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May 7, 2019
Matt Ford
The Ignoble Afterlife of the Trump Staffer
John Kelly is the latest former official to cash in on his experience working for a corrupt and immoral administration.
December 7, 2018
Jeet Heer
Trump says his former secretary of state was “dumb as a rock” and “lazy as hell.”
December 7, 2018
Jeet Heer
Rex Tillerson found it hard to work for a president who “doesn’t like to read.”
August 1, 2018
Jeet Heer
Was Rex Tillerson fired for trying to prevent a Middle Eastern war?
May 21, 2018
Heather Souvaine Horn
Venezuela is on the brink, and the U.S. might push it over.
April 11, 2018
MagazineEmily Atkin
Undoing American Climate Diplomacy
Trump’s new secretary of state does not improve the situation.
March 16, 2018
Alex Shephard
Trump is systematically removing the guardrails in his cabinet.
March 13, 2018
Jeet Heer
You’ll Miss Him When He’s Gone
Rex Tillerson may have been the most ineffective secretary of state, ever. But his chosen replacement, Mike Pompeo, is an extreme hawk.
March 13, 2018
Suzanne Monyak
Was Rex Tillerson canned for pointing the finger at Russia?
March 13, 2018
Emily Atkin
Mike Pompeo may be the first climate-denying secretary of state.
March 13, 2018
Sarah Jones
Gina Haspel, Trump’s pick to head the CIA, played a leading role in Bush’s torture regime.
March 13, 2018
Alex Shephard
Rex Tillerson just got brutally dumped from the White House.
January 19, 2018
Brian Katulis, Daniel Benaim
Trump’s Middle East Policy: The Good(ish), the Bad, and the Ugly
A look back at what the administration has accomplished in the region in the past year
January 3, 2018
Jeet Heer
America Is Not in Retreat. It’s a Rogue Superpower.
As Trump upends international relations, will other nations restore stability?
December 21, 2017
Jeet Heer
The Dangerous Incoherence of Trump’s Russia Policy
The president wants a partnership with Vladimir Putin, but his national security leaders are pursuing aggressive containment.
December 1, 2017
Jeet Heer
Trump’s Descent Into Madness Is a Worldwide Crisis
His Islamophobic tweets, feud with Britain, and supposed plans to replace Rex Tillerson are creating a highly combustible situation.
November 28, 2017
MagazineKimberly Marten
Digital Détente
The case for cyber peace with Russia
October 19, 2017
Alex Shephard
Does Trump Live in an Alternate Reality?
Some believe that the president is so divorced from actual governance that his statements have limited consequences. But that isn't the case.
October 11, 2017
Jeet Heer
Now we know why Rex Tillerson called Trump a “moron.”
October 10, 2017
Jeet Heer
Trump: I’m much smarter than the man who called me a “moron.”

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