Still, it wasn’t possible to disassociate Trump’s meddling from the U.S.M.N.T. altogether. It’s possible that Trump, who, during his comments to the press, joked about taking credit for the two-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the United...

The World Cup doubles as a beauty pageant for each country’s fans, who strut around, sing their anthems, and try their best to look hot, happy, and, above all, passionate. Regional—and, if we’re being...

I don’t know. Maybe. Perhaps. That’s reading a bit into it, yeah.I’m just saying, when you say you’re messing with markets, that stuff matters to politics. But anyway, you wrote this piece downplaying the...