Commentary By Patrick J. Buchanan

America's Unsustainable Empire By Patrick J. Buchanan

Before President Trump trashes the Iran nuclear deal, he might consider: If he could negotiate an identical deal with Kim Jong Un, it would astonish the world and win him the Nobel Peace Prize. 

Why the Authoritarian Right Is Rising By Patrick J. Buchanan

A fortnight ago, Viktor Orban and his Fidesz Party won enough seats in the Hungarian parliament to rewrite his country's constitution.   

Trump: Prisoner of the War Party? By Patrick J. Buchanan

"Ten days ago, President Trump was saying 'the United States should withdraw from Syria.' We convinced him it was necessary to stay."

Thus boasted French President Emmanuel Macron Saturday, adding, "We convinced him it was necessary to stay for the long term."

Is Trump Standing Down in Syria? By Patrick J. Buchanan

Wednesday morning, President Trump jolted the nation with a tweet that contained both threat and taunt:   

Has the War Party Hooked Trump? By Patrick J. Buchanan

With his Sunday tweet that Bashar Assad, "Animal Assad," ordered a gas attack on Syrian civilians, and Vladimir Putin was morally complicit in the atrocity, President Donald Trump just painted himself and us into a corner.

Syrian Showdown: Trump vs. the Generals By Patrick J. Buchanan

With ISIS on the run in Syria, President Trump this week declared that he intends to make good on his promise to bring the troops home.

How Trump's Presidency Will Be Judged By Patrick J. Buchanan

On many issues -- naming Scalia-like judges and backing Reagan-like tax cuts -- President Trump is a conventional Republican.

Where he was exceptional in 2016, where he stood out starkly from his GOP rivals, where he won decisive states like Pennsylvania, was on his uniquely Trumpian agenda to put America and Americans first -- from which the Bush Republicans recoiled.

Does the Pope Believe in Hell? By Patrick J. Buchanan

"Pope Declares No Hell?"    

So ran the riveting headline on the Drudge Report of Holy Thursday.   

Is Trump Assembling a War Cabinet? By Patrick J. Buchanan

The last man standing between the U.S. and war with Iran may be a four-star general affectionately known to his Marines as "Mad Dog."

Will the Deep State Break Trump? By Patrick J. Buchanan

"It is becoming more obvious with each passing day that the men and the movement that broke Lyndon Johnson's authority in 1968 are out to break Richard Nixon," wrote David Broder on Oct. 8, 1969.

Did Putin Order the Salisbury Hit? By Patrick J. Buchanan

Britain has yet to identify the assassin who tried to murder the double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, in Salisbury, England.

But Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson knows who ordered the hit.

Is the GOP Staring at Another 1930? By Patrick J. Buchanan

After the victory of Donald Trump in 2016, the GOP held the Senate and House, two-thirds of the governorships, and 1,000 more state legislators than they had on the day Barack Obama took office.

Globalists & Nationalists: Who Owns the Future? By Patrick J. Buchanan

Robert Bartley, the late editorial page editor of The Wall Street Journal, was a free trade zealot who for decades championed a five-word amendment to the Constitution: "There shall be open borders."   

Time to Get Over the Russophobia By Patrick J. Buchanan

Unless there is a late surge for Communist Party candidate Pavel Grudinin, who is running second with 7 percent, Vladimir Putin will be re-elected president of Russia for another six years on March 18.   

Why Is the GOP Terrified of Tariffs? By Patrick J. Buchanan

From Lincoln to William McKinley to Theodore Roosevelt, and from Warren Harding through Calvin Coolidge, the Republican Party erected the most awesome manufacturing machine the world had ever seen.

And, as the party of high tariffs through those seven decades, the GOP was rewarded by becoming America's Party.

Fatal Delusions of Western Man By Patrick J. Buchanan

"We got China wrong. Now what?" ran the headline over the column in The Washington Post.   

The Eternal Lure of Nationalism By Patrick J. Buchanan

In a surprise overtime victory in the finals of the Olympic men's hockey tournament, the Russians defeated Germany, 4-3.

Protect Kids or Confiscate Guns? By Patrick J. Buchanan

In days gone by, a massacre of students like the atrocity at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School would have brought us together.

Is That Russia Troll Farm an Act of War? By Patrick J. Buchanan

According to the indictment by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, Russian trolls, operating out of St. Petersburg, took American identities on social media and became players in our 2016 election.

The Motives Behind the Massacre By Patrick J. Buchanan

"Enough is enough!" "This can't go on!" "This has to stop!"