Looking back, President Trump's desire for the Panama Canal -- declared from the very outset of his second term -- was never a simple ambition.

This turn sets off a race. The opposition tries to build enough popular legitimacy to dislodge the autocrat through political means; the autocrat tries to leverage enough institutional power to retain control over the government even in the face of a disgruntled majority.

President Donald Trump says any agreement to end the Iran war should include a requirement for several additional countries, including Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, to join the Abraham Accords

President Donald Trump’s emerging deal to end the Iran war is drawing heavy criticism from some fellow Republicans