By William H. Freivogel Opinion One theme emerging from this historically chaotic week in the Trump White House is the president’s continued insistence that leaks to mainstream media have created a phony scandal about Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. But President Trump’s effort to downplay the Russia story by delegitimizing the mainstream…
By William H. Freivogel Opinion Almost every day, President Donald Trump behaves the way parents tell their children never to behave. He lies, boasts, berates friends, threatens foes, acts like a spoilsport, blames others for his failings, objectifies women, demands the spotlight and relishes flouting the norms of public behavior. To many of his supporters,…
By William H. Freivogel Opinion False and misleading statements from President Donald Trump and the White House pile up day-by-day, week-by-week, steadily undermining the president’s credibility and making him the most unpopular president in modern history at the six-month mark. Trump claims to have signed more bills than any other modern president. He hasn’t. He…
opinion by William H. Freivogel The New York Times’ story about Donald Trump Jr.’s enthusiastic reaction to the prospect of getting dirt from Russia on Hillary Clinton is the biggest bombshell among the many big newspaper disclosures published during the first six months of the Trump presidency. Since the Russian scandal began, Trump has insisted…
opinion by William H. Freivogel President Donald J. Trump can spend his entire presidency threatening the press, calling it the enemy, branding real news fake and fake news real. He can tweet crude attacks on female journalists and post nonsensical videos like the one of him beating up CNN in a parody of Wrestlemania. But…