The [U.S.] troop withdrawal from Iraq raises questions about the future of armed factions in the country and a regional security order that has yet to take shape.
[T]he strength of American institutions is measured ... by their capacity to apply the same rules regardless of party affiliation, background or relationship with the president.
There was a massive disconnect between what Trump was telling Americans on their television screens and what they were experiencing in their everyday lives.
[I]ts greatest flaw lies in moving the power of decision in presidential elections from the people ... to the Electoral College, whose members represent the states.
[W]hat the Switzerland negotiations ultimately lead to may help determine who the next U.S. president will be, as much as they will define the rules of the game in the Middle East.