Richard Wolffe
Richard Wolffe is a Guardian US columnist. An MSNBC political analyst for a decade, Wolffe was executive editor of MSNBC.com, and is the author of Renegade: The Making of a President. He is also a senior adviser to the KARV communications agency.
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Trump is a puppet of the rich. He made that clear this weekThe president likes to speak about helping working people. But he is raising taxes and abandoning those in need in Puerto Rico, says Guardian US columnist Richard Wolffe
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The president of the United States is now a neo-Nazi sympathiserDonald Trump’s press conference was a grotesque display of empathy for violent racists. At least it united the Republicans in disgust at their president
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God save us from Donald Trump's fire and furyMany analysts have noted that Trump’s line about fire and fury sounds much like North Korean state media: an uncanny echo that is less than reassuring
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Anthony Scaramucci is vindictive, petty and unprincipled – perfect for TrumpBravado does not translate to any ability to fill the job of comms chief – but in the Trump White House, competency is of far less value than sycophancy
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Exit Spicey, enter the Mooch: another day in Trump's tragicomic AmericaAs the laughable ‘Made in America’ week closed, the White House staged a farce to rival any of Sean Spicer’s press briefings. This was nightmare political theater
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Six months into America's nightmare, how likely is Trump's impeachment?There are only so many possible fates for the president: an early departure, defeat in his re-election bid or a second term. Which will it be?
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Trump Jr's message to Russian operatives? I'm open for businessHis only defense for apparently wanting to collude with an unknown foreign national was that nothing moved forward because she had no information
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The president of the United States appears untethered from realityThe way he treated Morning Joe’s hosts is abnormal. And this abnormality has effects that extend far beyond the fate of the Trump presidency
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Trumpcare is a dangerous gamble. The prognosis isn't goodMitch McConnell can only lose two Republican votes in the senate. He will pay a high price behind closed doors to secure each and every vote
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Jeff Sessions: a poor, misunderstood man exempt from normal rulesPity the amnesiac attorney general. The Senate intelligence committee is not the first time his good name has been tarnished by ‘appalling lies’
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Comey testimony: Trump could have had 'chilling effect' on Russia investigation – as it happenedComey testified before the Senate select committee on intelligence, saying he had ‘no doubt’ that Russia was behind various intrusions in the US election
The Russia scandal has gone from phony war to heavy shelling