U.S. Politics & Government
Reports
Claiming seats at the table: Black women’s electoral strength in an era of fractured politics
Invigorating US leadership in global development
Leveraging America’s manufacturing resurgence
[President Trump] has always been obsessed that people are laughing at the president. From the mid-’80s, he’s said: ‘The world is laughing at us. They think we’re fools’...It’s never been true, but he’s said it about every president. It’s the first time I’m aware of that people actually laughed at a president. I think it is going to drive him absolutely crazy. It will play to every insecurity he has...It’s got to hurt...It was on camera and it was spontaneous. It was on one of the biggest stages in the world.
[On U.S.-Chinese climate cooperation under the Obama administration] When I say we had very good cooperation that didn’t mean we didn’t fight and argue and have very different views…we knew we were committed to trying to work together in a way that wasn’t going to cross red lines. Eventually – although it could take a long time – we will find a way.
Free speech shouldn’t be a partisan issue, but it has been drawn into the larger dynamics of polarization in this country.