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Tom Basile

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Tom Basile is the host of "America Right Now" on Newsmax Television. Throughout his decades in government, politics, media and business he’s earned a reputation for credibility, candor and common sense conservatism. During this career his columns have been published in a range of outlets including Forbes and Fox News. He previously hosted "Sunday in America" for SiriusXM Radio. Basile served in the administration of President George W. Bush in various capacities including as an advisor to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad for which he received the Joint Civilian Service Commendation from the Department of Defense. He is the author of the critically-acclaimed "Tough Sell: Fighting the Media War in Iraq" as well as "Let it Sink In: The Decade of Obama and Trump." He served as Executive Director of the New York State Republican Party from 2009-2011 and is a veteran of local, state and national campaigns.
Basile is a member of the New York Bar and an Advisory Board Member of the Kalikow School of Government, Public Policy and International Affairs at Hofstra University. He is a Knight Commander with Star in the Roman Catholic Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem and is a member of the Knights of Columbus. Basile and his family live in Tennessee where he runs a strategic communications firm. Learn more about him at www.TomBasile.com. He can be reached at commentary@tombasile.com.

Columns by Tom Basile

Donald Trump versus Kamala Harris illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Trump takes a crowbar to Obama coalition

With another election, the resiliency of the American system continues to inspire. Americans have shown not only themselves but the world that they know the formula for American exceptionalism.

November 8, 2024
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally at the Wings Event Center, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024, in Kalamazoo, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Harris as president should terrify you

Vice President Kamala Harris' closing argument to voters is brimming with celebrities who have about as much in common with regular Americans as President Barack Obama does with inner-city Black voters.

October 28, 2024
Kamala Harris' welfare plantation illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Harris’ big plantation

Democrats are panicking. In their all-out effort to get their candidate elected, they've turned again to the kind of rhetoric that is patently insulting to America's Black community.

October 19, 2024
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Democrats illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Zelenskyy picks the wrong side

Descending the steps of a U.S. Air Force C-17 recently, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stepped into Pennsylvania and battleground state presidential politics.

September 27, 2024
Donald Trump the moderate when compared to Kamala Harris illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

In wacky 2024, Trump is the pragmatic moderate

Alberto Gonzalez recently penned an op-ed in Politico in which he endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to lead the nation, despite admitting, "We do not yet know exactly how Harris will govern if she is elected."

September 20, 2024
A president unnecessary for America illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

U.S. does not need a president

When it comes to President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, you can't help but wonder who is really calling the shots.

September 6, 2024
Trump campaign and Republicans need to go guerrilla illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Trump campaign and Republicans need to go guerrilla

It's September, which means the presidential campaign is mercifully in the final stretch. Former President Donald Trump is attempting to stay on message with varying degrees of effectiveness. Republicans are lawyering up. They're registering voters and encouraging supporters to vote early and by mail. It's a marked change from 2020.

August 30, 2024
President Biden wipes a tear with his daughter Ashley during the Democratic National Convention Monday, Aug. 19, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Biden aside is an unmitigated victory for the far left

Straining to smile, President Biden was led backstage after a speech that was delayed, angry and bitter -- a reflection of a man who failed to lead and who had been politically marginalized since his administration began.

August 25, 2024
Donald Trump attempted assassination at podium illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Yes, God saved Trump

A slight turn of the head. Less than a half an inch. That's all that stood between life and death for former President Donald Trump on July 13 in a Pennsylvania field.

July 19, 2024
President Biden's ego illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Is Biden America’s Cincinnatus?

President Biden says he's not going anywhere, but the man famous for taking every position on every issue has demonstrated he can certainly change his mind.

July 12, 2024
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo waits for a television interview at the Capitol in Washington on Nov. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File)

The case for Pompeo

If Democrats had any sense, they'd figure out how to replace President Biden with Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear or someone younger and virtually unknown that they can manufacture into their next savior. Do that, and Vice President Kamala Harris could be replaced by a toaster.

June 27, 2024