Trump’s Fantasy Is Crashing Down
Opinion Columnist
Sunday, March 8, 2026
If war is God’s way of teaching Americans geography, perhaps it will also serve as a lesson to Trump. It should be a simple one: Other places and other people are real, possessing their own agendas and agency — and America’s actions have consequences it cannot control. Anything else is pure fantasy.
Saturday, March 7, 2026
The damage inflicted by drones has been relatively minimal so far, Mr. Hoffmann noted. But Iran has proved it can produce drones quickly and cheaply, meaning it may have a healthy supply to target the Gulf for the foreseeable future. If the drones keep coming in large numbers, Mr. Hoffmann said, defense systems will be strained.
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“Do the Gulf states want to join a war that they did not start, whose goals are entirely unclear, and whose tempo and cadence they do not necessarily control?” Mr. Alhasan asked. “This is a key strategic consideration that’s weighing on the Gulf states right now.”
In states like Ohio and Georgia, critics have also raised concerns that utilities might make expensive new grid investments to prepare for future data centers that never materialize — either because the technology changes or the A.I. bubble bursts. “We’re spending billions and billions of dollars to modernize and expand the grid, and the question is, who’s paying for that?” said Abe Silverman, an energy researcher at Johns Hopkins University. “Are the big tech firms paying? Or is Grandma going to be left holding the bag?”
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Reporting from Washington
Friday, March 6, 2026
Data centers increasing draw on electricity and their reliance on natural gas has prompted Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York to consider drastic changes to the state’s 2019 climate law, the implementation of which, her agencies say, could lead to even higher energy bills.
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Monday, March 2, 2026
The world isn’t deglobalizing. It’s reglobalizing around partners who commit to rules rather than those who wield tariffs like a club. The long-term cost of these tariffs isn’t measured in revenue collected. It’s measured in partnerships formed without us and the rise of a trading system that no longer needs U.S. participation to function.
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Sunday, March 1, 2026
We can and must hold our political leaders to a higher standard. When officials use absurd numbers, it shows that they believe that Americans are incapable of critiquing them. After the Trump era is over, much will be said about the lasting damage it has done to civic discourse. In addition to other reforms and acts of reconciliation, repairs will need to be made to the ways we engage in public argumentation and decision-making, particularly in the use of statistics. Before we can disagree productively, we must reach a common faith that some truths exist and are capable of being discovered. Perhaps a refresher course in basic math could be a fruitful place for everyone to start.
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