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Trump’s troubling admiration for El Salvador

Nayib Bukele ‘cleaned up’ his country and became enormously popular by gutting its democracy. What lessons is our president taking from him?

Let’s make a deal, Iran edition

The president says he wants to negotiate. Iran’s leader calls the US a ‘bully government.’

How Europe can go it alone

European countries are unprepared for being abandoned by the United States. But they do have options for ensuring their security.

Trump loves McKinley. If only they were more alike.

From Denali to the Panama Canal, our current president is making bizarre connections to the 25th president.

The secretary of state is irrelevant now

Marco Rubio will be one of Trump’s least influential Cabinet members. It’s not his fault.