“What seemed impossible now seems more than plausible: Donald J. Trump, the self-referential deal maker, could pull off a hostile takeover of the Grand Old Party.”
— David Axelrod, writing for the New York Times.


“What seemed impossible now seems more than plausible: Donald J. Trump, the self-referential deal maker, could pull off a hostile takeover of the Grand Old Party.”
— David Axelrod, writing for the New York Times.
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“Senior Defense Department officials are considering a proposal to withdraw as many as 10,000 troops from Eastern Europe, sparking concern on both continents that it would embolden Russian President Vladimir…
Paul Krugman: “By now it’s obvious to anyone willing to see — which many people still aren’t — that Donald Trump is, in practice, waging war against American greatness. And…
Wall Street Journal: “Trump has asked why Lutnick is at the White House so often, and he has grown frustrated with his commerce secretary at times, advisers said, particularly when…
Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro wrote an article in the Financial Times on tariffs insisting “this is not a negotiation” at 1:45 p.m. yesterday — exactly half an hour before…
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Punchbowl News: “Speaker Mike Johnson has a rebellion on his hands. And this is supposed to be the easy part of passing President Donald Trump’s agenda.” “In the midst of…
China’s government said Tuesday it will “resolutely take countermeasures” if President Trump carries out his threat to impose an extra 50% tariff on Chinese goods, Axios reports. In a sign…
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Seward Prasad: “Rather than fixing the rules that some U.S. trading partners took advantage of, Trump has chosen to blow up the entire system. He has taken the hatchet to…
“The Trump administration’s aggressive efforts to enact major elements of its agenda have led to a series of courtroom clashes between increasingly skeptical judges and the beleaguered lawyers responsible for…
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Edward Alden: “Whatever is written from here on about Trump, the word “conservative” should never again be attached to his name—he is a revolutionary, tearing down the old order and…
China says it “will fight to the end” if Trump follows through on his threat to raise the tariff on Chinese goods by an additional 50%, the Wall Street Journal…
“The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to resume use of the Aliens Enemies Act to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador,” Axios reports. “It’s a…
Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.
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