Trump vs. the Spy Chiefs: Who’s Right?
While it’s not unusual for a president and the intel community to diverge on the gravity of threats, what is astonishing is that the intel leaders would declare a...
About: Patrick J. Buchanan
Posts by Patrick J. Buchanan
If the Army Stands With Maduro, What Is Plan B?
If Maduro, with America’s prestige on the line, defies our demand that he yield, what do we do then? What is Plan B? “Assad must go!” said Barack Obama....
When Democracy Fails to Deliver
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible ... make violent revolution inevitable,” said John F. Kennedy. ...
At Age 70, Time to Rethink NATO
"Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last." So said President Charles De Gaulle, who in 1966 ordered NATO to vacate its Paris headquarters and...
Is Bolton Steering Trump Into War With Iran?
"Stop the ENDLESS WARS!" implored President Donald Trump in a Sunday night tweet. Well, if he is serious, Trump had best keep an eye on his national security adviser,...
Memo to Trump: Declare an Emergency
In the long run, history will validate Donald Trump's stand on a border wall to defend the sovereignty and security of the United States. ...
No, This Is Not JFK’s Democratic Party
Is there no limit to the ideological, political, religious, racial and ethnic diversity a party and nation can tolerate before it comes apart? ...
Trump and The Post: Whose Side Is Mitt On?
If there is a more anti-Trump organ in the American establishment than The Washington Post, it does not readily come to mind. ...
How the War Party Lost the Middle East
"Assad must go, Obama says." So read the headline in The Washington Post, Aug. 18, 2011. ...
2020: Year of the Democrats? Maybe Not
If Democrats are optimistic as 2019 begins, it is understandable. ...
Christmas 2018: Not the Worst of Times
While cable news and social media are on fire over the shutdown and the pullout from Syria, the Silent Majority, one imagines, is more focused on an earlier event,...
Will Trump Hold Firm on Syrian Pullout?
Trump overruled his secretaries of state and defense, and jolted this city and capitals across NATO Europe and the Middle East. Yet, Trump is doing exactly what he promised...
Can America Fight Two Cold Wars at Once?
Can the U.S. pursue a Cold War policy of containment against both of the other great military powers, even as we maintain our Cold War commitments to defend scores...
What Lies Behind the Malaise of the West?
Is it coincidence or contagion, this malady that seems to have suddenly induced paralysis in the leading nations of the West? ...
How Democracy Is Losing the World
If Donald Trump told Michael Cohen to pay hush money to Stormy Daniels about a one-night stand a decade ago, that, says Jerome Nadler, incoming chair of House Judiciary,...
Will Paris Riots Scuttle Climate Accord?
Paris shows that Western elites may be reaching the limits of their political capacity to impose major sacrifices upon their constituents, who are turning to populists of the left...
Trump’s Crucial Test at San Ysidro
For Trump, the die is cast. Not only are border security, the wall, and his pledge to halt the illegal invasion of his country what got him elected, they...
Are the Saudi Princes True Friends?
The 633-word statement of President Donald Trump on the Saudi royals' role in the grisly murder of Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi is a remarkable document, not only for...
Will Democratic Rebels Dethrone Nancy?
After adding at least 37 seats and taking control of the House by running on change, congressional Democrats appear to be about to elect as their future leaders three...
Trump Raises the Stakes With CNN
Is Trump obligated to provide access to whomever CNN chooses to represent the network in the West Wing, even if the individual assigned routinely baits the press secretary and...