Tom Rogan

Washington, D.C., United States

Commentary Writer at Washington Examiner

National Security. @[email protected] - Encrypted: [email protected] - Grad @warstudies @SOAS @UniversityofLaw - Fan @Everton.

Articles

Trump’s chaotic European defense spending messaging

6 days ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Tom Rogan

The Trump administration is right to push European allies to urgently spend significantly more on defense. It should also be noted that tentative but significant moves by European powers to increase defense spending would not have occurred had Trump not retaken office.
Bill Maher went to Washington. He wasn’t played

1 week ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Tom Rogan

Liberal comedian Bill Maher is under fire from the left and some in the media over his recent White House dinner with President Donald Trump. The dinner was organized by the musician Kid Rock, a mutual friend of Maher and Trump. The host of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, Maher has frequently — and often ferociously — criticized Trump. At the start of his show on Friday, Maher detailed the dinner two weeks ago. The main gripes with Maher’s monologue are twofold.
Putin’s Christian nationalist mirage

1 week ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Tom Rogan

Too many on the American political right are suffering from the delusion that President Vladimir Putin’s Russia is a land of traditional Christian values and honorable patriotism. A former enemy, yes, but not a nation that bares any true contemporary hostility toward America. They assume that most disputes between the United States and Russia could be resolved by greater U.S. deference to legitimate Russian foreign policy interests.
Why Trump’s China tariffs are good, and his 10% tariffs for others are bad

2 weeks ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Tom Rogan

President Donald Trump took a positive step on Wednesday by introducing a 90-day pause on higher-rate tariffs. Instead, all nations except China will now face 10% tariffs, and China will face 125% tariffs. Even if Trump’s announcement is positive, however, it is far from ideal. As illustrated by the market chaos, broken retirement accounts, and impending supply chain shocks caused by Trump’s far higher tariff announcements last week, generic tariffs are a very poor servant of economic interest.
Trump’s tariffs are trampling alliances against China

2 weeks ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Tom Rogan

President Donald Trump insists his tariffs on U.S. imports of foreign goods will bolster the economy. With his 90-day pause on higher-rate tariffs and his shift to 10% standard-rate tariffs on Wednesday, Trump appears to have realized his policies were doing far more harm than good. Trump is right to change tack.
Brussels police arrest Rubio security detail supervisor after hotel fight

2 weeks ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Tom Rogan

EXCLUSIVE: A Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) shift supervisor assigned to Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s protective detail was arrested by Belgian police at a Brussels hotel last Monday after arguing with hotel staff and fighting with responding police officers. Rubio stayed in that same hotel, Hotel Amigo, later that week while he attended NATO’s foreign ministers summit.
Brussels police arrest Rubio security detail supervisor after hotel fight

2 weeks ago | gazette.com | Tom Rogan

EXCLUSIVE — A Diplomatic Security Service shift supervisor assigned to Secretary of State Marco Rubio's protective detail was arrested by Belgian police at a Brussels hotel last Monday after arguing with hotel staff and fighting with responding police officers. Later that week, Rubio stayed in the same place, Hotel Amigo, while attending NATO's foreign ministers meeting. The DSS veteran, whose name the Washington Examiner is withholding, was a senior agent on the DSS advance party to Belgium.
Trump’s tariffs will empower China and impoverish America

3 weeks ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Tom Rogan

President Donald Trump’s newly announced tariffs have sent shockwaves through the financial markets, the business community, and the international community. They risk a near-term recession and major, sustained upheavals to jobs and supply chains. Totally contradicting Trump’s promises of a glorious renaissance, domestic car manufacturers such as Stellantis have already started cutting jobs. The basic truth?
Is Trump finally waking up to Putin’s manipulation game?

3 weeks ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Tom Rogan

There are tentative indications that President Donald Trump might finally be waking up to Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s attempts to manipulate him. Speaking to NBC News on Sunday, Trump said he was “very angry, pissed off” over Putin’s questioning of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky‘s authority as a leader. This rhetorical shift might be notable. Until now, Trump has been highly deferential to Putin in his efforts to persuade the Russian leader to negotiate an end to his war on Ukraine.
The Trump administration turns the screws on free speech

3 weeks ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Tom Rogan

In his Inaugural Address on Jan. 20, President Donald Trump pledged “to immediately stop all government censorship and bring back free speech to America.”It was a shallow pledge. That much is made clear by the Trump administration’s escalating crackdown on U.S. visa holders who have criticized Israel, expressed support for Palestinian causes, or both.