Donald Lambro

2020 presidential election will be ‘the ugliest, dirtiest, most mean-spirited’

Mr. Cook offers this piece of advice for Mr. Trump, saying "it seems he now understands that one thing that would kill his reelection hopes more than anything else would be reopening too quickly." Published May 7, 2020

COVID-19 persists, but it’s time for a ‘measured reopening’

Conflicting messages from state and federal leaders, as well as from Trump administration, revealed a nationwide meltdown of any consensus about how to stop the epidemic in its tracks. Published April 30, 2020

To meet costs of the pandemic, the U.S. Treasury will borrow $4 trillion more than it collects

The government and big corporations are plunging our economy into trillions of dollars of debt to deal with the costs of the coronavirus pandemic. The U.S. Treasury will borrow $4 trillion more than it collects in tax revenues, according to budget officials, the highest debt levels since 1945. Published April 23, 2020

Can President Trump break the 50 percent job approval rating?

One of the questions being asked by pollsters about President Trump is whether he will ever be able to achieve a 50 percent job approval rating. Published April 2, 2020

President Trump playing fast and loose with coronavirus facts

When the deadly coronavirus swept across Asia and Europe and then struck the United States with a vengeance, it was very clear to sickened Americans that this was for real. Published March 26, 2020

Donald Trump’s mixed messages about coronavirus

As Americans were doing their best to cope with the coronavirus pandemic, President Trump was sending mixed messages this past week. As the week began, Mr. Trump was telling the country to just "relax" and stop its panic buying at grocery stores and other businesses. "We're doing great. It will all pass," he said. Published March 19, 2020

Federal government’s criminal spending binges must stop now

Economist Robert J. Samuelson tells us that we are "edging toward a soak-the-rich economy," a prospect he seems, to some extent, support. Published March 12, 2020

The federal government has failed to prepare for the coronavirus

The feared, little known coronavirus has struck our world with a vengeance, including parts of the United States, plunging the stock market to lows not seen since the 2008 financial crisis. Published March 5, 2020

How long will Attorney General William P. Barr keep his job?

And the president isn't mincing words in attacking his own administration, including Mr. Barr and the people who work for him. Published February 27, 2020

Plunging America into a sea of debt

The government's debt is rising faster than one can say bankruptcy, default, delinquency, insolvency and ruin. Published February 13, 2020

Tracking the consequences of President Trump’s trade tariffs

The U.S. economy is slowing down, with economic growth crawling along at a mere 2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2019, worsened by President Trump's trade war policies. Published February 6, 2020

John Bolton’s tell-all book makes waves during impeachment trial

President Trump's impeachment trial was going his way until former National Security Adviser John Bolton revealed that Mr. Trump told him last August that he would delay military aid to Ukraine until it conducted an investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter. Published January 30, 2020

Impeachment, according to the Founding Fathers

When the impeachment process was first raised at the 1787 convention in Philadelphia, it led to a furious argument among the delegates. "One of the most hotly debated clauses in the Constitution deals with the removal of federal government officials," writes Scott Bomboy, the editor in chief of the National Constitution Center. Published January 23, 2020