[Kara Alaimo] How companies can gird for a Trump Twitter attack

Last week, I received a request I’d never gotten before in my career as a public-relations consultant: to counsel corporate executives on how to prepare in case the president of the United States comes after them via Twitter. As Donald Trump began his first business day in the Oval Office, many companies were hiring crisis communication firms and making plans for what to do if they became targets of his Twitter attacks.　As president-elect, Trump criticized numerous companies and brands, includin

Jan. 25, 2017

[Other View] We see a movement here

Feminist icon Gloria Steinem welcomed more than a half million people to the flagship Women’s March in Washington on Saturday in what was probably the largest protest in the nation’s history. “This,” she said, “is the upside of the downside.”The downside, the election of a troublingly unqualified man as president, motivated about 3 million women, men and children to gather in 637 locations around the world, according to a running tally of crowd estimates collected by a Connecticut professor. The

Jan. 25, 2017

[The Philadelphia Inquirer] Now comes the hard part for Trump

President Trump’s improbable rise to the White House is complete. Now begins the hard work of governing.　Trump, who was sworn in Friday as the 45th president of the United States, made a lot of bold promises on the campaign trail and in his inauguration address. Many of his supporters are expecting quick fixes and big results.After a divisive campaign, Trump devoted little of his speech toward trying to unite a divided country, as past presidents have done. Instead, he repeated his campaign prom

Jan. 25, 2017

[Other View] Putting an end to London’s bad air days

The worst levels of air pollution are generally found in Beijing, Delhi and other metropolises of the developing world, where headlong growth stirs up construction dust and energy providers still burn a lot of coal. But the air in London is dangerously polluted, too, with concentrations of nitrogen dioxide in some parts of the city measuring among the highest in the world. The foul air around Britain’s capital and other cities is a testament to the polluting power of buses, cars and trucks -- an

Jan. 24, 2017

[Dan K. Thomasson] Big, dangerous difference between yesterday and today’s fake news

Journalism has always had those who play fast and loose with the facts and even make up reports of one kind or another. Some have been notorious, like The Washington Post’s Janet Cooke, who won a Pulitzer Prize for her story about an 8-year-old drug addict before admitting the tale had been fabricated, returning her prize and resigning.Then there are others like the assistant managing editor I worked with who got furious when a city official threatening to jump to his death from a water tower ch

Jan. 24, 2017

[Mihir Sharma] It’s time for Asia to step up

Every new occupant of the White House has his -- still, unfortunately, “his” -- way of looking at the world. America’s allies, friends and rivals have always adjusted to these shifts in worldview. But so far they’ve been relatively straightforward. Some presidents have sought to extend democratic values, others to fight grand strategic battles. The last swore not to “do stupid stuff.” Adjusting to President Donald Trump won’t be that easy.Trump’s foreign policy, especially when it comes to Asia,

Jan. 24, 2017

[David Ignatius] Trump’s visit to CIA gets mixed reviews

President Trump’s visit to the CIA on his first day in office mystified some agency veterans because of its combative, political tone. But several said they were glad that Trump seemed to have stopped demonizing the intelligence community and was presenting himself as its best friend. The CIA likes to think of itself as apolitical, serving the president of either party. So Trump’s ingratiating message was welcome after months of attacks, including an outrageous comparison of intelligence communi

Jan. 24, 2017

[Other View] Trump is president. Now what?

As Donald Trump was sworn into office as the 45th president of the United States, both his toughest critics and strongest supporters need to take a deep breath and consider where they want to go from here.The critics are correct that Trump possesses troubling characteristics for a president. But the shortsighted response some have chosen -- boycotting the inauguration and declaring him an “illegitimate” president -- only weaken the foundation of democracy: the peaceful transition of power. That

Jan. 23, 2017

[Fort Worth Star-Telegram] Watch Trump’s deeds more than words

Everyone stands when the president enters the room.It’s protocol, a deserved sign of respect for the office and the American people who select its occupant.Donald Trump, who stood at the West Front of the Capitol on Friday and swore an oath, deserves every ounce of that respect -- for as long as he is in office.He won’t be everybody’s friend or hero, but he is now everybody’s president.Plenty of people have reason to doubt and distrust.Dozens of members of Congress planned to boycott the inaugur

Jan. 23, 2017

[Chicago Tribune] ‘This is your country’: Trump and America’s economy

Most of those who liked Donald Trump’s inaugural speech Friday probably voted for him. And many others, if they bothered to pay attention, surely came away feeling sour. That’s not a reflection of President Trump as an especially divisive figure. That’s politics in an especially divided nation. All of us recall similar fissures after the inaugurations of Presidents George W. Bush in 2000 and Barack Obama in 2008.Trump’s address, delivered from a teleprompter, was authentic to his populist, outsi

Jan. 23, 2017

[Margaret Carlson] And the Tweet goes on

We have an answer to the burning question obsessing Washington for months. Friend and foe alike wondered whether and when Donald Trump would become presidential. Would the man who kept firing off incendiary messages all through his transition tweet from the podium at the Capitol, or from the reviewing stand as the military he now commands marched in front of him? Would he immediately undo his predecessors’ executive orders with much better ones of his own?Some predicted he would tweet executive

Jan. 23, 2017

[Noah Feldman] Trump Turns a JFK phrase against his message

The crucial passage in President Donald Trump’s inaugural address Friday tracked John F. Kennedy’s swearing-in speech, with one huge difference: Trump’s America First message was 180 degrees away from Kennedy’s Cold War embrace of global leadership.The combination of homage to Kennedy and subversion of his liberal internationalist vision tells you a lot about what Trump’s presidency is going to look like -- much more than the populist rhetoric about giving America back to the people.　The key Ken

Jan. 22, 2017

[Los Angeles Times] Trump’s recycled campaign speech made no effort to bring Americans together

No one expected Donald Trump’s inaugural address to join John F. Kennedy’s in the annals of presidential oratory. His own advisers telegraphed that the speech would be brief and “workmanlike.” But they also signaled that the new president would outline a vision for the country.That’s what we were hoping to hear after Trump was sworn in as president, along with some words of reassurance for Americans who are apprehensive about his ascension to the Oval Office because of his divisive and ugly camp

Jan. 22, 2017