Week in Review: The Madcap Caution of Donald Trump

Subtract Trump's taste for nonstop controversy and rhetorical brinkmanship, and you're left with an incrementalist center-right government.

June 23 2019

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The Madcap Caution of Donald Trump Rich Lowry Subtract Trump's taste for nonstop controversy and rhetorical brinkmanship, and you're left with an incrementalist center-right government. Read More ADVERTISEMENT Top Stories Inching Back toward the Rule of Law Kevin D. Williamson Our current legislators have abandoned regular order and instead lurch from crisis to crisis and artificial emergency to artificial emergency, steadily ceding power to the power-hungry presidency and to the bureaucracies reporting to it. Joe and the Segs Kevin D. Williamson Biden here has performed something of a public service: smoking out the few people in the Democratic party who are less serious than he is. Vermont Expands Medicaid to Cover Gender Affirmation Surgeries for Minors Mairead McArdle Vermont is expanding its Medicaid coverage to cover gender affirmation surgery for transgender patients under 21 who wish to undergo the procedures. ADVERTISEMENT Joe Biden's Segregationist Problem Dan McLaughlin In a political culture increasingly focused on past sins against racial and gender equality, Biden has long been sitting on a time bomb: his many enduring friendships and alliances with segregationist Dixiecrats. Trump's Personality Is His Biggest Reelection Obstacle Jonah Goldberg The problem for Trump is that if the central question of the election is him, he will lose because he is not popular. Two Painful Truths of America's Religious Culture War David French Secular government is breaking its promise of liberty, and the American church is breaking its promise of virtue. Bernie Sanders Is FDR's Unimaginative Echo George Will Sanders says, "what I mean by democratic socialism" is "economic rights are human rights." Really. That's it. FAA Orders U.S. Airlines to Avoid Iranian Airspace Mairead McArdle The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday ordered U.S. airlines not to fly in Iranian airspace as tensions between the two countries continue to rise. ADVERTISEMENT GIVE THE GIFT OF NR Gift Your Grad! Move that special grad in your life in the right direction. Enter coupon code MYGRAD at checkout to get 60% off all NR gift subscriptions. SEE MY OPTIONS Photo Essays China's Viral Photo Fans Hong Kong Protests ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY, 10036, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.