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Kim Jong-Un
March 21, 2024
Magazine
Jordan Michael Smith
If Trump and His Heroes Ruled the World
So long, Sunak, Macron, Trudeau. Hello, Vlad, Viktor, and Kim. What would happen to the United States, and the world, if Donald Trump made it back to the Oval Office? The “leader of the free world” would become a fanboy follower in the unfree one.
December 18, 2023
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Donald Trump’s Rhetoric About Immigrants Has Somehow Gotten Even More Fascistic
The former president called the situation at the southern border a “military invasion” on Sunday, a day after saying that immigrants were “poisoning the blood of our country.”
April 23, 2020
Ankit Panda
What Happens If Kim Jong Un Dies?
Reports of the dictator’s death may be exaggerated, but his health is undeniably brittle, and so is his regime.
December 10, 2019
Ankit Panda
The Trump-Kim Bromance Is Over
Trump continues to boast that he's brought North Korea to heel. The truth is much more dire.
November 18, 2019
Ankit Panda
Trump Makes Japan an Offer It Can’t Refuse
The president is shaking down Tokyo and Seoul for billions more in security aid, and testing the foundations of U.S. alliances in Asia.
August 1, 2019
Heather Souvaine Horn
Let’s Get Into a Fight About Foreign Policy
After another two nights of Democratic debates, the 2020 field has spent little time on some of the presidency's most consequential challenges.
July 2, 2019
Ryu Spaeth
The Meaning of Trump’s Historic North Korean Jaunt, in One Image
Theater, thwarted advisers, and a victory for Kim Jong Un
June 12, 2019
Magazine
David Roth
The Man Who Was Upset
Making sense of Donald Trump's petulant reign
April 24, 2019
Heather Souvaine Horn
The Foolhardy Quest to Define a “Trump Doctrine”
A pro-Trump intellectual's attempt to ascribe a method to the president's madness shows just how hopeless that is.
April 4, 2019
Magazine
Jacob Bacharach
MSNBC’s Wild Ride
Thanks to Trump and the Russia investigation, the liberal network is booming. But is it selling its viewers a conspiratorial fantasy?
March 25, 2019
Magazine
Sarah Posner
Right Makes Might
Long before Trump came on the scene, key congressional Republicans had been sidling up to nativist and authoritarian leaders across the globe.
February 27, 2019
Geoffrey Cain
North Korea Is Not Vietnam
Expecting the brutally repressive state to liberalize magically the way Vietnam did is a pipe dream.
November 12, 2018
Jeet Heer
Trump’s North Korean love story is turning out to be a fantasy.
October 22, 2018
Magazine
Suki Kim
The Dealmaker
Splashy summits and Nobel Prize talk are a sideshow. The real power behind peace on the Korean Peninsula isn’t Donald Trump or even Kim Jong-un. It's South Korean President Moon Jae-in.
September 30, 2018
Jeet Heer
Trump regales a crowd with the story of how he and Kim Jong Un “fell in love.”
September 11, 2018
Jeet Heer
Lindsey Graham promoted a hare-brained scheme to assassinate Kim Jong Un.
August 24, 2018
Michael H. Fuchs
Fiddling With Travel Schedules Won’t Make North Korea Denuclearize
Now you see the diplomatic trip to Pyongyang—now you don't!
July 6, 2018
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump’s mind is still on Elton John.
July 2, 2018
Jeet Heer
Trump Administration tweets optimism while North Korea increases nuclear production.
June 15, 2018
Jeet Heer
Trump does a joking/not joking routine celebrating North Korean executions.
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