Bob McKnight

President Trump's disdain of the press is rising to a new level. In his first foreign trip, he refused to hold a single press conference during the entire trip, unlike all the other heads of state present. Just watching our country act as the lone participant in conference of major nations, afraid of a free press was chilling. Freedom of the press had become so expected in America, I now find it almost impossible to fathom that Trump in 2017 is doing this to the country th

Donald Trump is impulsive, loves to talk about himself, and is not interested in details. He is very self confident, and according to his son, has extensive financial relations with Russians. Perhaps all of this is why it is not surprising that the President decided to volunteer to the Russians visiting his office, "I just fired the head of the FBI. He was crazy, a real nut job. I faced great pressure because of Russia. That's taken off." Mysteriously, Trump excluded the

Like many Americans, I have begun patching together what I think happened in the 2016 election of Donald Trump and the Russians. Based on the information I have seen, I think this is the essence of the relationship as of today. 1. Russian President Vladimir Putin and U. S. President Barack Obama hated each other. Putin deeply resented Obama's world popularity. But he hated even more the spiraling from power of the Soviet Union. Putin would do anything to dilute the Amer

As readers of this Commentary are aware, during the 2016 Presidential Campaign, I like most Americans, was very dissatisfied with the 2 major candidates. In my last post, I shared a negative assessment of President Obama's two terms in office, along with an acknowledgement of his extraordinary talents. Here I would like to do the same for our new President. For personal talents and attributes, I can find very few for Donald Trump, other than perhaps avarice. In our capital