John Hinderaker

Trump's appointments are coming thick and fast, and there is probably no reason to comment on all of them. But here are a few thoughts on some of the recent ones.

Donald Trump's critics thought he wasn't sufficiently pro-Ukraine, and he might cut off aid to that country, enabling a Russian victory. But Volodymyr Zelensky doesn't see it that way

I was assured that foreigners hate Donald Trump, that his election would weaken America and cause us to lose standing in the world, that he is likely in the pocket of Putin and is more or less a traitor.

Donald Trump's cabinet nominees are coming under attack. They all will, I suspect, to the extent that Democrats can come up with something to use against them.

Kamala Harris launched her campaign with the claim that she would be bringing the politics of joy. That lasted for about a day and a half.

MSNBC morning hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski trekked to Mara-a-Lago to meet with President-elect Trump

The New York Times has this “news” report on Matt Gaetz, whose nomination the paper is desperate to defeat:

Some years ago, I heard that Matt Gaetz had been accused of having sex with an underage girl. Much later, I understood that the claim had turned out to be false and had been dropped. But now, following Gaetz’s nomination as Attorney General, it has reappeared in the guise of a House Ethics Committee investigation and attendant newspaper leaks. Headlines have been full of salacious references to sex with a 17-year-old. I wondered why that was ever a matter for criminal investigation, since in most states 17 would be above the age of consent. But the age of consent is 18 in Florida, where I take the incident supposedly occurred.

The organization that I run, Center of the American Experiment , is Minnesota's flagship conservative organization.

The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.