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Michael McKenna

Michael McKenna, a columnist for The Washington Times, is the president of MWR Strategies. He was most recently a deputy assistant to the president and deputy director of the Office of Legislative Affairs at the White House. He can be reached at mike@mwrstrat.com.

Columns by Michael McKenna

Trump winning the presidency illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Is it time for Trump to assemble a transition team?

In April 2012, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who was running for president, announced that he was starting up a "readiness team," headed by former Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt and Chris Liddell.

July 27, 2024
Trump's Republican Party speech illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

The speech that Trump should give

My fellow Americans, for the third time in my life, I am honored to accept the nomination of the Republican Party to be the next president of the United States.

July 17, 2024
U.S. federal spending illustration by Alexander Hunter/ The Washington Times

Becoming Venezuela

Some time ago, I asked a friend what the financial crisis that would eventually submerge the U.S. dollar as the world's reserve currency would look like. Would it be a failed bond auction or a run on gold?

June 26, 2024
America's energy dependence on China and net zero from electric vehicles illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

How dependent on China do we want to be?

Environmental activists will need to decide very soon whether they are more concerned about the United States becoming dependent for energy on the communist regime in China.

June 23, 2024
Republicans must focus on tax reform illustration by Alexander Hunter/ The Washington Times

Tax reform is just part of a larger puzzle

As I stated in my last column, no matter which party wins this year's presidential and congressional elections, most of Washington will be dedicated to tax legislation, federal spending, and how to deal with the debt ceiling.

June 19, 2024
FILE - This is the scene along a section of Omaha Beach in June 1944, during Operation Overlord, the code name for the Allied invasion at the Normandy coast in France during World War II. The D-Day invasion that helped change the course of World War II was unprecedented in scale and audacity. Veterans and world dignitaries are commemorating the 79th anniversary of the operation. (AP Photo, File)

Why we haven’t won a shooting war since WWII

This Thursday, June 6, politicians all over the land will wax rhapsodic about the heroism of the American fighting men in Operation Overlord, the Allies' successful effort that started on June 6, 1944.

June 5, 2024