Maxime Marquette
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Columns by Maxime Marquette
4,526 column(s) published
PORTRAIT: Marco Rubio, the Unbeatable Survivor — the Man Holding the West Together in the Trump Chaos
Four secretaries gone, a cabinet in perpetual churn — and Marco Rubio is still standing. The son of Cuban refugees has become the most…
COLUMN: Trump in Free Fall — 33% on the Economy, Blue-Collar Voters Abandon Ship, Midterms Incoming
The NPR/PBS News/Marist poll released June 18, 2026 landed like a hammer: only 33% of Americans approve of Trump's handling of the economy —…
EDITORIAL: Trump-Iran Deal, Israel Betrayed, the West Hypnotized Before a Historic Capitulation
On June 17, 2026, in Geneva, the United States and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding ending hostilities. On the surface, good news. In…
FIELD REPORT: Trump Militarizes America — The National Guard Is Here to Stay
Since August 2025, thousands of National Guard troops have patrolled Washington D.C. What was sold as a temporary emergency measure has become a permanent…
PORTRAIT: JD Vance, Architect of the Iranian Peace — Genius or 2028 Kamikaze?
There are political moments that define a career. For JD Vance, the week of June 15, 2026 may be that moment — for better…
INVESTIGATION: When the Supreme Court Humiliates Trump on the Second Amendment — For a Marijuana Smoker
On June 18, 2026, a 9-0 unanimous Supreme Court ruling in United States v. Hemani struck down the federal gun ban on marijuana users…
COLUMN: Trump Offers Iran $300 Billion — and His Own Base Screams "Surrender"
Some betrayals come from enemies. The more painful ones come from friends. In mid-June 2026, Donald Trump is living through the second kind. Tucker…
INVESTIGATION: The Pack Around Moscow — How Beijing, Tehran, Pyongyang, and Minsk Feed the War
This war is told as a duel: Russia versus Ukraine. That is wrong, or at least terribly incomplete. Behind Vladimir Putin stands a pack…
ESSAY: The West on Eggshells — Trump, the G7, and Chaos as a Method of Governance
Évian-les-Bains, June 2026: the G7 leaders came to a spa town on Lake Geneva and found themselves managing a president who declared 'I am…