The ‘Madman’ Behind Trump’s Trade Theory

“No one’s more careful about what they buy,” Peter Navarro told me recently. The director of the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy was explaining that he reads labels closely and avoids products made in China. “People need to be mindful of the high cost of low prices,” he said. In Navarro’s telling, those cheap […]

Donald Trump’s Nuclear Rhetoric Echoes Richard Nixon’s ‘Madman’ Theory, But Won’t End Well

The ongoing war of words between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un echoes Richard Nixon’s Vietnam rhetoric. It won’t play out any better today than it did then. https://media.wired.com/photos/59d80f2c6768f8548c6c9d24/master/pass/Trump-849507970.jpg Feed: All Latest

Trump discusses ‘madman Kim & good guy Xi’ in leaked call with Philippines’ Duterte

Donald Trump told Philippines’ Rodrigo Duterte in a phone call last month that he is prepared to use force against “madman” Kim Jong-un but hoped the “good guy” Xi Jinping will help solve the North Korean nuclear issue, according to a leaked transcript. The full transcript of the conversation from April 29, at the close […]