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A photo collage illustration shows Donald Trump in profile against red striped background on a beige field. At left is the White House. At right, shipping containers, barricades used in war, and a cloud from a bomb attack in Gaza.
A photo collage illustration shows Donald Trump in profile against red striped background on a beige field. At left is the White House. At right, shipping containers, barricades used in war, and a cloud from a bomb attack in Gaza.

What Trump’s Win Means for the World

Kamala Harris is silhouetted against a cloudy sky at sunset as she walks up the steps of a plane.
Kamala Harris is silhouetted against a cloudy sky at sunset as she walks up the steps of a plane.

Why She Lost

Despite a platform focused on winning back the working class, Kamala Harris and her party had lost too many of them already.

Argument
Michael Hirsh
Donald Trump gestures as he sits at a table behind a microphone. At right is another man seated. Behind them is the U.S. flag and a sign that says "Protect Our Food from China."
Donald Trump gestures as he sits at a table behind a microphone. At right is another man seated. Behind them is the U.S. flag and a sign that says "Protect Our Food from China."

What Trump’s Win Means for U.S. Foreign Policy

He is poised to bring back hallmarks of his first term, from a China trade war to hostility toward multilateralism.

Analysis
FP Staff
Trump peeks out from behind a two-page memo with his signature in large black ink.
Trump peeks out from behind a two-page memo with his signature in large black ink.

Trump Wants to Make America Pay Again

There are so many questions about Trump’s tariff plans that not even Shakespeare could count the ways.

Analysis
Keith Johnson
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Postcards from the Wedge

Supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris hold a Puerto Rican flag during a demonstration ahead of a Donald Trump campaign rally in Allentown.
Supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris hold a Puerto Rican flag during a demonstration ahead of a Donald Trump campaign rally in Allentown.

How Slandering Puerto Ricans Harms the GOP

Ed Morales
An election worker processes a stack of 2024 general election ballots with the tabulation machine in front of observers.
An election worker processes a stack of 2024 general election ballots with the tabulation machine in front of observers.

How America’s Fourth-Largest County Is Preparing for Election Interference

Rishi Iyengar
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The View from There

Lula sits in a chair in front of a mic and smiles as he gives two thumbs up.
Lula sits in a chair in front of a mic and smiles as he gives two thumbs up.

Could Lula and Trump Get Along?

Andre Pagliarini
Then-U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 15, 2020.
Then-U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 15, 2020.

Netanyahu Favors Trump, but He Could Come to Regret It

David E. Rosenberg

foreign-policy issues in the election

A collage illustration shows Kamala Harris atop a world map with arrows pointing in various directions.
A collage illustration shows Kamala Harris atop a world map with arrows pointing in various directions.

The Kamala Harris Doctrine

Everything we know about the Democratic nominee’s foreign-policy views.

Analysis
FP Staff
Small headshots inside red circles of 11 of Donald Trumps foreign-policy advisors.
Small headshots inside red circles of 11 of Donald Trumps foreign-policy advisors.

Trump’s Foreign-Policy Influencers

Meet the 11 men whose worldviews are shaping the 2024 Republican ticket.

Feature
FP Staff

Insider Decoding Trump’s Foreign Policy By Ravi Agrawal

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postcards-from-the-wedge-icon-foreign-policy-150

Postcards from the Wedge

Foreign-policy issues in battleground states

A woman holds up her phone to take a photo as she holds a large Venezuelan flag above her head. Behind her is a large crowd and the skyline of Miami.
A woman holds up her phone to take a photo as she holds a large Venezuelan flag above her head. Behind her is a large crowd and the skyline of Miami.

Venezuelan Americans Could Be Key Voting Bloc

Analysis
Anusha Rathi
A woman in a white button up shirt waves a red and white keffiyah above her head. Behind her are a crowd of people holding Lebanese and Palestinian flags. Just over her shoulder is a stroller and two young children framed by flags.
A woman in a white button up shirt waves a red and white keffiyah above her head. Behind her are a crowd of people holding Lebanese and Palestinian flags. Just over her shoulder is a stroller and two young children framed by flags.

Michigan’s Lebanese Americans Feel Abandoned by Democrats

Analysis
Abdelhalim Abdelrahman
Donald Trump stands next to Hung Cao and a woman as people seated in a Vietnamese restaurant lift up their mobile phones to take pictures.
Donald Trump stands next to Hung Cao and a woman as people seated in a Vietnamese restaurant lift up their mobile phones to take pictures.

In Virginia, a Vietnamese American Community Divided

Dispatch
Allison Meakem

From the Magazine

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letters-president-america-election-nicolas-ortega-illustration-3-2

Letters to the Next President

No matter who wins the White House, these nine thinkers from around the world would like a word.

Analysis
Catherine Ashton, Jason Bordoff, Arancha González, Martin Kimani, Mark Malloch-Brown, Joseph S. Nye Jr., Danny Quah, Nirupama Rao, Joseph E. Stiglitz
Pencil drawn portraits of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are overlapped, one in blue and one in red.
Pencil drawn portraits of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are overlapped, one in blue and one in red.

Is 2024 Really the Most Important Election in History? This article has an audio recording

Essay
Michael Hirsh
An illustration shows a horseshoe-shaped magnet with a U.S. flag motif attracting a giant crowd of tiny people toward it.
An illustration shows a horseshoe-shaped magnet with a U.S. flag motif attracting a giant crowd of tiny people toward it.

Invest in Soft Power

Essay
Joseph S. Nye Jr.
An illustration shows a U.S. flag on a long pole propping up a flag globe.
An illustration shows a U.S. flag on a long pole propping up a flag globe.

Muster Global Majorities

Essay
Mark Malloch-Brown
An illustration shows a three-legged stool with legs covered in the flags of the U.S., the U.K., ad the EU.
An illustration shows a three-legged stool with legs covered in the flags of the U.S., the U.K., ad the EU.

The Trans-Atlantic Partnership Still Matters

Essay
Catherine Ashton
An illustration shows a No. 1 foam finger with a bandage around its fingertip.
An illustration shows a No. 1 foam finger with a bandage around its fingertip.

Why America Should Drop Its Obsession With Being No. 1

Essay
Danny Quah
A photo illustration shows red and blue boxing gloves holding a U.S.-shaped Constitution with "We the People" on it.
A photo illustration shows red and blue boxing gloves holding a U.S.-shaped Constitution with "We the People" on it.

How to Restore the American Center

Essay
Martin Kimani
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The View from There

How the 2024 U.S. election affects the world

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speak to the press before a private meeting in Washington on Sept. 26.
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speak to the press before a private meeting in Washington on Sept. 26.

Ukraine Walks a Tightrope on the U.S. Election

Analysis
Fabrice Deprez
U.S. presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump speaks at the U.S.-Mexico border south of Sierra Vista, Arizona, on Aug. 22.
U.S. presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump speaks at the U.S.-Mexico border south of Sierra Vista, Arizona, on Aug. 22.

Trump Has His Own Monroe Doctrine

Argument
Oliver Stuenkel
U.S. President Donald Trump (far right) holds a chart showing military hardware sales as he meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on March 20, 2018.
U.S. President Donald Trump (far right) holds a chart showing military hardware sales as he meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on March 20, 2018.

Why the Gulf States Are Likely Backing Trump

Analysis
Talal Mohammad

Latest Stories

A fan of U.S. President Donald Trump adjusts a cutout of Elon Musk at a “Trump-A-Palooza” event in Brevard, North Carolina.
A fan of U.S. President Donald Trump adjusts a cutout of Elon Musk at a “Trump-A-Palooza” event in Brevard, North Carolina.

Third Parties in America Usually Fail. Can Elon Musk Change That?

The world’s richest man takes his political evolution another step further. 

Explainer
Rishi Iyengar
Abbas Alawieh, spokesperson for Listen to Michigan, a group that asked voters to vote uncommitted instead of backing Joe Biden in Michigan's 2024 U.S. Presidential primary election, on Feb. 27, 2024.
Abbas Alawieh, spokesperson for Listen to Michigan, a group that asked voters to vote uncommitted instead of backing Joe Biden in Michigan's 2024 U.S. Presidential primary election, on Feb. 27, 2024.

How Democrats Can Win Arab American Voters Back

In times of Middle Eastern turmoil, policy commitments matter more than messaging.

Argument
Alia Awadallah
Donald Trump tips a white hard hat from his head as he stands behind a microphone on a well-lit stage with a crowd out of focus behind him in the darkness.
Donald Trump tips a white hard hat from his head as he stands behind a microphone on a well-lit stage with a crowd out of focus behind him in the darkness.

Trump’s Not a Renegade—He’s a Loyal Republican Fighter

Just look at the president’s embrace of fossil fuels.

Argument
Julian E. Zelizer
United States House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat from New York, shakes hands with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, Republican from Louisiana, during the first day of the 119th Congress in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, on Jan. 3.
United States House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat from New York, shakes hands with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, Republican from Louisiana, during the first day of the 119th Congress in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, on Jan. 3.

How Democrats Can Get the Upper Hand With Minority Power

Two examples from recent history show what a united party can achieve.

Analysis
Julian E. Zelizer
An illustration shows Donald Trump smiling zanily with yellow hair flying one direction and a red tie snaking through his ears and around his head wildly.
An illustration shows Donald Trump smiling zanily with yellow hair flying one direction and a red tie snaking through his ears and around his head wildly.

Does the Madman Theory Actually Work?

Trump likes to think his unpredictability is an asset.

Essay
Daniel W. Drezner
An illustration shows three tiers of classes, working class on the lowest with a bike messenger, a construction worker, a hotel worker, and a waiter; the second tier shows the professional-managerial class with a doctor, a graduate, and a man with a briefcase; the top layer shows two men golfing. Between them is a Donald Trump in a champagne coupe.
An illustration shows three tiers of classes, working class on the lowest with a bike messenger, a construction worker, a hotel worker, and a waiter; the second tier shows the professional-managerial class with a doctor, a graduate, and a man with a briefcase; the top layer shows two men golfing. Between them is a Donald Trump in a champagne coupe.

America Is Locked in a New Class War

Money and education no longer explain voting patterns.

Essay
Adam Tooze
Kamala Harris is silhouetted against a cloudy sky at sunset as she walks up the steps of a plane.
Kamala Harris is silhouetted against a cloudy sky at sunset as she walks up the steps of a plane.

How Foreign Policy Shaped the 2024 U.S. Election

What does Trump’s victory show about how Americans view their place in the world?

5 Top Reads
Amelia Lester
An Israeli artillery unit fires across the border toward Lebanon on Jan. 11.
An Israeli artillery unit fires across the border toward Lebanon on Jan. 11.

Fareed Zakaria Looks Back at 2024

FP Live’s annual tradition of recounting the biggest highlights and trends of the year.

Insider
Ravi Agrawal
A photo illustration shows an elephant holding a radio microphone against a muted red background to represent conservative radio hosts.
A photo illustration shows an elephant holding a radio microphone against a muted red background to represent conservative radio hosts.

The Original Joe Rogan

Bob Grant and other talk radio hosts got out the Republican message through the ‘80s and ‘90s.

Insider
Julian E. Zelizer
Matt Gaetz looks out of The Strom Thurmond Room where he met with Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Nov. 20.
Matt Gaetz looks out of The Strom Thurmond Room where he met with Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Nov. 20.

The Last Time Senators Rejected a Cabinet Nomination

It’s only happened nine times in American history.

Analysis
Julian E. Zelizer
Donald Trump, accompanied by U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA), House Republican Conference Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC), and U.S. House Majority Leader Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA), speaks at a House Republicans Conference meeting in Washington on Nov. 13.
Donald Trump, accompanied by U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA), House Republican Conference Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC), and U.S. House Majority Leader Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA), speaks at a House Republicans Conference meeting in Washington on Nov. 13.

What Can Trump Do With United Government?

These months offer presidents a path to historic legislative achievement—but success is not guaranteed.

Analysis
Julian E. Zelizer
U.S. President Joe Biden smiles as he puts his hand on the shoulder of Hunter Biden who smiles at him with his hand on his back.
U.S. President Joe Biden smiles as he puts his hand on the shoulder of Hunter Biden who smiles at him with his hand on his back.

What Hunter’s Pardon Says About Biden and Trump

Using a historically controversial power, the U.S. president is sending a message to the nation.

Analysis
Julian E. Zelizer
U.S. President Joe Biden stands in the East Room of the White House on June 26, 2023.
U.S. President Joe Biden stands in the East Room of the White House on June 26, 2023.

President Biden’s Last Stand

There is precedent for a lame-duck president to assert authority in bold fashion.

Analysis
Julian E. Zelizer
Supporters of Donald Trump watch as he holds a rally in the South Bronx on May 23 in New York City.
Supporters of Donald Trump watch as he holds a rally in the South Bronx on May 23 in New York City.

U.S. Election Polls Can’t Tell Us Much About Race

Treating Black and Latino voters as monolithic groups obscures more than it clarifies.

Analysis
Christopher Shell
A campaign sign for Donald Trump in the Capitol Reflecting Pool in Washington on Jan. 9, 2021.
A campaign sign for Donald Trump in the Capitol Reflecting Pool in Washington on Jan. 9, 2021.

Trump’s Victory Has Opened the Disinformation Floodgates

Here’s how to stem the tide.

Argument
Bhaskar Chakravorti
Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on Oct. 08, 2019.
Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on Oct. 08, 2019.

Trump’s Executive Picks Are Radical, but Not Unprecedented

The tradition of appointing cabinet leaders who hate their jobs dates back to Ronald Reagan.

Analysis
Julian E. Zelizer
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