Ideologies of Marxist or anarchist tradition, that is, what we used to call “the left”, tend to consider the legal frameworks of the bourgeois state and its diplomatic tentacles as more or less oppressive instruments. Friedrich Nietzsche, on the other hand, asserted something very different: the law, according to him, is nothing more than an invention of the weak to subjugate the strong.

Since the ultrarich have personally declared war on the rest of humanity, they have reinforced a communicative pattern of arrogance, which, without going any further, is shared by the president of the United States and the president of Real Madrid.

Xi Jinping rolls out the red carpet to receive Donald Trump this week on a state visit marked by the Iran crisis and overshadowed by trade tensions and rivalry between the two countries. The leaders of the world's two largest powers will hold talks in Beijing with low expectations of reaching significant agreements, but with the need to stabilize relations. In addition to the energy crisis caused by the war against Iran, the two leaders have other fronts open, such as technological competition, trade barriers, or the sale of arms to Taiwan.

In May of last year, workers at NASA's Goddard Laboratory received the order to go home and work remotely. The Trump administration was rescinding the lease on the building where, since the 1960s, this institute has led the climate and Earth research of the North American space agency. It was an attempt to dismantle the center, which preceded the threat of total closure proposed by the White House in its budget for NASA last year. Fortunately, Congress halted that massive funding cut. But that did not prevent the purge of the Office of Government Efficiency (DOGE) led by Elon Musk from targeting NASA's Earth science program and other U.S. scientific agencies that are crucial for global climate research.

In June 1997, then-United States Senator Joe Biden, returning from a trip to Moscow where he had gone to reassure the Kremlin about the expansion of the Atlantic Alliance, told reporters that the Russians did not want “to even hear about this NATO expansion”, and admitted that Moscow had warned him that, if it happened, Russia's response would be to “turn to China”. Biden, taking for granted that a Sino-Russian rapprochement was unthinkable, boasted of having replied: “You know what? Good luck with that! And then, if it doesn't work out, you try Iran!” Biden's words made an audience laugh, unable to imagine, from Washington, a world in which Beijing would become a global pole of attraction. Three decades later, the world is being reconfigured around China and Donald Trump is caught in a war in Iran, with military impact throughout the region and the capacity for global economic disruption.

The United States Department of War has begun publishing files related to unidentified flying objects (UFOs) and possible extraterrestrial life this Friday, which can be consulted on an official webpage that will be updated "continuously," according to the official statement. In February, President Donald Trump announced that, "given the enormous interest shown," he would order the process of identifying and publishing government files related to extraterrestrial and alien life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and UFOs to begin.

The United States Department of War has begun publishing files related to unidentified flying objects (UFOs) and possible extraterrestrial life forms this Friday, which can be consulted on an official web page that will be updated "continuously," according to the official statement. In February, President Donald Trump announced that, "given the enormous interest shown," he would order the process of identifying and publishing government files related to extraterrestrial and alien life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs), and UFOs to begin.

Most member states and the European Commission want to apply the trade deal closed with the United States last summer as soon as possible to prevent Donald Trump from having any excuses to further increase tariffs against the European Union. However, some partners, especially France, and the European Parliament want to include a series of safeguard clauses in the pact with the White House. These disagreements are keeping the negotiations between European institutions to ratify the pact at a standstill, while the President of the United States pressures the EU to approve it definitively and threatens with new customs duties on European cars.

Since Trump set out to dismantle the National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), the country's public radio and television stations, a two-tiered response has emerged that is managing to keep the service afloat. On the one hand, federal judge Randolph Moss declared Donald Trump's executive order to cut federal funding to these state-level media, which have over a thousand associated radio and television networks operating at the local level, "unconstitutional" this April. However, the judge's ruling has not resulted in the return of the already cut funds, and this has already led to a hundred layoffs at PBS, representing 15% of the total, to which must be added approximately 500 more jobs lost at associated local radio or television stations.

Fascism is a sentimental issue. It arises, above all, from certain masculine sentiments. Economic, social, and cultural causes can be sought, but it is fundamentally the collective expression of a series of personal frustrations.

Donald Trump's latest stunt is the announcement of new 25% tariffs on European cars and trucks. He let it slip on Truth Social, and theoretically the measure aims to boost the United States' automotive industry, but it was made public two days after the president threatened a "possible reduction" of American troops deployed in Germany. The target of this measure, due to the weight of the automotive industry, is precisely Germany. The US president believes that Berlin has not helped him enough with the war he declared jointly with Benjamin Netanyahu against Iran.

If we define intelligence as the capacity of human beings to weave links between what they know and what they feel, transforming the understanding of the world into empathy, creativity, and beauty, it is evident that we would like our rulers to have a good dose of it. But we can make it more prosaic and, although etymologically intelligence" means "to read within" or "to choose between", I would ask for no more than a somewhat objective understanding of the world, even if it were without empathy; and if beauty cannot be, I would like it to be replaced at least by rigor and by the will not to cause unnecessary suffering.

Hours after an armed man stormed the traditional White House Correspondents' Dinner at the Washington Hilton hotel,. He lay on the floor naked, face down, subdued by security guards.This Wednesday, U.S. authorities released new images in which the suspect appears dressed and armed, inside a hotel room, shortly before the assault. Allen appears in a black suit and red tie, using his phone to take a photo of himself in front of the mirror. And armed: he appears to be carrying a leather bag full of ammunition, a shoulder holster, a knife sheathed at his waist, and pliers. The photograph was reportedly taken at 8:03 p.m. and the weapons match those carried by the suspect.

The US president insists on leaving his name for history. Since returning to the White House just over a year ago, he has put his name on important Washington buildings, a new class of Navy ships, the golden visa program for millionaires, a federal website for prescription drugs, and a federal savings account for boys and girls. Now his name and portrait will also appear on US passports. The United States will issue a limited edition of passports, to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the country's founding, which is being celebrated this July 4th. The president's portrait, with a serious pose and his signature in gold ink, will be printed on one of the inner pages, above a reproduction of the 1776 Declaration of Independence.

Trump in his element: “Only the truly relevant leaders, those who have the most impact, are targeted.” Trump knows that violence feeds on itself and seeks to capitalize on attacks like the one at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. A criminal act by a poor man, Cole Thomas Allen, who has forged his delusions in a country with maximum tolerance for gun use.

Donald Trump's enormous, and sadly proven, destructive capacity does not deprive him of an undeniable comic flair. It works, however, in reverse: when Trump thinks he's funny, he's not funny at all, because all his supposed humor is based on denigrating people or institutions that generally cannot defend themselves, and also on that deceptive resource of the coarsest people which consists of wanting to be politically incorrect (according to them, “you can’t say anything anymore”, but, on the other hand, we hear and read them every single day). Instead, when he doesn't try to be funny, his own grotesque nature makes Trump capable of making us laugh.This is what happened again during the White House Correspondents' Dinner and the attempted attack that the current president of the USA supposedly suffered again, events that, instead of the gravity of a drama, had the ingredients of a comic opera. Journalist Antonia Hitchens, from the New Yorker, for example, tells it with the relaxed tone of someone who has witnessed a farce and not a moment of grave crisis for democratic institutions. The same correspondents' dinner, in fact, is a custom that, over the years, has acquired a certain ceremonial air, but which above all is based on good humor: it is precisely for this reason that Trump had avoided it until now, because his spoiled child attitude cannot tolerate jokes or criticism. He can insult, threaten, or ridicule, but if someone upsets him or makes fun of him, his reaction is to get angry and make a scene. This is what happened the day after the incident, when journalist Norah O'Donnell, from CBS, read Trump a fragment of the manifesto that the supposed terrorist, a certain Cole Thomas Allen, had made public before attempting to shoot him and in which he accused the Republican leader of being a rapist, a pedophile, and a traitor. Trump's reaction was to explode in anger at the journalist and insult her gravely in front of the same camera (when, until that moment, he had been playing the part of the understanding, and even compassionate, leader who, when attacked, worries about people's well-being). The effect, in this case, was one of unintentional comedy, in the style of Airplane!.However, whether true or part of a setup to try to boost Trump's very low popularity, the shooter's words were very presumably true: Trump has already been convicted of diverting campaign funds to pay for the sexual services of a pornographic actress, and the indications that he may be a rapist and pedophile are numerous and consistent. Almost all analyses of Trump's role in conflicts such as Gaza, Venezuela, or Iran include the current US president's need to distract public opinion from the scandals that weigh on him, starting with the Epstein case. As for the accusation of treason, there is no need to doubt it: he is merely a parasite of the homeland, like so many others who boast of patriotism. In the USA and everywhere else.

Charles III and Camilla brought the British weather to Washington this Tuesday. Intermittent rain in the early hours of a grey morning over the District of Columbia, as the King and Queen of England were formally received, with all honors, by Donald Trump and Melania in the gardens of the White House, as part of a four-day state visit to the United States. A visit to celebrate the two hundred and fifty years of independence that, in fact, had begun in the early hours of Monday afternoon. The Trumps today unveiled a solemn ceremony on the South Lawn of the presidential residence, a sign of the utmost distinction and diplomatic consideration towards a visiting head of state.

The attempted attack this weekend at a dinner for correspondents attended by the President of the United States, Donald Trump, adds to an ever-growing list. In just two years, at least four people have attempted to attack Trump directly or at an event he was attending. This is an unprecedented figure in the United States. It should be noted, however, that the motive for this weekend's attack has not yet been officially confirmed, although everything points to Trump being the target and authorities are working with a letter that the attacker allegedly sent to his relatives in which, without directly mentioning him, he harshly criticized the American president, without directly mentioning him, harshly criticized the American president.

“I am not willing to allow a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to stain my hands with his crimes”, wrote the man arrested on Saturday night when he was allegedly going to attack Donald Trump at a press dinner. 24 hours later, journalist Norah O'Donnell reads these words to the President of the United States in an interview on CBS's iconic 60 Minutes.

The CBS program 60 Minutes had the opportunity to interview Donald Trump the morning after the attack during the correspondents' dinner. The program's journalist, Norah O'Donnell, who was also present at the event, limited herself to asking him about the facts and delving into the actions of the security forces. The interview was broadcast on Sunday in a reduced format, only twelve minutes long, and covered the most essential informative aspects of Trump's responses. However, the network has posted the full forty-minute interview on YouTube. It is increasingly important to access Trump's complete statements to verify the evolution of his discourse. When O'Donnell asks him if he believes what happened the previous night will change his relationship with the press, Trump goes off on a tangent, recalling disagreements with Democrats on immigration policies. He also says that in sports, he wants women to compete with women and for men not to be part of women's competitions. O'Donnell, with extreme seriousness and discretion, reminds Trump that she is asking him about journalists and not about the opposition, but he seems to have confused them. In such a traumatic context as a shooting, all these remarks are superfluous. When the journalist points out security deficiencies, Trump praises the physical strength and great attractiveness of the officers. He also jokes about the speed of Cole Allen, the assailant, saying that the National Football League should sign him. These are details that may not have a direct bearing on the strictly informative facts, but they are essential for portraying the president in a grave context.There is a very impactful moment in the interview. O’Donnell reads to Trump part of the statement the assailant sent to his family: “I am not willing to allow a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to stain my hands with his crimes”. Trump gets serious and scolds O’Donnell: “I knew you would read it because you are a horrible person. I am not a rapist. I have not raped anyone”. O’Donnell, without flinching and with the same coldness she had shown until that moment, without changing her tone of voice, replies: “Oh! Do you think he was referring to you?” Trump, without answering her, continues to say that he is neither a pedophile nor is he exonerated from any relationship with Epstein. He tells the journalist that she should be ashamed to reproduce those statements, that she should not have read them. “You are a disgrace”, he tells her more than once. “These are the assailant’s words”, replies O’Donnell, who, nevertheless, manages to steer the conversation back and the interview continues for twenty more minutes.At the end of the interview, Trump commits to reconvening the correspondents' dinner within thirty days. It is a meeting of the government and the press that celebrates the First Amendment of the constitution and freedom of the press. It is, in fact, a recognition of the respective roles in democracy. What causes perplexity is that the press continues to want to participate in this type of farce with Trump in the White House.