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<title><![CDATA[Richard Wolffe - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/15182.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Richard Wolffe]]></description><category domain="15182">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Republican Rats Return to Trump's Ship]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/17/donald-trump-visits-capitol-hill</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Wolffe</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump's visit to the US Capitol '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' where the Republicans he almost got killed three years ago fawned over him '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' would be funny if it weren't pathetic]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rep. Cheney Was Purged by the Cult of Trumpism]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/18/liz-cheneys-defeat-nature-of-trumpism</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Wolffe</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There's only one purge the country really needs, and that is one that goes all the way to Mar-a-Lago]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump&rsquo;s Misdeeds Are Catching Up With Him]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/09/donald-trump-fbi-mar-a-lago-president</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Wolffe</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For a party that loves to stand on the thin blue line, Donald Trump is a curiously crooked leader. Here is a party, a grand old one, that is merrily revving up the old scare machine about crime in time for November'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s congressional elections. Yet its likely presidential nominee finds...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Need To Fundamentally Reform SCOTUS]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/07/the-us-supreme-court-poses-a-real-threat-to-americans-democracy</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Wolffe</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It did not start with Donald Trump. And it will not end with his shuffling off stage, in handcuffs or disgrace]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Point of the Republican Party? To Stroke Trump's Ego]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/may/13/republican-party-liz-cheney-trump-richard-wolffe</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Wolffe</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The GOP once stood up for small government or big business, or to foreign enemies or domestic taxes. Now it's just a cult of personality]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans Can't Land a Punch on Biden]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/may/01/as-biden-glides-past-100-days-in-office-republicans-cant-seem-to-land-a-punch</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Wolffe</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans tried to paint centrist Biden as an outlandish radical. It's a laughable charge, and Americans aren't buying it]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Next Aspiring Autocrat Won't Be a Buffoon Like Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/04/donald-trump-autocrat-cult-democracy</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Wolffe</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Our concern shouldn't focus on whether Trump can derail Biden's inauguration. Instead we should be deeply concerned about whether this cult can derail our democracy]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Enters His Final Stage: Complete Meltdown]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/the-trump-white-house-has-entered-its-final-stage-complete-meltdown/ar-BB1c7shn?MSCC=1604618374</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Wolffe</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump has retreated to the proverbial bunker with an 'elite strike force' of wingnuts and lackeys. They're all he's got left]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Truth-Based Media Is Vaccine for Trump's Legacy of Lies]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/trump-e2-80-99s-legacy-is-the-plague-of-extreme-lies-truth-based-media-is-the-vaccine/ar-BB1bwr1P</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Wolffe</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The toxic politics of conspiracies and lies did not start four years ago and will live on beyond Trump. But we can protect ourselves and reward the truth.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Many Ways Trump Has Tried to Subvert the Election]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/nov/21/all-the-ways-trump-tried-subvert-election</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Wolffe</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Here are some of the most slimey steps down the slippery slope towards The End of America As We Know It]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why 2020 Won't Be a Repeat of Gore v. Bush in 2000]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/nov/03/biden-trump-repeat-gore-bush-2000</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Wolffe</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There may be multiple legal disputes, but the Biden campaign isn't making the same mistakes as the Al Gore campaign]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Reverts to Type--and It Isn't 'Magnificently Brilliant']]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/donald-trump-reverts-to-type-in-debate-%E2%80%93-and-it-isnt-magnificently-brilliant/ar-BB1ajzqu</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Wolffe</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The cosmic chasm between the president's self-regard and how he comes across was on full display in a performance unlikely to halt his tailspin]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Heckling &amp; Bullying Won't Help Him Beat Biden]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/30/donald-trump-joe-biden-debate-bully-heckle-lie</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Wolffe</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The president is behind in key states. Fighting on TV won't turn things around or win over the sliver of undecided voters left]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump is a Particularly Stupid Man and A Threat to U.S.]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/10/donald-trump-bob-woodward-interviews</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Wolffe</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump is a particularly stupid man who thinks he is very smart. Perhaps this lies at the root of his monumentally dumb decision to grant Bob Woodward 18 interviews'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Kerry on Biden: 'He'd Never Lavish Praise on Dictators']]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/08/john-kerry-biden-would-restore-us-european-alliances-on-day-one</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Wolffe</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Interview: Ex secretary-of-state says the former vice-president can repair global confidence in US leadership]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Created the Chaos and Violence, Not Biden]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/commentisfree/2020/sep/02/trump-pin-kenosha-biden-he-created-chaos-violence</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Wolffe</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Make no mistake: this is Trump's America, where protesters are shot by vigilantes as police look on]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sweaty Trump Interview Shows His Chances Melting Away]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/global/commentisfree/2020/jul/20/trump-interview-fox-news-election-polls-chances-melting-away</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Wolffe</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With every new poll showing him losing, both nationally and in battleground states, Trump's despair dribbled through all of his pores Sunday]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['Obamagate' an Attempt to Distract From Trump's Failures]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/13/trump-obsession-obama-attempt-distract-failures</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Wolffe</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The US president ignored the coronavirus pandemic, failed to prepare for the worst and is sinking in the election polls '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' and he wants us to forget all that]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Most Urgent Task: Rebutting the Media]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/14/trump-white-house-press-briefing-coronavirus-media</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/14/trump-white-house-press-briefing-coronavirus-media]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Wolffe</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Three months after the coronavirus arrived in the US, and more than 23,000 deaths later, the president thinks he has figured out what ails us]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Sick Joke of Trump's Presidency Isn't Funny Any More]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/13/coronavirus-donald-trump-presidency-sick-joke</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Wolffe</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The coronavirus outbreak has revealed the full stupidity, incompetence and selfishness of the president to deadly effect]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Script Flipped: Biden Alive, Trump Looking Vulnerable]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/10/joe-biden-donald-trump-coronavirus</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/10/joe-biden-donald-trump-coronavirus]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Wolffe</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Amid a botched response to the coronavirus, Democrats aren'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t just looking for electability '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' they want competence'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[This Is Now Joe Biden's Race to Lose]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/03/joe-biden-resurrection-super-tuesday-2020</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/03/joe-biden-resurrection-super-tuesday-2020]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Wolffe</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Super Tuesday's super wins for Biden change nothing about his flaws, but they do underscore the strength of his sales pitch to a Trump-weary world]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Moderates Just Blew Their Best Shot to Stop Sanders]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/25/bernie-sanders-democratic-debate-super-tuesday</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/25/bernie-sanders-democratic-debate-super-tuesday]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Wolffe</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Democratic candidates seemed torn between attacking the Vermont senator and attacking each other. That benefited Sanders once again]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sanders Is Cruising Amid Five Rivals' Sideshow]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/19/bernie-sanders-democratic-debate-centrists</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Wolffe</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The contest has become Bernie Sanders v a delusional sideshow of centrists bent on mutual annihilation]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans March Over the Impeachment Cliff]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/31/republicans-impeachment-trump-richard-wolffe</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Wolffe</author>
							<description><![CDATA[How can Republicans pretend to the world that their vision of America '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' where a president can happily use military aid to coerce a foreign government to smear his political rival in an election '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' is the model for democracy?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Stands Stark Naked on the World Stage]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/05/whats-it-like-to-stand-stark-naked-on-the-world-stage-ask-donald-trump</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Wolffe</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Stripped of his usual protections inside the White House, Trump exposes himself on the world stage at every conceivable opportunity]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Boris &amp; Donald Rose Together, Now Falling Together]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/06/boris-and-donald-two-leaders-afraid-to-do-the-hard-work-of-running-a-country</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/06/boris-and-donald-two-leaders-afraid-to-do-the-hard-work-of-running-a-country]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Wolffe</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After years of feigned effort, neither of the so-called populist powers can deliver on any of their promises]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It's Donald Trump Who Has Failed to Integrate in America]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/15/donald-trump-immigrant-failed-integrate</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/15/donald-trump-immigrant-failed-integrate]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Wolffe</author>
							<description><![CDATA[People like Trump hate our freedoms so much they want to turn us into some kind of dictatorship like they had back home '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' in Europe'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Bottomless Depths of Trump's Insecurities]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/09/trump-spat-uk-ambassador-darroch</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/09/trump-spat-uk-ambassador-darroch]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Wolffe</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The leaking of Ambassador Darroch's emails are embarrassing. But not nearly as embarrassing as president who can't distinguish his friends from his foes]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Like Trump's Favorite Steaks, Stone Is Well and Truly Done]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jan/25/like-trumps-favorite-steaks-roger-stone-is-well-and-truly-done</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Wolffe</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Several counts of obstructing congressional investigations, lying to Congress, and witness tampering tell a straightforward story of collusion]]></description>
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