Jeffrey Anderson

2 weeks ago | csis.org | Federico Steinberg |Jeffrey Anderson

On April 2—dubbed “Liberation Day” by the U.S. administration— President Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on nearly every country in the world, targeting both allies and rivals alike. These include a 34 percent tariff on China, 24 percent on Japan, 20 percent on the European Union, and double-digit tariffs on numerous others (which will be additive to preexisting tariffs).

1 month ago | claremontreviewofbooks.com | Jeffrey Anderson |Barry Strauss |Gary Saul Morson

Joe Biden abused the presidential pardoning power to a degree that is perhaps unprecedented in American history. In a naked act of nepotism, he pardoned his convicted son Hunter for “those offenses against the United States which he has committed,” as well as for those he “may have committed or taken part in,” over more than a decade-long period spanning most of Biden’s second vice-presidential term and almost all of his sole presidential term.

Nov 26, 2024 | claremontreviewofbooks.com | Charles Kesler |Edward Feser |Jeffrey Anderson |Theodore Dalrymple

Donald Trump and the Republican Party had a triumphant Election Day, gaining ground in all parts of the country and among almost all voting sectors. He won all seven of the ballyhooed swing states, by comfortable margins except in the blue-wall states of Wisconsin (where his margin of victory was 0.9%), Michigan (1.4%), and Pennsylvania (1.8%). Still, he won all three blue-wall states twice—in 2024 as in 2016—something no Republican had managed since Ronald Reagan.

Nov 8, 2024 | city-journal.org | Jeffrey Anderson

In 2024’s issues-versus-intangibles election, the issues won out. According to exit polling, voters gave Kamala Harris a minus-5-point net favorability rating (47 percent favorable, 52 percent unfavorable). That’s not pretty, but it’s better than the minus-7-point favorability rating that they gave Donald Trump (46 percent favorable, 53 percent unfavorable). How, then, did Trump emerge victorious? As exit polling conveys, he won because voters trusted him more than Harris to lead on the issues.

Oct 18, 2024 | city-journal.org | Jeffrey Anderson

During the vice presidential debate, Tim Walz claimed, “Look, [border] crossings are down compared to when Donald Trump left office.” Similarly, CNN reports, “Migrant crossings at the US-Mexico border remain at their lowest levels since 2020,” while a USA Today headline reads, “Illegal migration at the US border drops to lowest level since 2020.” These claims are true only if one doesn’t count it as a “crossing” when an illegal alien arrives at a port of entry along the border and is...