Bye, Scott. Is Donald Next?

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Jul 6, 2018 Scott Pruitt's resignation as head of the Environmental Protection Agency is an ethical and environmental victory—and makes a case for the president's own resignation stronger. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Trump Is Moving Into a New and More Dangerous Phase

Robert Reich / RobertReich.Org Mar 19, 2018 The president has become the Mad King who says or does anything his gut tells him to, while his courtiers genuflect. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Jared Kushner, R.I.P: A Political Obituary for the President’s Son-in-Law

Nomi Prins / TomDispatch Mar 19, 2018 Here we are a little more than a year into the Trump presidency and his administration’s body count is already, as The Donald might put it: “unbelievable, perhaps record-setting.” Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Trump Fires Tillerson at State, Replacing Him With CIA’s Pompeo

JOSH LEDERMAN and MATTHEW LEE / The Associated Press Mar 13, 2018 The president abruptly ends the secretary of state's tenure and puts Mike Pompeo, an ardent foe of the Iran nuclear deal, in charge of U.S. diplomacy. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Trade Wars and Diminished Credibility

Nomi Prins / Truthdig Mar 10, 2018 The U.S. remains in a precarious economic situation, as does the world. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Mexico, Canada, Others May Be Exempted From U.S. Tariffs

KEN THOMAS / The Associated Press Mar 7, 2018 "We're not trying to blow up the world," Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross says of President Trump's "flexibility" regarding planned tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

President’s Economic Adviser Gary Cohn Leaving Over Trade Policy

ZEKE MILLER and JONATHAN LEMIRE / The Associated Press Mar 6, 2018 As director of the National Economic Council, Cohn was the leading internal opponent of Donald Trump's planned tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Seriously, How Dumb Is Trump?

Robert Reich / RobertReich.Org Jan 7, 2018 Some who work with the president have called him remarkably stupid. But hold on. It would be dangerous to underestimate the abilities of this con artist. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Tax Plan’s Mega-Gift to Rich Trump Appointees

Allan Sloan / ProPublica Nov 12, 2017 The GOP proposal would allow them to pass millions to their heirs without inheritance levies—and that's not its only perk. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Growing Danger of Dynastic Wealth

Robert Reich / RobertReich.Org Sep 17, 2017 It's so easy for the wealthy to pass their fortunes to their children, tax-free, and Republicans are about to make it even easier. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Trump Seems to Think Americans Have Forgotten What They Lost in 2008 (Video)

By Robert Reich / RobertReich.org May 3, 2017 The president has ordered a rollback of Wall Street regulations, including the Dodd-Frank Act, passed in 2010 to prevent another too-big-to-fail banking crisis. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Wall Street and Corporate America Don’t Seem to Have Learned a Thing From the Past Year

By Robert Reich / RobertReich.org Apr 26, 2017 With Steve Bannon on the way out, official Washington is jumping for joy that Gary Cohn (pictured)—former president of Goldman Sachs—seems to be taking over Trump’s brain. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )