Trump’s Scheming to Sack Powell Paves the Road to Constitutional Ruin NYT | Opinion By: Thomas L. Friedman 14 January 2026 at 02:08 A criminal investigation of a sitting Fed chairman, with the obvious intent of stripping him of his independence, had never happened before.
Venezuela, Trump Came to Liberate Your Oil, Not Your People NYT | China By: Thomas L. Friedman 8 January 2026 at 22:18 Trump will soon discover that the only way to revive major American oil investments in Venezuela is to revive Venezuela’s democracy.
Venezuela, Trump Came to Liberate Your Oil, Not Your People NYT | Opinion By: Thomas L. Friedman 8 January 2026 at 22:18 Trump will soon discover that the only way to revive major American oil investments in Venezuela is to revive Venezuela’s democracy.
To Trump, on Venezuela: You Break It, You Own It NYT | Opinion By: Thomas L. Friedman 4 January 2026 at 07:34 His administration just decapitated the country’s leadership; he’s now responsible for what comes next there.
Welcome to Our New Era. What Do We Call It? NYT | China By: Thomas L. Friedman 11 November 2025 at 12:31 We have arrived at a “Polycene” moment where binary systems are giving way to multiple interconnected ones.