Author Archives: Robert Reich

Donald Trump wants to cut the corporate income tax rate from 35 percent to 15 percent, in order to “make the United States more competitive.” Continue reading →

Trump’s budget isn’t just about massive tax cuts for rich and major cuts in assistance for the poor. He also wants to roll back civil rights. Continue reading →

Last Wednesday, on the eve of his election to the House of Representatives, Montana Republican Greg Gianforte beat up Ben Jacobs, a reporter for the “Guardian” newspaper. Continue reading →

For years, conservatives warned that liberals were “defining deviancy downward.” They said that by tolerating bad social behavior, liberals in effect lowered what was deemed acceptable behavior overall—allowing social norms to decline. Continue reading →

European governments, preparing for a round of major summits with Donald Trump, are wary. Continue reading →

The question is no longer whether there are grounds to impeach Donald Trump. It is when enough Republicans will put their loyalty to America ahead of their loyalty to their party. Continue reading →

Trump warning to former FBI Director James Comey against leaking anything negative about him—tweeting “James Comey better hope that there are no ‘tapes’ of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!”—is deeply troubling. Continue reading →

After more than 100 days into his presidency, it seems fair to ask: What is Donald Trump’s governing philosophy? Continue reading →

One way dictators take over democracies is by threatening the independence of a nation’s courts. Donald Trump is doing just this. Continue reading →

Trump wants to cut the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 15 percent, in order to “make the United States more competitive.” Continue reading →

Trump’s failure to accomplish little or any of his agenda during his first 100 days is striking. But we should not forget the vast harm he has done in this comparatively short time—especially his degradation of the presidency. Continue reading →

What’s the “Trump Doctrine” of foreign policy? At first glance, foreign policy under Trump seems inconsistent, arbitrary, and devoid of principle. Continue reading →

The White House has announced that Trump will name his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to run a new Office of American Innovation—described as a SWAT team of strategic consultants staffed by former business executives, designed to infuse fresh thinking into Washington and help make government work more like a business. Continue reading →

Neil Gorsuch shouldn’t be confirmed until Trump comes clean. Continue reading →

The theme that unites all of Trump’s initiatives so far is their unnecessary cruelty. Continue reading →

Donald Trump ran for president as a man of the people, who was going to fight for those who were left behind—but everything we’re hearing about his forthcoming federal budget says exactly the opposite: Spending that’s a great deal for big corporations that have hired armies of lobbyists, and great for the wealthiest few like himself. But leaving everyone else a lot worse off. Continue reading →

A normal president and a normal White House respond to facts or arguments they disagree with with other verifiable facts and arguments that make their case. Continue reading →

Earlier this year the Wall Street Journal’s editor-in-chief insisted that the Wall Street Journal wouldn’t label Trump’s false statements as “lies.” Lying, said the editor, requires a deliberate intention to mislead, which couldn’t be proven in Trump’s case. Continue reading →

Early Saturday morning, March 4, the 45th president of the United States alleged in a series of tweets that former president Barack Obama orchestrated a “Nixon/Watergate” plot to tap Trump’s phones at his Trump Tower headquarters last fall in the run-up to the election. Trump concluded that the former president is a “Bad (or sick) guy!” Continue reading →

As tyrants take control of democracies, they typically do 7 things. Continue reading →

The American public deserves to know the answers to at least the first five of these questions, and will then make a judgment on the sixth. Continue reading →

Donald Trump sold himself to voters as a successful businessman who knew how to get things done, a no-nonsense manager who’d whip government into shape. Continue reading →

Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway charges that media coverage of Donald Trump lacks “respect for and recognition of the dignity for the office of the president.” Continue reading →

Donald Trump has reorganized the National Security Council—elevating his chief political strategist Steve Bannon, and demoting the director of National Intelligence and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Continue reading →

Our country is in dire need of massive investments in infrastructure, but what Donald Trump is proposing is nothing more than a huge tax giveaway for the rich. Continue reading →

Donald Trump is such a consummate liar that in coming days and years our democracy will depend more than ever on the independent press—finding the truth, reporting it, and holding Trump accountable for his lies. Continue reading →