Douglas Cohn

McLean

Historian, columnist, speaker. Author, THE PRESIDENT'S FIRST YEAR and WORLD WAR 4. Longest-running syndicated column estab. 1932: WASHINGTON MERRY GO ROUND

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Articles

Eleanor Clift

2 weeks ago | fbherald.com | Douglas Cohn |Eleanor Clift

Today’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932WASHINGTON – The truth is that no one knows what motivates President Trump and, as a result, what he could do, might do, or will do. So, here are some scenarios to ponder in the wake of his tariff-induced stock market fiasco:First, he is an idealogue tied to the ideas of Pres. William McKinley, the man known as Mr. Tariff.
The four faces of Trump

2 weeks ago | fbherald.com | Douglas Cohn |Eleanor Clift

WASHINGTON – The truth is that no one knows what motivates President Trump and, as a result, what he could do, might do, or will do. So, here are some scenarios to ponder in the wake of his tariff-induced stock market fiasco:First, he is an idealogue tied to the ideas of Pres. William McKinley, the man known as Mr. Tariff. In 1890 while serving in Congress, McKinley shepherded through the infamous McKinley Tariff that led to the Panic of 1893.
It is going to be a revolting week

2 weeks ago | fbherald.com | Douglas Cohn |Eleanor Clift

WASHINGTON – In the wake of ill-conceived, trade-imploding tariffs, a sea of revolts has emerged from the public, trading partners, investors, corporate leaders, administration insiders, and Congress. All the while, President Donald Trump is playing golf at Mar-a-Lago although he and his golf cart seem to be shrinking by the hour as this revolting week threatens to weaken his entire presidency.
He sent in the clowns

2 weeks ago | fbherald.com | Douglas Cohn |Eleanor Clift

WASHINGTON – President Trump sent in the clowns, and the circus has begun with the most unqualified, incompetent, inexperienced, immature group of presidential toadies ever to populate the highest levels of the nation’s national security apparatus. As one comedic observer put it, “All Trump’s appointments are good except for most of them.” And now they have proved their unworth by casually discussing details of an impending military operation over Signal, an unclassified chat thread.
Doug Cohn

1 month ago | fbherald.com | Douglas Cohn |Eleanor Clift

Today’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932WASHINGTON – A little history can be a bad thing, and Pres. Donald Trump’s little glimpse of history appears to be limited to the 1897-1901 administration of Pres. William McKinley, which may explain his apparently incomprehensible decisions on taxes, tariffs, and the economy. A founding Republican Party tenant up until Pres. Eisenhower ushered in a different direction in 1953 was an adherence to high tariffs.
Doug Cohn

1 month ago | fbherald.com | Washington Merry-Go-Round |Douglas Cohn |Eleanor Clift

Today’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor CliftWASHINGTON – The following analysis is ominous, far from a worst case, and hopefully wrong. For most of its history Europe has been a battleground, and it remained so until April 4, 1949, the date the NATO Treaty was signed by 30 European nations plus the United States and Canada.
The keystone and catastrophe

1 month ago | fbherald.com | Washington Merry-Go-Round |Eleanor Clift |Douglas Cohn

WASHINGTON – The following analysis is ominous, far from a worst case, and hopefully wrong. For most of its history Europe has been a battleground, and it remained so until April 4, 1949, the date the NATO Treaty was signed by 30 European nations plus the United States and Canada. Seventy-six years of European peace followed, an arch of peace held together by its keystone, the United States (NATO and Russia jointly intervened to stop the fighting in Yugoslavia as it broke up).
Douglas Cohn

2 months ago | fbherald.com | Douglas Cohn |Eleanor Clift

Today’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932WASHINGTON –President Trump’s fondness for Russian President Vladimir Putin is well documented. He has called him a “genius,” and took the Russian leader’s word over U.S. intelligence agencies at a summit in Helsinki in 2018 when he denied Russian involvement in the U.S. election. But the friendship has taken a turn, and Ukraine is about to reap the consequences.
Eleanor Clift

Dec 14, 2024 | fbherald.com | Douglas Cohn |Eleanor Clift

Today’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932WASHINGTON – Donald Trump won a second turn at the presidency on the strength of promises made, some old, some new, some improbable, and many impossible. They span economic and social policy to criminal justice and foreign entanglements. What they have in common is they are promises unbound to reality.
Eleanor Clift

Nov 19, 2024 | fbherald.com | Douglas Cohn |Eleanor Clift

Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 WASHINGTON – Adlai Stevenson running for president in the 1950’s was told by an admiring voter after hearing him speak, “Every thinking person in America will be voting for you.” Stevenson replied, “I’m afraid that won’t do – I need a majority.” An informed citizenry is the cornerstone of democracy, and in the age of “alternate facts” and “fake news,” slogans coined during the first Trump term, information...