It was a rough night in Louisiana — or as they say down there — “Looziana.” Hurricane Laura rolled in in the wee small hours of the morning. The National Hurricane Centre warned that Laura was “unsurvivable” and “castastrophic.” But Donald Trump’s party went on. And once again, Dana Milbank
Continue readingTag: Trump’s Defeat
Northern Reflections: Biden Will Win
Tony Burman is getting more and more certain that Joe Biden will be the next American president. He writes: With more than 100,000 Americans dead and 40 million others out of work as a result of the pandemic and the U.S. government’s disastrous handling of it, Donald J. Trump will
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: A Madman
There are those who still confidently predict that Donald Trump will win re-election. But Frank Bruni writes that Trump is self-destructing before our eyes: As Katie Rogers and Annie Karni reported in The Times, the president feels isolated and embattled and is panicked that he’ll lose to Joe Biden in
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Not Likely
Lawrence Martin writes that Donald Trump is not likely to win re-election. What used to be his strong suit — the economy — has been shattered by the coronavirus: The Trump Republicans are hopeful that when the lockdown is lifted, the economy will come roaring back. Not by the fall it
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: No Man To Do Business With
Yesterday was quite a day. The Republican repudiation of Barack Obama’s health care bill went down to defeat. Ezra Klein doesn’t mince words: Let’s be clear about what happened here. The American Health Care Act failed because it was a terrible piece of legislation. It would have thrown 24 million
Continue reading