Tribune Content Agency Opinions

GOP pressure on Trump was long overdue

Upon hearing the news that President Trump bowed to pressure from congressional Republicans and reversed his decision to hold next year's G-7 summit at the Trump National Doral Miami, my immediate response was, "Ah, what might have been."

No, I'm not wistful about the missed opportunity for taxpayers to throw a lifeline to Trump's struggling resort. Rather, I'm a bit misty-eyed about what the last three years might have looked like if Republicans had shown this

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Tribune Content Agency Opinions

Tribune Content Agency Opinions3 min readAmerican Government
Jesse Jackson: Suffer the Children
In January, the House of Representatives passed a bipartisan bill (that in itself is something of a miracle) that would provide tax credits to help 16 million poor children. It would lift an estimated 400,000 children out of poverty in its first year
Tribune Content Agency Opinions4 min readWorld
Robert C. Koehler: The ‘accepted insanity’ of World War III
“Mr. Netanyahu faces a delicate calculation — how to respond to Iran in order not to look weak, while trying to avoid alienating the Biden administration and other allies already impatient with Israel’s prosecution of the war in Gaza.” Yeah, this is
Tribune Content Agency Opinions3 min read
Cal Thomas: A Taxing Time
Was it as bad for you as it was for me? Sending Washington money we earn, but Washington doesn’t, I mean? It’s not just being part of half the nation that pays taxes while the other half doesn’t that bothers me. It’s the waste and unnecessary program

Related Books & Audiobooks