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The article explores political issues concerning U.S. President Donald Trump and the Republican Party. Topics discussed include the potential implications of the defeat of Trump in the 2020 U.S. presidential elections for the Republican Party, factors which tend to influence the refusal of Trump to concede following the elections, and the political power and leadership demonstrated by Trump acknowledged by Republican voters.

The article discusses Karl Rove, a one-time adviser to former U.S. President George W. Bush. A commentator on the Fox News television channel and a contributor to the newspaper "Wall Street Journal," Rove is a highly influential figure in the Republican Party. However, the author notes that the exact nature of Rove's power is not obvious. In his view the political advocacy group Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies (GPS) and the political action committee American Crossroads, both of which Rove is involved in, are the true source of Rove's influence.

Reports on the increasing political power of United States President, George Bush. Benefits gained by the Bush administration from the Republican Congressmen's decision to support the president's veto of the legislation to guarantee continued asylum to Chinese students studying in the U.S.; Reasons why Bush has more administrative power after one year of being in the office than during his first 100 days of presidency; Small issues exploited by Bush to win over presidential opponent, Michael Dukakis; Bush's type of leadership and why it took quite some time before he was able to gain some political and legislative clout through his brand of leadership.

Explains that natural leadership is indispensable during war. The habit of giving command and of obeying is a source of immense strength; Spontaneous leader must have some natural pre-eminence or he would not have inspired obedience; Average nature with a slight increment of power makes the representative man; Conflict between natural leadership and paternal authority; Humans can not take political or moral steps in life without becoming subject to leaders; Monarchy is as human as democracy, as religious hierarchy grows up as easily as a commercial one.

Comments on the outstanding contents of the speech of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the U.S. Announcement of Roosevelt's policy toward the Democratic primaries; Discussion of the specific minor improvements in the Supreme Court; Expression of disdain in the attitude of the conservatives to preserve political power; Admonishment of Mayor Frank Hague for his violation of civil liberties in Jersey City; Authority of the Roosevelt to interfere in the Democratic National Committee.

Ponders on the rulership of the Soviet Communist Party. Succession of Nikita Khrushchev by Leonid I. Brezhnev and Aleksei N. Kosygin, who were both receiving their diplomas from technical institutes at the time of their appointments; Presumption that Moscow leaders equate politics with mechanical social engineering whose interest is the efficiency and productivity of the nation's industrial machine; Suggestion that the primary objective of the leaders will be to preserve the party's power for their own benefits.

States that Premier Alcide de Gasperi, leader of Italy's Christian Democratic Party, plunged into the task of heading a government from which the Communists and left-wing parliamentary blocs were excluded. Opinion of his own party members that the move is a precarious adventure which might well wreck Italy along with their own political future; Incidents that led him to announce his intention of forming a government without the Communists; Possibility that he might fail to exclude the Communists permanently, and even fail to remain in power himself.