Opinion Today: Topline
Selected links from the April 7, 2025, edition of Opinion Today
On Foreign Policy, Party Divisions Become a Chasm, WSJ Poll Finds Alexander Ward and Aaron Zitner, Wall Street Journal [unlocked] Divisions between the two political parties over American foreign policy have grown into a chasm, Wall Street Journal polling shows, as Republican voters have increasingly turned against aid to Ukraine, free trade and international commitments. In a rebuke to President Trump, the Journal survey found lopsided opposition to his ambitions for expanding U.S. territory to include Greenland and Canada, one of the president’s signature foreign policy goals.
For Republicans, Tariffs Pose a Risk Like No Other Nate Cohn, New York Times [unlocked] Trump starts a trade war, and Republicans are hostage to the outcome Dan Balz, Washington Post [unlocked]
Trump Rejects Market Rout Fears, Shows Defiance on Tariffs Shawn Donnan, Josh Wingrove, and Annmarie Hordern, Bloomberg Team Trump defends tariffs as bipartisan opposition grows, markets slide Gerrit De Vynck, Maegan Vazquez, María Luisa Paúl and Caroline O'Donovan, Washington Post [unlocked] Trump’s tariff announcement was the epitome of his transactionalism Chris Featherstone (U. of York), LSE USAPP The First Victim of Trump’s Trade War: Michigan’s Economy Jeanne Whalen and Christopher Otts, Wall Street Journal [unlocked] Trump, Unbowed, Is Enacting Change on Scale Rarely Seen Before Aaron Zitner, Alex Leary and Rachel Louise Ensign, Wall Street Journal [unlocked] The only national emergency is the law that empowers a mad king Will Bunch, Philadelphia Inquirer President’s Third Term Talk Defies Constitution and Tests Democracy Peter Baker, New York Times [unlocked] Under Trump, Americans could turn from civil protest to civic revolution Ben Rogers (LSE Cities), LSE USAPP As Savings Disappear, Social Security is Also Under Threat Pamela Herd and Don Moynihan, Can We Still Govern? Younger Democrats want to force an uncomfortable conversation about age Maeve Reston and Dylan Wells, Washington Post
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