We elected Donald J. Trump to keep us jittery and entertained. He's delivered. — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
The candidacy of Donald Trump is the open sewer of American conservatism. — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
Every president inherits a mixed bag when he comes to office, and Obama's was hardly the worst. — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
I grew up with parents who liked the old line that they didn't leave the Democratic Party - the Democratic Party left… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
Democrats should have learned in 2016 that what counts in American politics is location, not turnout. — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
Barack Obama is probably the coolest president this country will ever have. — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
Perhaps the reason Trump voters are so frequently the subject of caricature is that they so frequently conform to type. — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
Donald Trump's more sophisticated defenders have long since mastered the art of pretending that the only thing that matters with his presidency… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
Ignore Trump's tweets. Yes, it's unrealistic. But we would all be better off if the media reported them more rarely, reacted to… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
In the scale of American blunders - from the Dred Scott decision to the Neutrality Acts of the 1930s to the tragedy… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
I have been writing about Hillary Clinton, I just actually looked this up, since 1998 when she was busy standing by when… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
Down with politics and the art of the possible; up with pronouncements and the allure of the prophetic: It's the way of… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
Donald Trump is a demagogue. Period. The fervor of his crowds recalls Nasser's Egypt. His convictions are illiberal. His manners are disgusting.… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
No adviser to a president is going to get his way all of the time, but at a minimum, that adviser should… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
I think a Donald Trump presidency sets up an Elizabeth Warren ascendancy. And it not Elizabeth Warren, someone of her ilk. And… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
Everything Republicans once claimed to advocate - entitlement reform, free trade, standing up to dictators, encouraging the march of freedom around the… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
What is absolutely clear is that if Trump is the nominee, Republicans cannot win. Maybe they can't win with Rubio or Cruz… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
It's important that Donald Trump and what he represents - this kind of ethnic, quote, 'conservatism,' or populism - be so decisively… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
It's normal that elections make fierce partisans of many of us. It's normal that Mr. Trump would attract the usual right-wing buffoons… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
I think a Donald Trump presidency raises a new kind of version of conservatism which more closely resembles a kind of Father… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
The United States survives so long as at least one of its major parties is politically and intellectually healthy. I don't think… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
This is the standard line of the Trump side of the party, that us who oppose him are just a bunch of… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
I don't think the Republican Party, or I should say the Republican Party as the vehicle for modern American conservative ideas, survives… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
What too many of Mr. Trump's supporters want is an American strongman, a president who will make the proverbial trains run on… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton, as awful as I find her, is a survivable event. I'm not so sure about [Donald] Trump. — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
I think that for the United States, Hillary Clinton, as awful as I find her, is a survivable event. I'm not so… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton's record in office is dreadful. Her ideas are dreadful. They will make us less safe. So, but there is no… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
Among the events of John McCain's five-and-a-half years of imprisonment and torture in North Vietnam, probably the most heroic, and surely the… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
When it comes to trade, when it comes to standing up to countries like North Korea, when it comes to standing up… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
Listen carefully to the global warming alarmists, and the main theme that emerges is that what the developed world needs is a large dose… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
'Democratic socialism' is awful as a slogan and catastrophic as a policy. And 'social democracy' - a term that better fits the belief of… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
When you work at 'The Wall Street Journal,' the coins of the realm are truth and trust - the latter flowing exclusively from the… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
No adviser to a president is going to get his way all of the time, but at a minimum, that adviser should be able… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
Every president inherits a mixed bag when he comes to office, and Obama's was hardly the worst. — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
There was a time when the conservative movement was led by the likes of Bill Buckley and Irving Kristol and Bob Bartley, men of… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
We elected Donald J. Trump to keep us jittery and entertained. He's delivered. — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
The United States survives so long as at least one of its major parties is politically and intellectually healthy. — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
Censoriously asserting one's moral superiority and treating skeptics as imbeciles and deplorables wins few converts. — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
What is absolutely clear is that if Trump is the nominee, Republicans cannot win. Maybe they can't win with Rubio or Cruz or Kasich.… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
Everything Republicans once claimed to advocate - entitlement reform, free trade, standing up to dictators, encouraging the march of freedom around the world -… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image