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State of War: How Trump is fighting a 9-front battle
President Trump is fighting a war with many battlefields.
It’s a nine-front crusade, although I could easily double that number.
If there’s a common thread here, it’s the president taking on elite institutions that he has long resented or reviled.
That’s why his first three months seem stuck on hyperspeed – critics would say chaos – because he’s broken with the traditional model of tackling one or two issues at a time. Voters gave him a second term to shake things up. It’s the first Trump term on steroids.
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The president is surrounded by loyalists who encourage his flood-the-zone approach, unlike some of the more traditional figures (Rex Tillerson, Jim Mattis, Gary Cohn) who tried to restrain him the last time he lived in the White House.
One advantage is that he uses Truth Social as a weapon, unloading on those who displease him.
And yet he still finds time to abolish rules limiting shower pressure, call for the abolition of pennies, and come out against changing clocks (though his stance on daylight savings is unclear) – all matters that affect people’s daily lives.
Here, in no particular order, are Donald Trump’s nine battlegrounds:
1. TOP PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES
Although Trump himself went to the Wharton School, he is constantly attacking Columbia and other top Ivy colleges. Harvard, where he has frozen more than $2 billion in federal funding and another $7 billion is at risk, is fighting back. Plus, the IRS is looking at revoking the university’s tax-exempt status.
Trump has publicly criticized Harvard University multiple times in recent weeks. (Getty Images | iStock)
The White House now admits that the letter a Trump official transmitted to Harvard was «unauthorized» and should not have been sent. Harvard officials were stunned because they thought they were in the process of negotiating a settlement with the administration.
2. LAW FIRMS
One giant law firm after another, under pressure from Trump, has caved and reached settlements with the White House. This involves agreeing to provide up to $100 million or even $125 million in pro bono services on matters important to the administration. The alternative is an executive order pulling its members’ security clearances, making it impossible to serve their corporate clients without access to secret data. A few firms have fought back, and some attorneys have resigned in protest, but most are volunteering to settle.
3. MEDIA
President Trump has sued CBS, NBC and Gannett. He won a $16-million lawsuit against ABC–approved by Disney–after George Stephanopoulos repeatedly called him a rapist when he was actually held liable for sexual abuse. Even if the suits go nowhere, journalists and news outlets have to hire lawyers and go through an ordeal.
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Trump has long used the press as a foil, but now he ridicules the likes of CNN’s Kaitlan Collins when she tries to ask questions. He refused to take a question from an NBC reporter, saying the network has no credibility. And yet Trump provides an absolutely stunning degree of access. He takes questions virtually every day and has taken over the press pool (with the AP still excluded). The coverage is overwhelmingly anti-Trump–sometimes that’s self-inflicted–but that also boosts clicks and ratings. It’s a love-hate relationship.
4. FEDERAL RESERVE
The markets nose-dived again yesterday as Trump stepped up his personal assault on Fed Chairman Jerome Powell in an obvious attempt to pressure him into resigning. Powell’s job is to worry about inflation, not to goose the economy because the president wants him to cut interest rates.
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell responds to a question from David Rubenstein (not pictured) during an on-stage discussion at a meeting of The Economic Club of Washington, at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington, D.C., U.S, February 7, 2023. (REUTERS/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/File Photo)
The entire tariff war has spooked Wall Street and alienated such allies as Canada (the 51st State???), Mexico and the European Union. He repeatedly promised a tariff war during the campaign, but no one expected tariffs of this magnitude, even against China, which has retaliated. Now Trump says he’ll even work out a deal with China. The 90-day pause briefly seemed to stabilize things, but whether the president can strike deals with 90 countries in 90 days remains to be seen.
5. COURTS
Donald Trump has a long history of attacking judges and prosecutors. Now he is going up to the line, and perhaps crossing it, when it comes to challenging court rulings, even with a 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court.
The other day, the president deflected questions about the wrongful deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, telling reporters to speak to the lawyers. The next day, he unloaded at length on Abrego Garcia, saying he’s a violent man who deserves to be in prison and criticizing Chris Van Hollen’s trip to visit him in a carefully staged photo op.
Abrego Garcia may well be a gang member, but a previous court ruling had found he should not be sent to El Salvador. Politically, this is a winning issue for Trump. But when SCOTUS ruled 9-0 that he should «facilitate» Garcia’s return, Trump pretty much ignored it.
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In a separate case, the Supreme Court, 7-2, ordered Trump not to move a second wave of Venezuelan migrants from where they are being held. This time, the administration agreed to follow the ruling.
6. FORMER AIDES
The president is going after two of his appointees from the first term.
He has ordered an investigation of his former cybersecurity chief, Chris Krebs, for «falsely and baselessly» denying that the 2020 election was rigged. He called Krebs a «significant bad-faith actor who weaponized and abused his government authority,» meaning Krebs found what every other probe, including one by Attorney General Bill Barr, found–no evidence of significant fraud.
Trump also ordered a probe of Miles Taylor, better known as «Anonymous,» for the New York Times op-ed he wrote ripping the president.
Taylor, a former Homeland Security official, «wrote a book under the pseudonym ‘Anonymous,’ making outrageous claims both about your administration and about others in it,» the president was told in a memo. So he too is under investigation. Trump even accused Taylor of committing «treason.»
7. HILL REPUBLICANS
The president has pressured members of his own party into going along with just about anything he wants. Other than the Matt Gaetz fiasco, that has meant approving all his nominees, despite doubts about the likes of Pete Hegseth and RFK Jr.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth prepares to give a television interview outside the White House, on Friday, March 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP/Mark Schiefelbein)
He has openly warned that he will use Elon Musk’s money to launch primary opponents against those who defy him. Musk has been a heat shield for Trump, though he has broken with him on tariffs. Remember that Musk poured money into that Wisconsin Supreme Court battle and lost. The chainsaw looks very different now.
While the violent attacks against Tesla have been despicable, Musk has also had to admit, after vowing to cut $1 trillion, that he’ll only be able to save $150 billion. Musk also admitted firing and having to rehire bird flu experts and nuclear bomb specialists, but remains the world’s richest man.
Lisa Murkowski just came out and said it: They are all afraid to criticize Trump for fear of political retaliation.
8. KENNEDY CENTER
It’s never been done, but the president fired all the Democratic board members and named himself chairman. He’s even suggested that he should host the annual awards given out for the glittering building on the Potomac named for JFK – not because he needs the attention, he says, but because it would be good for ratings.
The board has always been bipartisan, but that doesn’t bother Trump.
Some performers, led by Lin-Manuel Miranda of «Hamilton» fame, have already pulled out. Will only conservative performers get the green light?
I’ve picked the Kennedy Center as an example of Trump’s culture wars, but he’s also taken aim at the Smithsonian Institution and the National Zoo.
9. VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY
The president, with help from JD Vance, utterly humiliated the Ukrainian president during that meltdown meeting at the White House. Now Zelenskyy bears a good bit of responsibility for the clash – he should have kept his mouth shut and walked away with an agreement, but took the bait.
Trump went a step further, kicking him out of the White House and sending him home.
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Now Trump, through Marco Rubio, says he may give up on negotiating a cease-fire in Ukraine. That’s exactly what Vladimir Putin wants, so he can keep on seizing land from the brave Ukrainians. One thing that Trump said he would do, but hasn’t done, is pressure his pal Putin. He still blames Zelenskyy and Ukraine for having the temerity to be invaded by the Kremlin.
That’s the list. Feel free to create your own. Sometimes it works for Donald Trump, sometimes it doesn’t. But it helps explain the dizzying pace of change and sends an unmistakable message that he is in charge.
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El mayor incendio forestal de Francia en décadas arrasó un área más grande que París: los bomberos trabajan día y noche
El mayor incendio forestal de Francia en décadas seguía ardiendo y propagándose este jueves, aunque a un ritmo más lento, después de haber arrasado ya más de 160 kilómetros cuadrados (62 millas cuadradas) en el sur del país y haberse cobrado una vida, dijeron las autoridades locales.
El incendio, que se inició el martes y arrasó el macizo de Corbières en la región de Aude, no ha sido contenido a pesar del despliegue de más de 2.100 bomberos y varios aviones cisterna.
La rápida propagación del incendio fue alimentada por semanas de clima cálido y seco, aunque las temperaturas más frías y los vientos más tranquilos durante la noche ayudaron a aliviar levemente la situación.
“La batalla continúa, tenemos un incendio que aún no está bajo control”, dijo el administrador de la región, Christian Pouget, a la emisora BFMTV.
El incendio ha arrasado 15 municipios del macizo de las Corbières, destruyendo o dañando al menos 36 viviendas. La evaluación completa de los daños aún está en curso. Una persona falleció en su vivienda y al menos otras 13 resultaron heridas, incluidos 11 bomberos, según las autoridades locales. Tres personas fueron reportadas como desaparecidas, añadió la prefectura de Aude.
Se está llevando a cabo una investigación para determinar la causa del incendio, que ha dejado un paisaje ennegrecido de árboles esqueléticos y cenizas.
Es muy triste pensar en la imagen que daremos de nuestra región de Corbières, con sus paisajes devastados y sus mujeres y hombres desesperados, no solo hoy ni mañana, sino durante las próximas semanas y meses. La reconstrucción llevará años, declaró Xavier de Volontat, alcalde de Saint-Laurent-de-la-Cabrerisse, a BFMTV.
Mientras tanto, se ha pedido a los residentes y turistas de las zonas cercanas que permanezcan en sus hogares a menos que se les indique que deben evacuar. Quienes ya habían huido de las llamas se refugiaron durante la noche en centros de alojamiento temporal en 17 municipios.
El incendio, que comenzó en el pueblo de Ribaute, es el más importante que ha afrontado Francia desde 1949, según Agnès Pannier-Runacher, ministra francesa de Transición Ecológica.
“La noche fue más fresca, por lo que el incendio se propaga más lentamente, pero sigue siendo el incendio más importante que Francia ha sufrido desde 1949”, declaró a la radio France Info. “Es un incendio claramente consecuencia del cambio climático y la sequía en esta región”.
El incendio de esta semana fue el más grande desde la creación de una base de datos nacional de incendios en 2006, según el servicio nacional de emergencias.
El sur de Europa ha sufrido múltiples incendios de gran magnitud este verano. Los científicos advierten que el cambio climático está agravando la frecuencia e intensidad del calor y la sequía, lo que aumenta la vulnerabilidad de la región a los incendios forestales. El mes pasado, un incendio forestal que alcanzó el puerto de Marsella, la segunda ciudad más grande de Francia, dejó alrededor de 300 heridos.
Europa es el continente que se calienta más rápido del mundo, con temperaturas que aumentan al doble de velocidad que el promedio mundial desde la década de 1980, según el Servicio de Cambio Climático Copernicus de la Unión Europea.
(con información de AP)
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Verdad, mito y melancolía: cómo nació “Ojalá”, la obra más emblemática de Silvio Rodríguez
“Ojalá pase algo que te borre de pronto”, dice una de las estrofas de “Ojalá«, la emblemática canción del cantautor y poeta cubano Silvio Rodríguez. Durante años, el tema suscitó diversas interpretaciones, impulsadas por el arpegio agudo que envuelve la melancolía de su letra y lo consolida como uno de los principales himnos del músico. Por la intensidad de sus versos, la composición fue analizada bajo la lupa del amor, el desamor e incluso el contenido político. Silvio Rodríguez reveló el verdadero origen de la canción.
“‘Ojalá’ yo la compuse dedicada a una mujer de nombre Emilia Sánchez, que podríamos decir, fue mi primer amor. Fue un amor que tuve cuando estuve en el ejército, mientras hacía mi servicio militar. La conocí cuando tenía 18 años, fue mi primer amor importante en el sentido de que fue el primer amor que me enseñó cosas”, reveló en el libro de Silvio Para Letra y Orquesta, de Sandra Zapata.
La canción se editó en 1978 dentro del álbum Al final de este viaje. Una versión anterior, grabada por el propio cantautor cubano antes de esa fecha, apareció en el recopilatorio Cuando digo futuro de 1977. La pieza se consolidó como una de las más reconocidas de su carrera y forma parte constante de sus recitales.
“Era una muchacha mucho más evolucionada que yo, mucho más inteligente, más culta. Me enseñó, por ejemplo, a César Vallejo. Después nos tuvimos que separar, estaba estudiando medicina y en fin, no le cuadró. No sé por qué estudió medicina, cosa loca de ella, en realidad siempre fue de letras. Después estudió letras, se fue a su pueblo Camagüey, a estudiar eso y yo me quedé solo aquí en La Habana, totalmente desolado”, narró el músico.
Con el paso de los años, “el recuerdo de aquel amor tan bonito, tan productivo, tan útil (ojo, no confundir con utilitario), enriquecedor, de aporte a uno… pues, estaba obsesionado yo con esa idea. Y porque fue un amor frustrado, tronchado por las circunstancias, por la vida, no fue una cosa que se agotara, pues se me quedó un poco como un fantasma y por eso compuse esta canción en un momento quizás de delirio, de arrebato, de sentimiento un poco desmesurado: ojalá esto, ojalá lo otro”, sostuvo Rodríguez.
Aunque su origen fue personal, ‘Ojalá’ se consolidó como un himno que los oyentes reinterpretan de múltiples formas. Esta canción se mantiene entre las piezas más emblemáticas de la trova cubana y atravesó generaciones. El tema evidenció cómo la música se enlaza con emociones universales al margen del contexto en que fue creada.
En más de una oportunidad, la canción fue interpretada como un mensaje dirigido contra el régimen de Fidel Castro, pero Silvio Rodríguez negó esta versión. Según declaraciones citadas por el medio español, El Plural, el cantautor afirmó: “Mucha gente interpretó que era una canción contra Fidel. Esa gente no escuchaba bien la letra de la canción porque cualquiera que la escuche se da cuenta de que está dedicada a una mujer”.
‘Ojalá’ no solo se consolidó como un himno de la música cubana, sino también como un emblema del género a nivel internacional. Ya sea por sus interpretaciones políticas o su apreciación amorosa, el tema transmite y genera emociones a quien sabe apreciar su letra y melodía.
Silvio Rodríguez llegará a Argentina en octubre. Tras siete años desde su última presentación, el músico vuelve a suelo argento con el fin de hacer un repaso por su repertorio. El cantautor tocará en el Movistar Arena el 11 y 12 de octubre. Con fechas agotadas, el músico lanzó una nueva función para el 21 de octubre. Las entradas se encuentran a la venta en el sitio web oficial del Movistar Arena.
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Ojalá, por lo menos, que me lleve la muerte
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Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan announced he is leaving the GOP and joining the Democratic Party, a move he says has been a long time coming as he has bucked heads with the Republican Party.
Duncan, who served as lieutenant governor as a Republican from 2019 until 2023, wrote in an op-ed in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Tuesday that his path to becoming a Democrat began before President Donald Trump attempted to overturn his loss to former President Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election, which Duncan criticized at the time.
«My journey to becoming a Democrat started well before Donald Trump tried to steal the 2020 election in Georgia,» Duncan wrote in the newspaper.
«There’s no date on a calendar or line in the sand that points to the exact moment in time my political heart changed, but it has,» he continued. «My decision was centered around my daily struggle to love my neighbor, as a Republican.»
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Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan announced he is leaving the GOP and joining the Democratic Party. (Getty Images)
Duncan pointed to several policy issues that played a part in his decision to change parties, criticizing Republicans for their handling of issues such as health care, Medicaid, gun safety, immigration and how to help poor people.
He said his time in office taught him the best way to «love my neighbor» is through public policy. Before his time as lieutenant governor, he served in the Georgia House from 2013 until 2017. He opted not to run for re-election as lieutenant governor in 2022.
The former Republican said GOP lawmakers have argued for decades that the solution to not having health insurance is to have a job, but noted that most uninsured people in the Peach State live in working households yet do not have insurance because of affordability or eligibility.
«So, the reality is they have a job, just the wrong job,» Duncan wrote. «One that doesn’t offer health insurance or generate enough spare money each month to afford their own health insurance plan.»
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Duncan served as lieutenant governor as a Republican from 2019 until 2023. (Getty Images)
Duncan also said the Trump-backed spending bill that was signed into law last month will leave Medicaid funding «in shambles,» as it cuts hundreds of billions of dollars from the government program. He also criticized the measure for its cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, more commonly known as food stamps, and its impact on ensuring children do not go hungry at school.
Duncan pointed to polls showing support for gun control measures such as universal background checks and red-flag laws.
He also criticized the Trump administration’s mass deportation immigration policies that he said «have turned into a lesson on how not to love your neighbor.» He said that immigration policy should focus on securing the border, deporting those in the country illegally who have committed felonies, but that a path to citizenship should be created for other migrants in the U.S.
Duncan’s party switch comes after the Georgia Republican Party expelled him from the party earlier this year over alleged disloyalty. The party’s resolution cited his endorsement of Biden in the 2024 presidential election and, once he dropped out, his endorsement of former Vice President Kamala Harris, as well as alleged efforts to undermine and sabotage some Republican candidates, including current Lt. Gov. Burt Jones and failed 2022 Senate candidate Herschel Walker.
The former Republican also spoke at the Democratic National Convention in August in support of Harris.
The Georgia Republican Party expelled Duncan from the party earlier this year over alleged disloyalty. (Ben Hendren/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Duncan has been a fierce critic of Trump and the Republican Party in recent years, particularly since the president’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss and the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
«The list of reasons why I’m now a Democrat continues to grow,» Duncan wrote. «Most importantly, my decision puts me in the best possible position each day to love my neighbor.»
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