Donald Lambro
Articles by Donald Lambro
Debates continue about where the authority to reopen the United States resides
Where did President Trump get the idea that he alone had the power to order all the states to reopen their businesses in the midst of the deadly viral pandemic that is killing thousands of Americans? Published April 16, 2020
Trump administration underestimated lethality of coronavirus
Soon after the coronavirus pandemic broke out in China on Jan. 3, President Trump dismissed it as little more than a harmless flu that would "miraculously" go away. Published April 9, 2020
Explaining why Joe Biden’s candidacy endures
Former Vice President Joe Biden is the leading choice of 48 percent of all black voters seeking to defeat President Trump in the 2000 election. Published January 16, 2020
Trump’s heavy burden to fight impeachment
Nearly three tumultuous years into Donald Trump's troubled presidency, America has become a bitterly divided and angry nation. Published December 11, 2019
The impeachment report from the House
The House released a 300-page impeachment report Tuesday detailing wrongdoing by President Trump when he asked the Ukrainian president to dig up dirt to smear former vice president Joe Biden, one of his chief rivals in the 2020 presidential election. Published December 5, 2019
Elizabeth Warren’s socialist, health care nationalization plan
The crowded Democratic presidential nomination contest can only be described as a mess, with its candidates offering irresponsible, giveaway proposals that would plunge our nation into decades of debt. Published November 21, 2019
DACA must be preserved for dreamers
The U.S. Supreme Court conducted yet another review this week of President Trump's attempts to end the undocumented immigrant program aimed at letting young people known as "dreamers" stay in the United States. Published November 15, 2019
Slowing economy could mean trouble for Trump in the election
It was reported this month that the unemployment rate has been climbing in at least four key swing states that could determine the outcome of next year's presidential elections. Published November 7, 2019
A boom economy amid rapidly rising deficits
President Trump nears the end of his third year in office facing dismal job approval polls and the threat of impeachment by the Democratic House. Published November 1, 2019
Donald Trump’s busy week of statements and retractions
Have you been following some of the policy decisions announced by President Trump, who had to back away from them a few days later? Published October 24, 2019
Fact-checking the whistleblower regarding Ukraine
In his July 25 phone call to Mr. Zelensky, Mr. Trump asked the Ukrainian president to "initiate or continue an investigation" into Joe Biden," Mr. Kessler confirmed this week. Published October 17, 2019
Age and the presidential race
President Ronald Reagan was 73 years old when he sought re-election to a second term in 1984 against a relatively youthful Sen. Walter Mondale, who was just 56. Published September 19, 2019
U.S.-China tariff wars are never-ending
President Trump announced earlier this week that long-stalled trade negotiations with China are going to resume. Published August 29, 2019
Condemning racism, bigotry and white supremacy
President Trump blamed racism and white supremacy this week for the mass slaying of at least 22 people at a shopping center in El Paso, Tex. Published August 8, 2019
Choosing a new intelligence chief
Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats is leaving his post after two-and-a-half years of in-fighting with President Trump, who still says Russia didn't interfere in the nation's 2016 election. Published August 1, 2019
The issue of Hispanic immigration
President Trump was elected largely on the issue of Hispanic immigration that resonates with a large number of voters who tell pollsters that it's a major concern, greater than the economy. Published July 24, 2019
Trump responds to British Ambassador Kim Darroch
Presidents, by the very nature of their job, have to put up with a lot of criticism, and Donald Trump gets more than his share of, well, downright insults. Published July 11, 2019
Verify North Korea’s nuclear inventory
President Trump met again this week with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in his continuing attempts to work out a denuclearization deal, scoring a historic first and possibly higher job approval ratings here at home. Published July 4, 2019
Bureaucratic border chaos hampers Trump
President Trump was elected in 2016 on a promise to clamp down on illegal immigration across our southern border with Mexico. Published June 27, 2019
Trump confronts the polls
Suddenly, the political winds of change are blowing across the country, rattling President Trump's re-election campaign, blocking parts of his agenda and scrambling his administration's team. Published June 20, 2019