Frida Ghitis writes that in President Joe Biden’s primetime address on Thursday, he made the difficult but necessary decision to speak an uncomfortable truth — acknowledging the grave risk that MAGA Republicans pose to the future of US democracy
Author: Frida Ghitis, CNN
GOP Warnings After Search of Trump’s Home Make No Sense
Frida Ghitis writes that Donald Trump’s most militant supporters, who are claiming the republic is under attack because of the FBI search of the former president’s home, could not be more wrong. In strong democracies, no one is above the law — includ…
How Trump Is Scamming America With Election Lies
The January 6 committee has homed in on two unsavory but unsurprising facts about former President Donald Trump: He knew that the lost the election, and he used his
Will Political Turmoil Follow the Economic Hurricane?
The worst of the pandemic may be over, but the economic aftershocks of the global crisis, made much worse by Russia’s war against Ukraine, mean that a return to normalcy is nowhere in sight.
How Does Ukraine Negotiate With a Liar?
That truth is the first casualty of war has become a cliche, writes Frida Ghitis. But it didn’t take a war for Putin’s Russia to launch a stream of falsehoods and disinformation. The deceptions started decades ago and they never stopped. The war allow…
Biden’s Europe Trip Has Achieved One Key Goal
President Joe Biden’s mission in Europe this week had one overarching purpose: prevent Russian President Vladimir Putin from winning his war in Ukraine. And do it without triggering Putin’s worst instincts, which could turn the war in Ukraine into the…
Zelensky the One Leader Who Can Bring Americans Together
Frida Ghitis writes that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s speech to Congress on Wednesday, in addition to being emotionally searing and extraordinarily powerful, energized support for Ukraine’s defense against Russian President Vladimir Putin’…
Zelensky’s Stirring Message to America
Russia Has Tanks and Troops. Ukraine Has Zelensky
Russia has many tanks, troops and airplanes. But Ukraine has Zelensky. Frida Ghitis writes on how Ukraine’s boyish-faced president with the stubble of war is rising to the occasion, most recently giving a speech evoking Shakespeare and Churchill to st…
Biden Doesn’t See His Presidency as a Failing Enterprise
In his news conference marking his first year in office, President Joe Biden emphasized that despite his sinking approval numbers, rising inflation, the ongoing spread of Covid-19 and the bleak scenario for Democrats ahead of the midterm elections, th…