Tag: political theater

• 8/3/16: White House Press Briefing

  September 13, 2025

  White House Press Briefings are conducted most weekdays from the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in the West Wing. — more ›

• Tech CEOs Praise Donald Trump at White House Dinner

  September 6, 2025

  At a White House dinner Thursday night, America’s tech executives put on an uncanny display of fealty to Donald Trump. https://www.wired.com/story/tech-ceos-donald-trump-white-house/ more ›

• The Brief – How Trump trounced Ursula

  July 28, 2025

  Sunday’s deal is the almost inevitable outcome of a declining great power placing its faith in an economically https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/opinion/the-brief-how-trumps-triumph-ursulas-shame-europes-nightmare/?utm_source=euractiv&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=intro&utm_term=0-0&utm_campaign=THE_BRIEF more ›

• One Word Describes Trump

  March 9, 2025

  Even those who expected the worst from his reelection (I among them) expected more rationality. Today, it is clear that what has happened since January 20 is not just a… more ›

• Making the World Safe for Criminals

  March 9, 2025

  Prior to the 2024 election, there was a debate about whether Donald Trump was a fascist. I thought that was the wrong moniker because fascism has specific associations with genocide… more ›

• Trump l’Oeil

  February 23, 2025

  I BEGAN WRITING this after I saw the photos of Donald Trump working at McDonald’s. Like many, I was struck by how much the images, with their bizarre aesthetics and surreal content,… more ›

• Alice Weidel: The far-right leader shaping Germany’s AfD

  February 22, 2025

  On January 29, MPs from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) clustered around 46-year-old party leader Alice Weidel in parliament taking selfies. Weidel, dressed in a white rollneck and navy… more ›

• A Brief Guide to Trump and the Spectacle

  February 22, 2025

  ‘Television Was a Baby Crawling towards That Deathchamber.’ These words are by Allen Ginsberg, writing in 1961, the title of a poem anathematising America. ‘It is here, the long Awaited… more ›

• Karolina Leavitt Vs Reporters: 5 Most Heated Moments From Press Briefing | White House | Trump

  February 15, 2025

  Karolina Leavitt Vs Reporters | White House Press Secretary | Karoline Leavitt | Karoline Leavitt News | Karoline Leavitt Press Briefing | White House Press Briefing | Karoline Leavitt On… more ›

• Donald Trump Plays Church

  January 21, 2025

  It’s usually gauche to take pictures in church. But at St. John’s, the Episcopal Church just across a sedate Lafayette Square from the White House, photography is inevitable at least… more ›