The Trump presidency exists in a bubble

Want smart analysis of the most important news in your inbox every weekday along with other global reads, interesting ideas and opinions to know? Sign up for the Today's WorldView newsletter. President Trump’s speech over the weekend along Florida’s Space Coast — effectively a campaign rally staged just one month into his term — served, more than anything else, […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/02/21/the-trump-presidency-exists-in-a-bubble/

Hitler’s ‘weapon of mass destruction’ was hidden for decades. This weekend somebody bought it.

When Ranulf Rayner was 10 years old, his father, Brig. Sir Ralph Rayner, returned home from Germany at the end of World War II with a stunning trophy of war: a bright red, three-pound telephone used by Adolf Hitler during the final two years of his life. “The telephone was built by Siemens and they confirmed that […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/02/20/hitlers-weapon-of-mass-destruction-was-hidden-for-decades-this-weekend-somebody-bought-it/

Trump asked people to ‘look at what’s happening … in Sweden.’ Here’s what’s happening there.

President Trump caused confusion during a Saturday rally in Florida when he said: “You look at what’s happening last night in Sweden. Sweden, who would believe this?” Trump then mentioned the French cities of Nice and Paris and the Belgian capital, Brussels. The three European cities were all attacked by terrorists over the past two years. Although Trump did not […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/02/20/trump-asked-people-to-look-at-whats-happening-in-sweden-heres-whats-happening-there/

He’s the founder of a Californian independence movement. Just don’t ask him why he lives in Russia.

A post shared by Louis J. Marinelli (@louisjmarinelli) on Sep 24, 2016 at 7:22am PDT Louis J. Marinelli is a man on a quixotic mission: to help California secede from the United States and become an independent country. Surprisingly, this quest has been going relatively well of late. Marinelli's group, Yes California, is attempting to […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/02/19/hes-the-founder-of-a-californian-independence-movement-just-dont-ask-him-why-he-lives-in-russia/

Sweden has no idea what Trump meant when he said, ‘You look at what’s happening … in Sweden’

If you believe Swedish media, Friday night was relatively uneventful. Among the most noteworthy headlines were reports that a popular Swedish singer had technical problems during a musical competition. But if you believe President Trump, something happened in Sweden on Friday night that deserved the attention of the world. However, nobody knows what that might be so […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/02/19/sweden-has-no-idea-what-trump-meant-when-he-said-you-look-at-whats-happening-in-sweden/