Corbin Trent

That was our question. We chose wrong. Again. April 22, 2026 I’m generally disgusted that here in the US, we almost always frame war in terms of its economic impact. But in this case, the price of oil illustrates how America is deceiving itself about the true cost of its decision to choose, yet again, to go to war. There are two prices of oil right now, and between them is an unprecedented gap. One...

We have a lot to learn from both the candidate and the president Obama. A new generation of candidates is learning the wrong lessons. Corbin Trent and America’s Undoing March 27, 2026 The Democratic Party has an Obama problem. Whatever do I mean? I’m glad you asked. Zohran Mamdani was on the brink of winning the New York City mayor’s race last November when he stepped off the campaign trail to handle...

By Corbin Trent, America’s Undoing February 8, 2026   We are rocketing our way into a new Gilded Age. This corrupted economy of ours is about to create the world’s first trillionaire. Elon Musk is worth 850 billion dollars now. Eight hundred and fifty billion. Make no mistake, he is no genius. He’s a welfare king. Every dime of this insane fortune built on what’s yours and mine. Government...

By Corbin Trent, America’s Undoing February 8, 2026   We are rocketing our way into a new Gilded Age. This corrupted economy of ours is about to create the world’s first trillionaire. Elon Musk is worth 850 billion dollars now. Eight hundred and fifty billion. Make no mistake, he is no genius. He’s a welfare king. Every dime of this insane fortune built on what’s yours and mine. Government...

Corbin Trent, America’s Undoing One of the major challenges we face in the US is a complete loss of faith and trust. Trust in each other, our institutions, our government, and our own ability to effect change. As a society, we can’t legislate or paperwork our way back to legitimacy and trust. We likely won’t be able to count on the courts to defend us from our current calamity. Gavin Newsom flew...

Corbin Trent, America’s Undoing November 30,2025   Last Wednesday, two West Virginia National Guard members were shot near the White House. One of them, 20-year-old Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, died. The other remains in critical condition. The shooter was a 29-year-old Afghan national named Rahmanullah Lakanwal. He worked for us. For a decade. He was part of what the CIA calls a “Zero Unit”—paramilitary...

The New York Times ran one of its bolder editorials about resisting Trump and saving democracy. As usual, I found it irritating. They still haven’t internalized what’s obvious to most people outside of power: Trump is the symptom, not the disease. The NYT Editorial Board says, “It pains us to write these words. Whatever our policy differences with other modern presidents, every one of them fundamentally...