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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Jeffrey Sonnenfeld Jeffrey Sonnenfeld is the Lester Crown Professor of Leadership Practice at the Yale School of Management, co-author of the forthcoming book[_When Machines Act_](https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262065184/when-machines-act/)(MIT Press), and the co-author [_Trump’s Ten Commandments_](https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Trumps-Ten-Commandments/Jeffrey-Sonnenfeld/9781637635568) (Simon & Schuster/Worth). ## Jeffrey Sonnenfeld *  Aug 28, 2026 ### [Leaders Pivoting on Data Centers Require More Than Roads, Water, and Power Promises](https://time.com/article/2026/08/28/leaders-pivoting-on-data-centers-require-more-than-roads-water-and-power-promises/) "The politics of data centers have shifted," write Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, David Siegel, and Stephen Hen... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 30, 2026 ### [Putin The Puppeteer: How Russia Benefits From Trump’s War in Iran](https://time.com/article/2026/07/30/putin-the-puppeteer-how-russia-benefits-from-trump-s-war-in-iran/) The War in Iran "provided the exact lifeline that Putin needed to rescue him from economic catastrop... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 16, 2026 ### [Why It Is Time for the West to Crush Putin’s War Economy](https://time.com/article/2026/07/15/west-ukraine-russia-putin-sanctions-economy-/) Corporations walked away from Russia in historic numbers. Governments loosened sanctions just as the... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 8, 2026 ### [Which Side Are You On? Swift, Trump, and America's 250th](https://time.com/article/2026/07/07/july-4th-taylor-swift-america250-donald-trump/) Swift stands for success through competence, talent, and the joyous embrace of all that American soc... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 28, 2026 ### [How Mission Hijacking Undermines the Fight for American Democracy](https://time.com/article/2026/06/28/overcrowding-hobbling-fight-to-strengthen-american-democracy/) The movement to strengthen democracy in America is suffering as a surfeit of advocacy groups is crow... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 22, 2026 ### [Trump, Iran and the Denial of Defeat](https://time.com/article/2026/06/22/trump-iran-war-denial-of-defeat/) President Donald Trump always declares victory and relentlessly repeats that narrative, regardless o... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 9, 2026 ### [How Trump Keeps Exploiting America’s Legal Loopholes](https://time.com/article/2026/06/09/how-trump-keeps-exploiting-america-s-legal-loopholes/) President Donald Trump continues to outfox constitutional cognoscenti by finding conniving cracks in... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 23, 2026 ### [How Ukraine Found the Cards To Win, Without Help From the U.S.](https://time.com/article/2026/05/23/how-ukraine-found-the-cards-to-win-without-help-from-the-u-s-/) Kyiv’s revolutionary drone industry has turned the tide against Russia’s invasion. [WORLD](/section/world/) *  May 20, 2026 ### [The Truth About Donald Trump’s Sanity](https://time.com/article/2026/05/20/the-truth-about-donald-trump-s-sanity/) “Trump’s penchant for exaggeration, self-promotion, and misrepresentation is hardly new,” argues Jef... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 11, 2026 ### [Colonies in Collision: What Some Allied Leaders Get Wrong About Trump](https://time.com/article/2026/05/11/what-allied-leaders-get-wrong-about-trump/) President Donald Trump probes the limits of what is permissible, pressing forward to test resistance... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 8, 2026 ### [Why We Predicted Trump’s Iran Ceasefire](https://time.com/article/2026/04/08/why-we-predicted-trump-s-iran-ceasefire/) "Trump’s Iran ceasefire was anything but surprising and mirrors his career-long instincts across pol... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 25, 2026 ### [The Method to Trump’s Madness](https://time.com/article/2026/03/25/the-method-to-trump-s-madness/) In their new book, 'Trump’s Ten Commandments,' Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian break down the Pre... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Feb 10, 2026 ### [Trump’s Denial of Defeat](https://time.com/7377361/trump-denial-of-defeat-harvard/) One of the most consistent through-lines of President Donald Trump's career has been to reject those... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Feb 7, 2026 ### [Trump’s Obama Video Was a Diversion, Not an Accident Trump’s Obama Video Was a Diversion, Not an Accident](https://time.com/7372895/trump-obama-video-diversion/) "Rather than an inadvertent mistake, this episode epitomizes Trump’s approach to intentionally creat... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jan 29, 2026 ### [Trump Shouts Loudly and Fumbles a Big Stick](https://time.com/7361971/donald-trump-shouts-loudly-fumbles-big-stick/) From Greenland to Minnesota, some of Trump's tried-and-true leadership tools are backfiring on him. 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