Peggy Noonan

1 week ago | wsj.com | Peggy Noonan

Your browser does not support HTML5 video. The fiery Tucker Carlson interview with Sen. Ted Cruz is the perfect distillation of the split among conservatives on Iran. And that split is all about the unhealed wound of Iraq. Mr. Cruz made his personal case—it seemed to rest on his reading of the Bible—for joining the Israeli action against Iran. Mr. Carlson pushed back. It got pretty personal pretty fast.

2 weeks ago | livemint.com | Peggy Noonan

President Trump this week gave a speech at Fort Bragg, N.C., to mark the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army. It wasn’t like a commander in chief addressing the troops, it was more like a Trump rally. The president spoke against a backdrop of dozens of young soldiers who appeared highly enthusiastic. It was as if he was enlisting them to join Team Trump.

2 weeks ago | wsj.com | Peggy Noonan

Trump holds a political rally at an Army base and takes joy in sending troops to L.A. We don’t do that. I’m going to say something old-fashioned. It’s a thing we used to say a lot but then we got bored with it or it seemed useless. “We don’t do that.” If we don’t say it we’ll forget it, so we have to keep it front of mind. President Trump this week gave a speech at Fort Bragg, N.C., to mark the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army.

2 weeks ago | on.wsj.com | Peggy Noonan

Your browser does not support HTML5 video. I’m going to say something old-fashioned. It’s a thing we used to say a lot but then we got bored with it or it seemed useless. “We don’t do that.” If we don’t say it we’ll forget it, so we have to keep it front of mind. President Trump this week gave a speech at Fort Bragg, N.C., to mark the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army. It wasn’t like a commander in chief addressing the troops, it was more like a Trump rally.

3 weeks ago | wsj.com | Peggy Noonan

A bird’s-eye view of both parties’ struggles as we enter the first summer of the Trump administration. I want to attempt a sort of bird’s-eye view of both parties as we enter the first summer of the Trump administration. For the Republicans, the headline is moving forward on various Trump policies (immigration, trade, budget) that, in the aggregate, have sparked neither widespread support nor overwhelming alarm. It’s all wait and see.