Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Airline GC Recalls How Trump Botched an M&A Deal

From Corporate Counsel How good a businessman is Donald Trump? Not very, according to Ben Hirst, the former general counsel of Continental Airlines who watched him up close during Trump’s purchase of the Eastern Air Lines shuttle in 1988. Hirst wrote a commentary piece in Thursday’s Minneapolis Star Tribune that says Trump was all ego and emotion, and “was desperate

Trump and the Emasculated Voter

From the Wall Street Journal There’s only one way to protect the nation from Hillary Clinton, and that is to vote for Donald Trump. By DAVID GELERNTER Oct. 14, 2016 Some conservatives have watched their evaluations of Donald Trump’s character drop so low in recent days that on this vital question they no longer see a choice between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Accordingly,

EU’s Early Ratification of Paris Climate Agreement Upends Trump Plan to “Cancel It”

President Trump likely would ignore it, President Clinton would champion it The European Union approved a fast-track ratification of the Paris climate change agreement yesterday, less than a year after it was signed in Paris, upending a Donald Trump promise to cancel the agreement if elected president. In September, in a ceremony in Hangzhou, China, the UN Secretary General received the

Even with Trump, America’s Coal Age Ends in 2016

From Power Magazine Now that the political conventions are over and Americans must choose between two presidential candidates, the rhetoric around coal’s future continues to heat up. What neither candidate is telling you, however, is that no matter who is elected in November, no matter what the makeup of the next Congress is, America’s coal age is over. The answer

Donald Trump Speaks in Colorado on the Eve of Independence Day

Trump is headliner at the Western Conservative Summit In his first appearance in Colorado since he launched his campaign for the 2016 presidential election, presumed Republican nominee Donald Trump spoke to several thousand attendees at an event today at the Colorado Convention Center in downtown Denver. During the hour-long speech, Trump hit upon the main points of his campaign policies,

Donald J. Trump’s Energy Policy

Trump’s energy message is job-focused; presumed Republican candidate says he intends to remove barriers that block the development of America’s energy resources In a campaign speech in North Dakota last week, presumed Republican presidential nominee and real estate developer Donald J. Trump laid out his energy plan for the country. Trump’s characterization was that his plan represents “energy reform that creates trillions in new wealth.” Below are