David Rothkopf

Chief Global Affairs Columnist

David Rothkopf is the Daily Beast's Chief Global Affairs Columnist. He appears weekly on The Daily Beast Podcast with Joanna Coles. Rothkopf is and is CEO and Editor-in-Chief of The DSR Network. He is the regular host of Deep State Radio, available on YouTube and podcast providers. Rothkopf was editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy, and was a Clinton administration appointee, as well as founder and CEO of Potomac Advisors. He is the author of ten books including Running the World, Superclass, Power, Inc., National Insecurity, Traitor, and American Resistance. His newsletter "Need to Know" is available at davidrothkopf.substack.com.

Marco Rubio, Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth

CRUDE BEHAVIOR

There’s Nothing Slick About Trump’s Venezuela Oil Grab

It is not a deal but a crime, and not one that will benefit the U.S. in the near or medium term. It may never benefit us at all.

David Rothkopf

Donald Trump, Markwayne Mullin, RFK Jr, Linda McMahon, Pete Hegseth

HALL OF SHAME

How Trump Assembled The Worst Cabinet in History

Even after less than two years in office, all the president’s men (and yes, they are nearly all men at this point) are making powerful cases that they are the very bottom of their respective barrels.

David Rothkopf