Having a president who behaves like a commander in thief — not a commander in chief — is costing us dearly at home and abroad. This perversion of the American presidency is undermining the very alliance structure that won two world wars and the Cold War and generated one of history’s longest ages of peace and prosperity. Every day we tolerate such behavior we endanger our children’s future.

 

Trump Has Failed as Commander in Chief

By Thomas L. Friedman

Opinion Columnist

However triumphantly the White House portrays any deal, officials shouldn’t mistake this for anything but a strategic debacle. The war, launched without a coherent strategy or realistic endgame, has produced a more hard-line regime in Tehran — one that now knows it can strangle the world economy with a few drones, mines and fast boats. Gulf neighbors that once sought to isolate the Islamic Republic are now looking to mend ties. The threat of US and Israeli attack no longer carries the same potency.

 

An Iran Truce May Be Near. That Doesn’t Make This War Any Smarter

May 29, 2026 at 6:00 AM EDT

By The Bloomberg Editorial Board

The Editorial Board publishes the views of the editors across a range of national and global affairs.

It’s hard to imagine the three debutantes delivering a post-IPO payoff anywhere near what publicly traded technology giants have produced in recent decades.The math is laughable, in fact. Median market capitalization at IPO for the Magnificent Seven was $1.2 billion. Their median market cap is now $3.1 trillion, more than a 2,500-fold increase. For SpaceX to achieve comparable growth from a $1.8 trillion starting valuation, it would have to approach a value of $5 quadrillion.

 

SpaceX Needs to Get to $5 Quadrillion to Rival Mag Seven Magic

June 1, 2026 at 5:30 AM EDT

By Nir Kaissar

Nir Kaissar is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering markets. He is the founder of Unison Advisors, an asset management firm.

I can't stop laughing at the absurdity of these IPO's

The beating heart of the American experiment is the social contract theory of government, the idea that the leader derives his legitimacy not by divine right but through the will of the people. That is not to say that the people are always right when they approve of a war, but when the elected representatives vote to send men and women into combat, a clear message is sent: We are in this together.

 

The President Is Giving a Master Class in What Not to Do

By David French

Opinion Columnist

Democrats need to face a hard truth. While Republicans’ approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has failed, so has ours. The Democratic Party has provided reflexive and unconditional support to Israeli governments, even as their actions have increasingly undermined American interests and values.

 

The Hard Truth My Party Needs to Face

By Chris Van Hollen

Mr. Van Hollen is the senior senator from Maryland.

“Given all the hype,” Gary Black, a managing partner at The Future Fund, which manages hundreds of millions in exchange traded funds, wrote on social media that SpaceX was “likely to be way overpriced”

 

For Wall Street, the Only Thing Worse Than SpaceX Flopping Is Missing Out

Elon Musk and his bankers are working to create a self-fulfilling prophecy for the massive public offering: Make investors feel that the risks of passing it up outweigh those of buying into it.

By Maureen Farrell and Lauren Hirsch

May 29, 2026

So in the coming weeks, if the Mets fan in your life remains irrationally optimistic, please just smile and nod and let us have this moment. Save your pity, your memes and your concern for our sanity, and just leave us be. And if you simply can’t resist, get your jokes in now. Because when it actually happens — when the Mets stop losing, make the playoffs, then win the World Series and shock the world — you know I’m never going to shut up about it.

 

The Only People I Don’t Want to Hear From Are Yankees Fans

By Devin Gordon

Mr. Gordon is the author of “So Many Ways to Lose: The Amazin’ True Story of the New York Mets — the Best Worst Team in Sports.”