The madman theory can work, but it only works if it's strategic. And I think one of the problems that President Trump faces is people don't really know how much strategy is here and how much is he just sort… — E. J. Dionne Copy Share
Forgive me for noting that conservatives seem to believe that the rich will work harder if we give them more, and the poor will… — E. J. Dionne Copy Share Image
We have pursued public policies that kind of hold the recovery back, but the private economy is really starting to roll. — E. J. Dionne Copy Share Image
What's really striking here is that a candidate who ran as the Paladin of the working class who'd deliver them picks a guy who… — E. J. Dionne Copy Share Image
The New York Times had a headline on its website - Trump Turning To Ultra Wealthy To Steer Economic Policy. This doesn't sound very populist to me. Today's commerce secretary, the names being talked about for treasury secretary, I think there will be populist talk but maybe no populist action. — E. J. Dionne Copy Share
The money matters. And secret money is corrupting, secret money is dangerous, secret money leads to scandal. — E. J. Dionne Copy Share Image
I think this is a scary thing [hacking] that does have to be taken out of a partisan context. And one of the best… — E. J. Dionne Copy Share Image
Here you had John McCain and Lindsey Graham in a very principled way standing up and defending Barack Obama. You had people like Gene… — E. J. Dionne Copy Share Image
[ Donald Trump is] candidate who said he has more confidence in Vladimir Putin's strength than in Barack Obama's strength. His closeness to Putin… — E. J. Dionne Copy Share Image
When [Republicans] say they can reduce taxes and trim deficits at the same time, they are either deluded or deceptive, and they are playing… — E. J. Dionne Copy Share Image
The madman theory can work, but it only works if it's strategic. And I think one of the problems that President Trump faces is people don't really know how much strategy is here and how much is he just sort of talking off the top of his head. And I think North Korea is a really classic case of a… — E. J. Dionne Copy Share
You have this all the way through this cabinet so that I think there are a lot of other things to worry about [Donald]… — E. J. Dionne Copy Share Image
I wish we had more [Dwight] Eisenhower Republicans in this [Donald]Trump cabinet. — E. J. Dionne Copy Share Image
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