On Style and Substance – Take into account the fact that all Vance is doing 24/7 is positioning himself to take over when [Trump] gets really senile (see “No Style. Less Substance,” by Stephen Macaulay, right column). It is hard to grasp how Zelenskyy holds it together and what keeps him from losing it is that he is doing his job for his country. Would be nice if we had a similar situation, but we definitely do not. –Kate McLeod, Contributing Pundit

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Unlike X-Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Bluesky, et. al., The Hustings as a civil media site is designed to allow you free and easy access to various gradations of political thought from the left and right. 

No matter your political leanings, we urge you to read commentary from both sides adjacent to our political news/aggregate/analysis of the center column. In case you missed it, here are some recent right-side columns worth your time:

•Contributing Pundit Rich Corbett on why Donald Trump may be the best US president in 50 years. 

•Pundit-at-Large Stephen Macaulay’s “Vanity of Vanity,” on how President Trump believes his relationship is strong and close enough for Russian dictator/President Vladimir Putin to make a deal to end the war in Ukraine.

•Corbett, again, on the potential dangers of the Trump administration taking a 10% non-voting stake in chipmaker Intel.

•Macaulay, again, on Trump’s dealmaking skills – or lack thereof – in his meeting in Alaska with Putin, “Monty Hall Would Shake His Head in Disbelief,” and on Trump’s firing of the Bureau of Economic Analysis chief over poor jobs growth reports.

In Monday’s center column, “Will the Second City be Second?” we connected the dots on President Trump’s efforts to make it harder to vote and his federal takeover of Washington, D.C., to potentially squelch voting in urban areas in 2026 and 2028. Trump has indicated Chicago might be the next major city into which he sends the National Guard and/or federal troops to “fight crime.” [A friend of The Hustings notes that Chicago would be the third city, as federal forces invaded Los Angeles, and remain there still. In our defense, Chicago long ago lost out “Second City” status to L.A., based on population.]

Don’t miss our August 18 analysis of Trump’s meetings and negotiations with Russian dictator/President Vladimir Putin and with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his supporters from Europe, “Russia, Russia, Russia.” 

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