Susan Estrich

Same Old Stuff

From the Left / Susan Estrich / Oct 18, 2025

Fresh from his triumph in the Middle East, President Donald Trump returned to Washington and reverted to playing the vengeful monarch, holding a press conference in the White House to announce his enemies' list and demand that they be prosecuted -- for something. Having put in place a personal lawyer of his with no prosecutorial experience who...Read more

What Next?

From the Left / Susan Estrich / Oct 16, 2025

President Donald Trump is flying high. He calls it a "historic dawn of a new Middle East," resolving "3,000 years" of conflict, even though, in his speech to the Knesset, he couldn't stop himself from insulting former Presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama for their "hatred toward Israel," saying they could never have done what he did.

It Had To End

From the Left / Susan Estrich / Oct 11, 2025

Too much suffering on both sides. Too much division. Too much danger for Israel to be as isolated and stigmatized as it has become. Too big a rift between American Jews and the homeland we love.

Do President Donald Trump and his team deserve credit for taking a major step?

Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal said it best. He told reporters ...Read more