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Trump is embarrassing us. Even Republicans don’t want Greenland. | Opinion

When I first saw a note from President Donald Trump to the prime minister of Norway popping up on social media, I thought it was fake. I’ve written about this loon of a politician for more than a decade, but surely this ornery, whining communiqué to a world leader – with Trump venting over not receiving a Nobel Peace Prize while threatening to take Greenland by any means necessary – was a prank.
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Frank Barry: What Vance gets wrong about being an American

What does it mean to be an American? That question lies at the heart of a debate between Vivek Ramaswamy and Vice President JD Vance that will help determine the future of the Republican Party. The run-up to the country’s semiquincentennial is the perfect time to hold the debate, but it also presents an enormous problem for Vance: The Founders were on Ramaswamy’s side. In a recent speech and ...
Opinion >  Syndicated columns

Mary Ellen Klas: What my Trump-supporting friends won’t say

Let’s resolve to have the courage to speak up more in 2026. I realize this is easy for me to say; I’m a columnist. But I live in Florida, where I have many friends who have been Trump supporters and who are privately queasy about what they see as brazen corruption coming from President Donald Trump and his administration. While there is widespread support for the ouster of Venezuelan President ...