kim jong un

• Commentary

Zirpoli: Policy by tweets and love letters

Kim is not the only one who has Trump’s trust. When Putin tells Trump that he didn’t try to interfere with our 2016 elections, Trump believes him.

• Opinion

Robert B. Reich: What's truly terrifying about Trump's private transactions

Donald Trump's brain sees everything as a private transaction not subject to law, says Robert B. Reich.

• Opinion

Trump's thrilled he can call Stormy Daniels a 'con' with impunity. So are we; it means we can call him a liar, and a bully, and ...

Donald Trump's lawsuit victory against Stephanie Clifford (aka Stormy Daniels) in a defamation case is a big win for the media, too.

• Opinion

Trump prefers the 'alternate universe' of Kanye West

Kanye West's theatrical “I love this man” embrace of the president smacked of a Shirley Temple-era little black boy showing off for Massa Trump’s invited guests.

• Commentary

Zirpoli: Trump’s attraction to despots

President Trump appears to admire despicable people like Vladimir Putin. Perhaps he is naïve as demonstrated in his voicing trust and admiration for Kim Jong Un. Consider Dinesh D’Souza who Trump recently pardoned.

• Opinion

Robert B. Reich: Trump's art of the no-deal

Robert Reich: For a supposed "deal maker," Donald Trump hasn't made any that have stuck thus far.

• Opinion

Busy week of kissing up to Trump for Sinclair's Boris Epshteyn

Two "Bottom Line with Boris" segments by former Trump aide Boris Epshteyn approach the line between commentary and propaganda and blow right past it.

By David Zurawik

Jun 22, 2018

• Opinion

Oh, Canada: Trump tramples an ally

Don't be surprised if other world leaders decide it's in their interest to behave antagonistically toward America now that Trump has decided it's in his interest to do so to them.

• Opinion

Witcover: Trump 'trusts' Kim, but will he verify?

Jules Witcover: President Trump Kim Jong-un, but will he verify the North Korean leader's promises?

• Opinion

Alternative Fact of the Week: Trump's preexisting condition

If there's one thing candidate Donald Trump promised about Obamacare's future, it's that preexisting medical conditions would be covered. Well, now maybe not so much.

• Opinion

A deal maker — or breaker?

For someone who thinks he's a deal maker, President Trump sure breaks a lot more of them.

• Opinion

North Korea shouldn't have nukes — and neither should we

Leaders of our country, Republican and Democrat alike, who demand that the United States accept nothing less from North Korean President Kim Jong-un than his country’s unilateral denuclearization, should consider what gives America – or any country — a right to have these weapons.

• Maryland

Along Ellicott City's Korean Way, mixed views on North Korea summit

Locals along the stretch shared their perspectives on the historic meeting, which ranged from optimism to cautious skepticism.

• Opinion

Advantage Kim

Historic meeting in Singapore produces uncertain results, but that it happened at all is a big boost for North Korea's dictator.

• Opinion

Robert B. Reich: Trump's megalomania is driving US foreign policy

Foreign policy in the Trump administration isn't about U.S. interests, says Robert Reich, it's about Mr. Trump's interests.

• Opinion

Witcover: Trump's change of heart on North Korea summit

 In the old language of the 1963 Cuban Missile Crisis, President Donald Trump "has just blinked" regarding the planned meeting with North Korea dicatator Kim Jong Un. In President John F. Kennedy's day, a nuclear exchange with the Soviet Union was avoided. This time, who knows?

• Commentary

Zirpoli: Loyalty must be earned

A good manager balances the good and bad in everyone and every situation. Public humiliation, as President Trump demonstrates frequently with the Justice Department, the FBI, and members of his cabinet, earn him disloyalty, not loyalty.

• Maryland

Crisp: Trump should cancel meeting with Kim Jong Un

The notion of a Nobel Peace Prize for President Donald Trump is a peculiar one, but only the most petty, hyperpartisan soul could wish for him to fail at the

• Opinion

Trump and Kim should hold their summit at Baltimore's HonFest, here's why

President Trump will have his much-anticipated meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un in Singapore on June 12. And that’s a pity. Nuclear Armageddon would be more easily avoided if theymet a few days earlier at Hamden’s annual HonFest, which has, at its root what the two men have in common: hair.

• Commentary

Culleton: What happened to draining the swamp?

President Trump loves to bask in the admiration of his supporters in campaign-style rallies. At his latest rally the crowd broke into his campaign chant of "Drain the swamp." Now that is a cause I can support.

• Maryland

Maryland Korean-Americans 'cautiously optimistic' as historic summit looms

As President Donald Trump prepares to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, Koreans and Korean-Americans in Maryland are watching intently.

By Jonathan M. Pitts

May 9, 2018

• Opinion

Iran nuclear deal: Trump's foolish gamble

By reneging on the Iran nuclear pact, President Trump has undermined national security and and the future of U.S. diplomacy.

• Commentary

Kennedy: Rapid change, chaos hallmark of Trump Administration

There has been another defection from the stable of White House legal eagles. Ty Cobb is not the first, and I suspect not the last, of Mr. Trump’s inner circle to vacate his position. It leaves one to wonder why so many of Trump's close advisers are bailing, like rats deserting a sinking ship.

• Opinion

Cal Thomas: Learning from North Korea's history

Given North Korea's trail of broken promises, it is highly unlikely any new pledge will be honored, says Cal Thomas.

• Opinion

Trump's approach to Kim Jong-un follows 'negotiation playbook'

Mr. Trump has his critics; nowhere has this been more apparent than in the evaluation of his efforts to resolve the inherited threat posed by North Korea. As a former government negotiator, however, I find myself viewing his actions from a perspective not often considered.

• Maryland

Nobel prize for Trump, Kim no joke

Coral, one of the top British bookmakers, has Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un as favorites — at 2/1 odds — to win the Nobel Peace Prize this year. They're ahead

• Opinion

Witcover: The rule of law, and of sanity, in Trumpland

With our executive branch in the hands of Donald Trump and the Republican-controlled legislative branch now essentially subservient to him, the judicial branch and the Justice Department  now remain the principal defenders of the rule of law in this country.

• Opinion

More about North Korea, less about Stormy

When an adult film actress gets more coverage than negotiations with North Korea, there's some poor journalism going on.

• Politics

Sen. Ben Cardin joins Democrats in opposing Mike Pompeo as Trump's new secretary of state

U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin announced Wednesday that he opposes the nomination of CIA director Mike Pompeo to serve as President Donald Trump’s next secretary of state.

• Opinion

North Korea: Another Cuban missile crisis?

Arrival of John Bolton and the triumph of the hawks in the Trump White House makes North Korea nuclear talks worrisome.

• Opinion

Just when you thought Trump's foreign policy couldn't get more chaotic, enter John Bolton

John Bolton will be a destabilizing force as President Donald Trump's National Security Adviser.

By Jules Witcover

Mar 26, 2018

• Opinion

President Trump's unbecoming love for foreign dictators

If President Trump can't stand up to Putin, how can he be expected to challenge Kim Jong Un or any other strongman?

• Opinion

Robert B. Reich: The menace of a mad king

Donald Trump is Mad King who says or does anything his gut tells him to, while his courtiers genuflect, says Robert Reich.

• Commentary

Zirpoli: Trump is weak on Russia ... but why?

Hours before calling Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to tell him he was being fired from his position, Trump publicly announced Tillerson’s firing in a tweet. With that tweet, once again, Trump demonstrated two things: He has no loyalty to those who serve in his administration and he has no class.

• Opinion

Goldberg: North Korea's dark history should frame any negotiations

Negotiating with North Korea may be the right thing to do, but our negotiators should understand the monstrosity they're dealing with.

• Opinion

Alternative Fact of the Week: Lie to a Canadian — they're too nice to get angry about it

What do you call it when you Trump-splain trade deficits to PM Trudeau and then brag that you had no idea what you were talking about? No, seriously, what do you call it? We've run out of words.

• Russia

Tillerson out, chaos in

Rex Tillerson was never a good fit for an administration that runs on seat-of-the-pants decision-making.

• Opinion

Politicians use Olympics to cloud human rights abuses

There is a battle taking place at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, and it is not about sports. The United States and North Korea are locked in a struggle over who controls the narrative on human rights abuses in the reclusive regime.

• Sports

Commentary: Politics, racism and bigotry are ruining the Winter Olympics

Vice President Mike Pence's refusal to stand for the Unified Korean team's introduction at the Opening Ceremony was ironic and hypocritical after he left an NFL game in which players knelt during the national anthem.

• Opinion

After the Nunes memo — and predictable Trump tweetstorm — Washington needs a time-out

Trump happy to promote partisanship, distrust and anarchy to derail Mueller investigation.

• Olympics

Five storylines for the 2018 Winter Olympics

From nuclear politics to American skiing stars to Russian doping, here are the key stories when the 2018 Winter Olympics begin Friday.

By Childs Walker

Feb 2, 2018

• Opinion

Trump's America-last foreign policy

President Donald Trump's juvenile, bullying, jingoistic foreign policy is quickly making America irrelevant in international affairs.

• Opinion

Rachel Marsden: Trump, Putin striving to strike the right balance in US-Russia relations

We need more so-called "collusion" between the U.S. and Russia, says Rachel Marsden.

• Opinion

Nobel Peace Prize: How the U.S. can maintain its moral authority in a world opposed to nuclear weapons

Trump and Kim ramp up their war of words at the world's peril

• Opinion

North Korea: Time for Plan B

It's time the United States recognize North Korea as a nuclear power.

• Maryland

Zirpoli: Nuclear stalemate with North Korea will keep the peace

Zirpoli: Nuclear stalemate with North Korea will keep the peace

• Opinion

Who's the madman, Kim or Trump?

President Donald Trump just threatened North Korea with genocide.

• Opinion

Trump at the UN

Donald Trump needs the UN to deal with issues like North Korea. But he's made his own task much harder.

• Opinion

Goldberg: How do you solve a problem like North Korea?

The U.S. should declare that it considers North Korea's misdeeds to really be China's misdeeds, says Jonah Goldberg.

• Opinion

Shifting the narrative on North Korea

President Trump's intimidation skills are undeniable but off-the-cuff bombast and bluster in a matter of war and peace with North Korea only risk escalation.