Trump’s Tangled Web of Deal-Making

 

“I always found a way to create around everything. I turn pain into diamonds.”

“America is no longer a democracy. That doesn’t mean authoritarianism has won. But merely restoring the pre-Trump status quo won’t work. The country needs a democratic transformation.”

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We have to live in hope

One of the things that I learned a very long time ago was that if you want to succeed at something, you have to do a bit of planning.

Knowing how to start anything is not enough. In fact, it is the easy bit. Keeping going, and even more importantly, having an idea of what success looks like, so that you can know when you have achieved it, are even more important than knowing how to start. In fact, you should not start until you know these things. Otherwise, you guarantee confusion, disorganisation, waste and, eventually, failure. Each follows as night does day.

NSW MP asks home affairs minister to investigate potential foreign interference after Israel ‘targets’ him in dossier

Anthony D’Adam says document wrongly accuses him of promoting antisemitic content and is ‘clearly designed to intimidate’

4 ways Team Trump reminded us of Bush-Cheney in 2025 Responsible Statecraft 

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Trump’s Tangled Web of Deal-Making, Policy and Riches New York Times 

Trump’s wealth grew in 2025, but his investors took lumps Axios

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‘Their first instinct was to loot’: how Trump’s acolytes are plundering the Kennedy CenterGuardian 

FCC Bans Sale Of All Foreign Drones In The U.S.Jalopnik