Dana Milbank

Washington, D.C.

Opinion columnist covering national politics

Education: Yale University, BA cum laude in political science

Dana Milbank is a nationally syndicated op-ed columnist for The Washington Post. He also provides political commentary for various TV outlets, and he is the author of three books on politics, including the national bestseller “Homo Politicus.” His book “The Destructionists: The 25-Year Crackup of the Republican Party” (Doubleday) is out in August. Milbank joined The Post in 2000 as a Style political writer, then covered the presidency of George W. Bush as a White House correspondent before starting the column in 2005. Before joining The Post, Milbank spent two years as a senior editor at the N
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This is why Trump supporters will believe absolutely anything

The former president called himself “a Modern Day Nelson Mandela.” Mandela’s grandson said Trump is “definitely delusional.”

April 12, 2024
Former president Donald Trump speaks to supporters at a campaign rally in Conway, S.C., on Feb. 10. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)

Trump swindles his followers — again

Not for the first time, the former president and presumptive GOP nominee has played his supporters for suckers.

April 5, 2024
Former president Donald Trump, the presumptive GOP nominee, speaks at a rally in Green Bay, Wis., on Tuesday. (Mike Roemer/AP)

Trump can’t remember much. He hopes you won’t be able to, either.

Will we forget just how crazy things were when he was in the White House?

March 29, 2024
Former president Donald Trump attends a golf awards ceremony held at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla., on March 24. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

The bloodbath Trump promised has already begun

I light candles and say blessings on shabbat. I volunteer with my synagogue. That’s not enough, says that noted Talmudic scholar, Rabbi Donald J. Trump.

March 22, 2024
A campaign rally for former president Donald Trump on March 16 in Vandalia, Ohio. (Jeff Dean/AP)

Mike Johnson asked for ‘decorum.’ Republicans ignored him.

It was a ferocious, and partisan, address. The combative Biden lifted the spirits of Democrats in the chamber. Republicans were caught off guard.

March 8, 2024
President Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, March 7. (Shawn Thew/Pool Photo via AP, File)

My month of living Republicanly

I ate like a Republican, slept like a Republican, shopped like a Republican, watched TV like a Republican and voted for Nikki Haley like a RINO.

March 5, 2024

Putin’s useful idiots won’t give up on their impeachment dreams

To the extent there ever was life in the impeachment case against the president, it has died after a long illness.

March 1, 2024
Hunter Biden arrives for a closed-door deposition on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Biden gave $90 billion to red America. The thank-you went to spam.

But things are changing. Rural America is slowly getting access to broadband internet.

February 23, 2024
Workers place a new utility pole to carry fiber-optic broadband cable in rural Virginia. (Dana Milbank/The Washington Post)

Mike Johnson needs a cognitive test

Last week, he killed border security. Now, he’s blocking aid to Ukraine. By his actions he is choosing his own job security over national security.

February 16, 2024
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) takes questions during a news conference on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.

For House Republicans, failure is the only option

House Speaker Mike Johnson has amassed a record of failure and dysfunction in just three months that Kevin McCarthy labored for nine months to achieve.

February 8, 2024
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) listens as Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.