On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks argued that Hurricane Harvey gives Republicans a reason to not build a border wall or crack down on immigration.
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks argued that white identity politics has become an increasing theme in the Trump administration. Brooks stated, “You know, the Trump campaign began really seriously with the Muslim ban. It continued with a
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks commented on President Trump’s statements about North Korea by saying it’s possible the president believes in the madman theory, but that such a theory is dangerous in a situation both leaders could
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that he believes Special Counsel Robert Mueller is more likely to go after business relationships than campaign collusion. Brooks began by saying, “I think the grand jury, as far as we
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks argued that outgoing White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus never had an opportunity to his job and questioned the sanity of DHS Secretary John Kelly taking Priebus’ job. Brooks said Priebus
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks weighed in on the resignation of White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer by stating President Trump makes everyone around him worse. Brooks said, “I can’t think of anybody whose reputation has been
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks slammed President Trump’s interview with the NYT as showing a “disturbing” level of incoherent thought and one where Trump basically admitted his corruption could be found in his tax returns. Brooks began
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks reacted to this week’s news about Donald Trump Jr. by stating that not only was Trump Jr. stupid, but engaged in completely amoral behavior. Brooks agreed with fellow NYT columnist Ross Douthat’s assessment that
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks praised President Trump’s appeal Western civilization in his Poland speech and argued Trump understands the sense of belonging better than many of his critics. Brooks stated that he “80% liked” Trump’s speech. He
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks slammed President Trump’s tweets about MSNBC hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough and stated the claim that the administration offered to spike a negative story from the National Enquirer if “Morning Joe”
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks argued that repealing Obamacare now without a replacement and doing replacement later isn’t realistic. Brooks said President Trump saying that if Republicans can’t agree on a replacement, they should repeal Obamacare now and
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks slammed the Senate GOP healthcare bill. Brooks said, “First, it’s sort of Obamacare-lite. It’s not going to work. It’s functionally non-operational, because it’ll encourage people, when they’re healthy, to exit the system
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that the loss in the Georgia special election was a major loss for the Democrats and that House Minority Leader Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has become a drag on
Sunday on NBC’s “Meet The Press,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said the “epically unpopular,” Republican health care bill is politically “ruinous.” Brooks said, “This health care bill is not just unpopular it’s epically unpopular. It’s like 17% among
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks argued that there is no “serious” evidence of collusion between the Trump camp and Russia, but the president is reacting in a disturbing manner. Brooks stated, “[I]t may be a witchhunt, but
Friday on PBS’s “NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks was asked if former FBI Director James Comey had come out of last week’s hearing Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, in which he testified about his interactions with President Donald Trump,
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement was due to “some sense of resentment, a sense of social inferiority, a sense of fragile ego.” Brooks
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks argued President Trump’s foreign policy outlook is that “whether the leaders from Russia or the Philippines or Saudi Arabia, people of bad character are people we can ally with. And, somehow, I
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that Representative-elect Greg Gianforte (R-MT) apologized for body-slamming Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs, which is ” frankly a step up from what we have seen on the presidential level.” Brooks said, “The climate
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks argued that “we used to have a better class of criminal, where if you obstructed justice, you tried to hide it.” He further stated that whether or not President Trump obstructed justice,
New York Times readers are deserting in droves in protest that its new columnist, Bret Stephens, thinks incorrect thoughts about man-made global warming.
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks argued that President Trump’s first 100 days have been a failure in which Trump has changed “from being a populist to being a corporatist,” and “from dangerous to fickle,” and that “He’s
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks argued President Trump “is making the conclusion that the populism and the Bannon-ism is not working, and he’s going to go to something else.” Brooks said, “Donald Trump is different. He’s a
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks argued that President Trump has “had a good week” on China and North Korea, and “one has to give some credit to Donald Trump.” Brooks stated, “The North Korea situation is unnerving,
Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” while discussing President Donald Trump’s missile strike on a Syrian air base, New York Times columnist David Brooks said Trump is like “Dory in Finding Nemo, that he did one thing and it will have
On Friday’s broadcast of “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks praised the Syria strike by saying “it was incumbent upon the US to do something when chemical weapons were used.” And “there is some upside to having somebody who’s a
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks argued President Trump’s tweets against the House Freedom Caucus were “amateur hour, another kindergarten mistake. First of all, he’s not going to do it. He’s not going to run people
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that while “the case is still out” on whether there are ties between Russia and the Trump campaign, the Trump administration does have “high levels of incompetence.” He stated, “We have
On Friday’s broadcast of “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks criticized the American Health Care Act as a bill “like, out of ‘1984,’ which devastated the poor, $880 cut out of — $880 billion cut out of Medicaid, while enriching
On Friday’s broadcast of “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated, “I was trying to think of a president who had a worse week.” Brooks said, “Well, I was trying to think of a president who had a worse week.
On Friday’s broadcast of “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated of President Trump’s budget proposal, “They’re investing in the military, in homeland security, everything that’s about threat and fear. And they are disinvesting in everything that has to do
On Friday’s broadcast of “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks argued that in the “the general Trump world, there’s contact after contact with the Russians, and some of them which are fishy.” He further argued that he thinks the controversy
On Friday’s broadcast of “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks argued the Republican Party “has become an ethnic nationalist party.” Brooks said, “Trump today, he — you know, buy American, buy American, anti-free trade, and got big cheers. They’re waving
Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton responded to New York Times columnist David Brooks over his claims that curbing mass immigration would cripple the U.S., tweeting that an influx of low-skilled labor hurts the employment prospects of young Americans, minorities, and established immigrants.
Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” New York Times op-ed columnist David Brooks said he fears the Trump administration was “anarchy.” Brooks said, “Enemy of the people, I’m an enemy of the people. You know what? My fear of the
On Friday’s broadcast of “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated of President Trump, “the attack on the press, highlighted by the tweets today saying, that my newspaper, NBC, all these organizations are enemies of the people. Well, if you
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated of President Trump’s immigration order, “I’m not sure it’s illegal, but it’s extremely stupid. I’m a little uncomfortable with the idea of judges overruling presidents on national security matters.” Brooks said,
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks argued that President Trump’s executive order on travel and immigration restrictions “responds to a problem that does not exist,” has “literally no pros”, has “a whiff of nativism,” and is “truly abominable
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks characterized Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch as “the best any Republican president would have done. So, I thought a very good pick for Donald Trump.” Brooks stated Gorsuch is a “Clearly
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated President Donald Trump “undermined the post-war international order,” and there’s a “general sense of chaos and incompetence” in how he handled the fight with Mexico over a border wall. Brooks said Trump
