Views & Opinions: The most interesting challenger to Donald Trump just jumped into the race

View Online  Views & Opinions Views & Opinions One Key Op-ed  Who can take down Trump? The growing field for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination recently added several names. But only one has a real chance to alter the contest, writes former Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.) © AP Former N.J. Governor Chris Christie's entrance into the campaign is interesting not because he has a decent shot at winning; he doesn't, says Mulvaney. Rather, it's because "he, and maybe only he, is in a position to take Donald Trump down a notch — or several notches. Or maybe even all the way down."   How will he manage to do that?   Like Trump, Christie relishes a good fight. Before Trump came along, Christie, "was the straight-talking, no-BS, iconoclast, king of the political takedowns and one-liners."   Mulvaney allows that there are many reasons to doubt that Christie can make a real run at the nomination, including questions about whether he remains in the GOP mainstream and whether he can raise enough money to compete.   But if you're a Republican who'd like to move on from Trump, Christie's entrance may be welcome news. He "might not beat the guy at the head of the pack," Mulvaney says. "But he might make it possible for your favorite to do so."   Read the op-ed at TheHill.com. Welcome to The Hill's Views & Opinions newsletter, it's Tuesday, June 13. I'm Daniel Allott, bringing together a collection of key opinion pieces published from a wide range of voices. Did someone forward you this newsletter? Subscribe here. Other Points of View  Op-eds exploring key issues affecting the U.S. and world: Three ways the indictment of Donald Trump hurts America By Liz Peek, former partner of major bracket Wall Street firm Wertheim & Company To many Americans, the former president's skirmishing with authorities over his presidential papers is classic Trump behavior — high-handed, ornery, disorganized and lazy, yes, but not criminal.   Read Here I'm an AI expert: Here's my worst-case scenario By Roman V. Yampolskiy, computer science and engineering professor at the University of Louisville The underlying assumption in AI safety and security research is that the problem of controlling highly capable intelligent machines is solvable. But no rigorous mathematical proof or argumentation has been presented to demonstrate that the AI control problem is solvable in principle, let alone in practice.  Read Here Trump and DeSantis race to the bottom By Glenn Altschuler, Thomas and Dorothy Litwin Professor of American Studies at Cornell University Americans who value bipartisanship, dissent expressed without violence, equal rights and equal justice for all, and well-informed, responsible, and principled public servants should look elsewhere.  Read Here America's political stasis, worsened by Trump, cannot continue By John Kenneth White, Catholic University politics professor When party coalitions break apart, they do so quickly. A good analogy is an iceberg that cracks and then collapses. Suddenly, the landscape changes into something unfamiliar. Something akin to that is happening.  Read Here Quick Takes  Opinions related to pivotal issues and figures in the news: The populist path for Democrats has to be that of Bernie Sanders, not RFK Jr. Chris Licht's failure at CNN is a bad sign for the news industry Is it time to cancel the Boeing Starliner? Whistleblowers deserve remuneration — all of them   You're all caught up. See you next time!  Views expressed by contributors are theirs and not the opinion of The Hill. Interested in submitting an op-ed? Click here.  Check out The Hill's Opinion section online for the latest and take a moment to view our other topical products 📩 Privacy Policy  |  Manage Subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe  1625 K Street NW, 9th Floor, Washington, DC 20006 Copyright © 1998 - 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. | All Rights Reserved.

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