendi, a California Democrat and senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, has sharply criticized President Donald Trump’s reported decision to ease sanctions on Russian diesel fuel, arguing that the economic benefits for American consumers would be negligible while the strategic consequences could be substantial. In a statement released from … [Read more...] about Garamendi Condemns Trump’s Decision to Ease Russian Diesel Sanctions, Warning of Risks to U.S. National Security