Maxime Marquette
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Columns by Maxime Marquette
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EDITORIAL: Trump's EO 14411 — American Customs Goes to Total War Against Fraud
On June 3, 2026, Trump signed the most ambitious U.S. customs reform in over a decade. The diagnosis is right. The $112 billion fraud…
ANALYSIS: Trump Rearming America by Decree — The Munitions Crisis Strikes at NATO's Core
On June 11, 2026, Donald Trump signed Presidential Determination No. 2026-15, invoking Section 708 of the Defense Production Act of 1950. Published in the…
FIELD REPORT: At the Évian G7, Trump Says "I'm the Boss" — What This Transatlantic Dynamic Reveals
Three days in Évian-les-Bains. Seven leaders navigating calculated flattery and diplomatic red lines. And one offhand remark that said more about Western power in…
BREAKDOWN: Trump confirms the Ankara NATO summit (July 7–8): "We will be going to Turkey"
Seven words from Joint Base Andrews, delivered almost as an aside — and a geopolitical earthquake follows. Trump is going to Ankara. The 36th…
OPEN LETTER: Europe, You Are Now Alone — The Brutal Awakening of Continental Defense
On June 18, 2026, in the corridors of NATO headquarters in Brussels, something broke permanently. Pete Hegseth pronounced words European diplomats had heard in…
INVESTIGATION: Belgium Crosses the 2% NATO Threshold — and Reveals Everything That Number Conceals
For the first time in its NATO history, Belgium hit the 2% GDP defense spending target. It also announced seven F-16s for Ukraine. Both…
BRIEF: €500 Million from the Netherlands — Ukraine's Sky Has a Price, and Europe Is Paying It
On June 18, 2026, while Ukrainian air defenses were still blazing through drone-saturated nights, the Netherlands announced a €500 million military package — half…
FIELD REPORT: At the Évian G7, the West Finds Its Voice and Tightens the Vise on Putin
From June 15–17, 2026, the leaders of the seven major industrialized democracies met in Évian-les-Bains for what became one of the most decisive G7…
COLUMN: The Supreme Court Lying in Wait — Birthright Citizenship, TPS, and the Soul of American Law
Twenty-three decisions still pending in June 2026. Two of them could redefine who is American and who may stay. The Court is at a…