Jeet Heer

National Affairs Correspondent

@HeerJeet

Jeet Heer is a national affairs correspondent for The Nation and host of the weekly Nation podcast, The Time of Monsters. He also pens the monthly column “Morbid Symptoms.” The author of In Love with Art: Francoise Mouly’s Adventures in Comics with Art Spiegelman (2013) and Sweet Lechery: Reviews, Essays and Profiles (2014), Heer has written for numerous publications, including The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, The American Prospect, The GuardianThe New Republic, and The Boston Globe.

Natalie Harp, executive assistant to President Donald Trump, listens to a reporter’s question as Trump holds a bilateral meeting with President of Lebanon Joseph Aoun in the Oval Office of the White House on July 21, 2026.

Natalie Harp Is the High Priestess of the Cult of Trump Natalie Harp Is the High Priestess of the Cult of Trump

The controversial White House isn’t the only Trump sycophant—merely the most successful.

Aug 21, 2026 / Jeet Heer

“Israel’s Lobby” is a new book by Eli Clifton and Ian Lustick

Is America in the Grip of a Foreign Power? Is America in the Grip of a Foreign Power?

A vital discussion on the state of the Israel lobby.

Aug 17, 2026 / Jeet Heer and Katrina vanden Heuvel

Donald Trump waves to the press after landing at the Ellipse near the White House on August 16, 2026

Trump’s Loose Grip on Reality Could Sink the Navy’s Ships Trump’s Loose Grip on Reality Could Sink the Navy’s Ships

The dire conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln are due to a president’s being dangerously detached from what’s actually happening in the world.

Aug 17, 2026 / Jeet Heer

Trump’s Chaotic Foreign Policy

Trump’s Chaotic Foreign Policy Trump’s Chaotic Foreign Policy

David Klion on restrainers, neo-conservatives, and a flaky president.

Aug 16, 2026 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump attend the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference at the Sun Valley Lodge on July 8, 2026 in Sun Valley, Idaho.

Jared Kushner Finds Trouble in a Gangster’s Paradise Jared Kushner Finds Trouble in a Gangster’s Paradise

The Trump princeling’s deal with alleged mobsters illustrates the depths of MAGA corruption.

Aug 14, 2026 / Jeet Heer

Representative Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) leaves the US Capitol on Thursday, July 16, 2026.

The Right’s New Inflation Message: Let Them Eat Ramen The Right’s New Inflation Message: Let Them Eat Ramen

Militarists push for austerity to keep a disastrous war going.

Aug 10, 2026 / Jeet Heer

Senator Joseph R McCarthy comments on the latest developments in his dispute with the White House and Arm Secretary Robert T. Stevens on February 26, 1954.

The Return of McCarthyism The Return of McCarthyism

Chris Lehmann on why Trump is reviving the Red Scare.

Aug 2, 2026 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

Donald Trump boards Air Force One on July 27, 2026.

Trump’s Caribbean Killing Spree Is a Feckless, Criminal Failure Trump’s Caribbean Killing Spree Is a Feckless, Criminal Failure

Blowing up innocent fishermen hasn’t curbed the drug trade.

Jul 31, 2026 / Jeet Heer

President Donald Trump speaks at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner at the Waldorf Astoria Washington DC, Friday, July 24, 2026

Trump Humiliated a Submissive Mainstream Media at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Trump Humiliated a Submissive Mainstream Media at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner

His speech was racist, homophobic, vindictive, and soul-crushingly unfunny—and the journalists in the crowd didn’t seem to care.

Jul 27, 2026 / Jeet Heer

Iran War Heats Up

Iran War Heats Up Iran War Heats Up

Matt Duss on Trump’s flailing foreign policy.

Jul 26, 2026 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

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