Tag Archives: Ukraine

A Fundamental Restructuring of our Relationship with Canada

Posted on December 29, 2025 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, December 29, 2025 Last week, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney sat for a year-end interview with the Canadian Broadcasting Company addressing his brief tenure as PM. It’s twenty-four minutes long, and well worth listening to, especially if after … Continue reading →

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The Trump Brand

Posted on December 23, 2025 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, December 23, 2025 Just for context, today, December 23, 2025, two days before Christmas, the two major wars Trump promised to end, eleven months ago, on day one of his administration, are still raging in Gaza and Ukraine. … Continue reading →

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Trump’s Fracturing Base

Posted on November 15, 2025 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, November 15, 2025 A year ago, the Trump-driven MAGA machine felt indomitable. The threats Trump made during the transition from Biden to his second term screamed of a President who intended to flood the zone with policies that … Continue reading →

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Fire Starters Sometimes Get Burned

Posted on November 14, 2025 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, November 14, 2025 The playbook written by disgraced lawyer and consigliere, Roy Cohn, who died in federal prison, was essentially about starting fires. Fires, among other things, are effective distractions. The more fires you start the more chaos … Continue reading →

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A New World Order?

Posted on August 31, 2025 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, August 31, 2025 Recent polls show that a vast majority of Americans, much larger than the landslide victory Trump claims to have won, do not like the way the second Trump administration is attempting to remake America. The … Continue reading →

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Extortion

Posted on July 24, 2025 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, July 24, 2025 Donald Trump has often been accused of behaving like a gangster. The charge has considerable credibility. His association with organized crime figures in the 1980s and ’90s, including learning how to defy laws and courts … Continue reading →

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Flailing

Posted on July 23, 2025 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, July 23, 2025 We see things like this all the time – a desperate criminal on the run, surrounded by law enforcement with no place to go, a terrified child caught in one lie too many, a cornered … Continue reading →

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Don’t Believe a Word He Says

Posted on July 8, 2025 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, July 8, 2025 The tragic flooding in Texas that took so many lives, especially those of innocent children at a summer camp, made it clear, yesterday. The disingenuousness of President Trump’s response would be appalling if it weren’t … Continue reading →

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Trump and the Nobel Peace Prize

Posted on July 5, 2025 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, July 5, 2025 I am both puzzled and flattered by the number of people who ask my opinion about our quixotic, terrifying president. I don’t have any sources of information that they don’t have, and no one from … Continue reading →

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Lies and Other Trumpisms

Posted on June 28, 2025 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, June 28, 2025 There’s an important part of Trump’s repertoire, whose central theme is creating chaos and then swooping onto the scene like a vulture, claiming to be a hero because he cleaned up the mess he created, … Continue reading →

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