Trump’s weird dancing episode may finally bring his mental decline center stage for voters—and reveal him as the worst possible choice for president.
David Rothkopf is CEO of The Rothkopf Group, a media company that produces podcasts including Deep State Radio, hosted by Rothkopf. TRG also produces custom podcasts for clients including the United Arab Emirates. He is also the author of many books including Running the World: The Inside Story of the National Security Council and the Architects of American Power, Superclass, Power, Inc., National Insecurity, Great Questions of Tomorrow, and Traitor: A History of Betraying America from Benedict Arnold to Donald Trump. His daily newsletter "Need to Know" is available at davidrothkopf.substack.com.
Typically, such revelations about private chats with one of our most dangerous enemies would have been the political end for any American politician. Not Trump.
Don’t be fooled by pundits who say, “This was the civil debate we’ve long aspired to.” It’s not civil to lie. It’s not a real debate when big points of difference are glossed over.
A threat to the life of a political candidate is heinous—but Trump’s response to a second assassination attempt has been to further enflame and divide.
Kamala Harris trounced Trump at Tuesday’s debate, but to win the election she and Tim Walz will have to keep giving performances like it for the next 55 days—day in and day out.
If Trump wins he can shut investigations down, escape jail, and collude with Putin—while Putin can accept his payment in the form of America ceasing Ukraine aid, and leaving NATO.
Harris and Walz were excellent, even if Dana Bash’s insipid questions merely recycled limp GOP critiques, and made clear why such interviews have so little value for voters.
The effectiveness of her DNC speech lay not in its broad strokes but in its details and delivery—in the moments that best connected Harris, her convictions, and her audience.
The media is desperate to find fault in Kamala Harris’ campaign, ignoring how terrible a Trump victory would be, as well as how formidably well Harris and Tim Walz are performing.
Legit blue-collar roots, solid governor, a teaching, coaching, military record, he even speaks Mandarin Chinese—Walz is a kind of a Swiss Army Knife candidate. He does it all.