A banana republic is a third-world country in which few people do much of anything productive, and most people depend on government welfare, while the government is basically a machinery for ...

This isn’t a banana republic. “What Trump and Hegseth are doing is un-American, unpatriotic. It’s the definition of politicizing our military, and we should expect to see loyalty oaths (not ...

The United States doesn't fully meet the definition of a banana republic—we don't have an economy dependent on resources, like bananas. But in terms of unstable politics in which government ...

even if some trappings of constitutional government remain. Another variation on the banana republic claim is that Trump is being charged for petty offenses, on weak evidence, or on the basis of ...

When Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called for new elections aimed at ending the current government in Israel ... We are not a banana republic.” Netanyahu found a receptive ear ...