David Rothkopf

There has never been a week like this one in the long history of U.S. presidential transitions.

The “I can do whatever the f--k I want to” phase of Donald Trump 's second term as president ended on Thursday, just over two weeks after his election win.

Matt Gaetz withdrawing from consideration for Attorney General serves as a reminder to Donald Trump that he will not get everything he wants during his second term.

The consequences for the GOP of rubber stamping the worst of Trump’s nominees will be almost as bad for them as it would be for the rest of the country.

Too many cooks in the White House kitchens can spoil a lot more than broth.

Carter served in the Navy, won the Nobel Prize, fought for civil rights, human rights, and environmental preservation. Trump, the opposite.

It’s time we all admitted that Donald Trump’s success—and certainly his re-election—reveals the degree to which our democracy has been decaying for decades.

· 6-min read If billionaires are so powerful, how come so many of them are behaving like such weaklings around Donald Trump