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Trump 2.0 means what he says. His delirious base expects nothing else

Trump 2.0 means what he says. His delirious base expects nothing else

President Donald Trump knows exactly what he is doing. And so do his fervent supporters. He intends to do it all. And they want him to.

tuesday 3

WA Today

Bruce Wolpe

Trump 2.0 means what he says. His delirious base expects nothing else

Trump 2.0 means what he says. His delirious base expects nothing else

President Donald Trump knows exactly what he is doing. And so do his fervent supporters. He intends to do it all. And they want him to.

tuesday 7

The Sydney Morning Herald

Bruce Wolpe

Trump 2.0 means what he says. His delirious base expects nothing else

Trump 2.0 means what he says. His delirious base expects nothing else

President Donald Trump knows exactly what he is doing. And so do his fervent supporters. He intends to do it all. And they want him to.

tuesday 1

The Age

Bruce Wolpe

Trump 2.0 means what he says. His delirious base expects nothing else

Trump 2.0 means what he says. His delirious base expects nothing else

President Donald Trump knows exactly what he is doing. And so do his fervent supporters. He intends to do it all. And they want him to.

tuesday 3

Brisbane Times

Bruce Wolpe

Term-limited and immune from accountability, Trump’s power is unprecedented

If Trump dismantles American democracy, Australia must answer a tough question.

10.01.2025 7

WA Today

Bruce Wolpe

Term-limited and immune from accountability, Trump’s power is unprecedented

10.01.2025 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Bruce Wolpe

Term-limited and immune from accountability, Trump’s power is unprecedented

Term-limited and immune from accountability, Trump’s power is unprecedented

If Trump dismantles American democracy, Australia must answer a tough question.

10.01.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Bruce Wolpe

Term-limited and immune from accountability, Trump’s power is unprecedented

Term-limited and immune from accountability, Trump’s power is unprecedented
10.01.2025 10

The Age

Bruce Wolpe

Jimmy Carter: a challenged presidency, a life of moral courage

A few days after losing re-election in 1980, president Jimmy Carter attended a tribute to Aaron Copland that included the composer’s Fanfare for...

30.12.2024 4

WA Today

Bruce Wolpe

Jimmy Carter: a challenged presidency, a life of moral courage

A few days after losing re-election in 1980, president Jimmy Carter attended a tribute to Aaron Copland that included the composer’s Fanfare for...

30.12.2024 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Bruce Wolpe

Jimmy Carter: a challenged presidency, a life of moral courage

A few days after losing re-election in 1980, president Jimmy Carter attended a tribute to Aaron Copland that included the composer’s Fanfare for...

30.12.2024 10

The Age

Bruce Wolpe

Jimmy Carter: a challenged presidency, a life of moral courage

A few days after losing re-election in 1980, president Jimmy Carter attended a tribute to Aaron Copland that included the composer’s Fanfare for...

30.12.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Bruce Wolpe

He’s Person Of The Year, again! But Trump’s most powerful years are ahead

Every December, as it has since 1927 with Charles Lindbergh, Time magazine selects and features the most consequential Person of the Year (13...

13.12.2024 3

WA Today

Bruce Wolpe

He’s Person Of The Year, again! But Trump’s most powerful years are ahead

Every December, as it has since 1927 with Charles Lindbergh, Time magazine selects and features the most consequential Person of the Year (13...

13.12.2024 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Bruce Wolpe

He’s Person Of The Year, again! But Trump’s most powerful years are ahead

Every December, as it has since 1927 with Charles Lindbergh, Time magazine selects and features the most consequential Person of the Year (13...

13.12.2024 3

The Age

Bruce Wolpe

He’s Person Of The Year, again! But Trump’s most powerful years are ahead

Every December, as it has since 1927 with Charles Lindbergh, Time magazine selects and features the most consequential Person of the Year (13...

13.12.2024 7

Brisbane Times

Bruce Wolpe

Joe Biden can be pardoned as a parent, but not as a politician

My instinctive reaction to news of the pardon given to Hunter Biden by his father, President Joe Biden, was that here is a father in complete,...

02.12.2024 3

WA Today

Bruce Wolpe

Joe Biden can be pardoned as a parent, but not as a politician

My instinctive reaction to news of the pardon given to Hunter Biden by his father, President Joe Biden, was that here is a father in complete,...

02.12.2024 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Bruce Wolpe

Joe Biden can be pardoned as a parent, but not as a politician

My instinctive reaction to news of the pardon given to Hunter Biden by his father, President Joe Biden, was that here is a father in complete,...

02.12.2024 4

The Age

Bruce Wolpe

Joe Biden can be pardoned as a parent, but not as a politician

My instinctive reaction to news of the pardon given to Hunter Biden by his father, President Joe Biden, was that here is a father in complete,...

02.12.2024 2

Brisbane Times

Bruce Wolpe

Here’s why Trumpism is the new Reaganism, without the virtues

In 2016, we could always say that the United States did not go completely nuts – because Donald Trump did not win the popular vote for president....

07.11.2024 40

The Age

Bruce Wolpe

Here’s why Trumpism is the new Reaganism, without the virtues

In 2016, we could always say that the United States did not go completely nuts – because Donald Trump did not win the popular vote for president....

07.11.2024 2

WA Today

Bruce Wolpe

Here’s why Trumpism is the new Reaganism, without the virtues

In 2016, we could always say that the United States did not go completely nuts – because Donald Trump did not win the popular vote for president....

07.11.2024 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Bruce Wolpe

Here’s why Trumpism is the new Reaganism, without the virtues

In 2016, we could always say that the United States did not go completely nuts – because Donald Trump did not win the popular vote for president....

07.11.2024 1

Brisbane Times

Bruce Wolpe

What each candidate needs to win the US election

On election eve in the United States, the presidential race is deadlocked. The polls are exceptionally close across the country and in all the...

06.11.2024 1

The New Daily

Bruce Wolpe

Will it be Kamala Harris or Donald Trump? Here’s what each needs to win the US election

On election eve in the United States, the presidential race is deadlocked. The polls are exceptionally close across the country and in all the...

04.11.2024 3

The Conversation

Bruce Wolpe

‘Fascist’ Trump’s Garden party has echoes of America’s Nazi moment

It was clear, as soon as Donald Trump announced his rally in New York’s Madison Square Garden, that to Make America Great Again he would have a...

25.10.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Bruce Wolpe

‘Fascist’ Trump’s Garden party has echoes of America’s Nazi moment

It was clear, as soon as Donald Trump announced his rally in New York’s Madison Square Garden, that to Make America Great Again he would have a...

25.10.2024 1

WA Today

Bruce Wolpe

‘Fascist’ Trump’s Garden party has echoes of America’s Nazi moment

It was clear, as soon as Donald Trump announced his rally in New York’s Madison Square Garden, that to Make America Great Again he would have a...

25.10.2024 2

The Age

Bruce Wolpe

‘Fascist’ Trump’s Garden party has echoes of America’s Nazi moment

It was clear, as soon as Donald Trump announced his rally in New York’s Madison Square Garden, that to Make America Great Again he would have a...

25.10.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Bruce Wolpe

Trump is the Titanic, but is Harris the iceberg? The polling says full steam ahead

Three weeks out from the US election, the polling preferences in the key swing states that will decide the presidency are stuck, all within the...

14.10.2024 1

WA Today

Bruce Wolpe

Trump is the Titanic, but is Harris the iceberg? The polling says full steam ahead

Three weeks out from the US election, the polling preferences in the key swing states that will decide the presidency are stuck, all within the...

14.10.2024 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Bruce Wolpe

Trump is the Titanic, but is Harris the iceberg? The polling says full steam ahead

Three weeks out from the US election, the polling preferences in the key swing states that will decide the presidency are stuck, all within the...

14.10.2024 2

The Age

Bruce Wolpe

Trump is the Titanic, but is Harris the iceberg? The polling says full steam ahead

Three weeks out from the US election, the polling preferences in the key swing states that will decide the presidency are stuck, all within the...

14.10.2024 1

Brisbane Times

Bruce Wolpe

Vance wasn’t weird in the VP debate – and that will infuriate Trump

With the selection of J.D. Vance to be his vice president, Donald Trump wanted to double down on his America First agenda to make sure that he –...

02.10.2024 3

WA Today

Bruce Wolpe

Vance wasn’t weird in the VP debate – and that will infuriate Trump

With the selection of J.D. Vance to be his vice president, Donald Trump wanted to double down on his America First agenda to make sure that he –...

02.10.2024 3

The Age

Bruce Wolpe

Vance wasn’t weird in the VP debate – and that will infuriate Trump

With the selection of J.D. Vance to be his vice president, Donald Trump wanted to double down on his America First agenda to make sure that he –...

02.10.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Bruce Wolpe

Vance wasn’t weird in the VP debate – and that will infuriate Trump

With the selection of J.D. Vance to be his vice president, Donald Trump wanted to double down on his America First agenda to make sure that he –...

02.10.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Bruce Wolpe

After Rupert: If this is the real-life Succession, we're about to watch the series finale

Some authors have all the luck. Michael Wolff hit the jackpot. One year ago, on September 21, 2023, just five days before Wolff's book The Fall....

27.09.2024 3

The Examiner

Bruce Wolpe

After Rupert: If this is the real-life Succession, we're about to watch the series finale

Some authors have all the luck. Michael Wolff hit the jackpot. One year ago, on September 21, 2023, just five days before Wolff's book The Fall....

27.09.2024 2

Canberra Times

Bruce Wolpe

October surprises from world’s trouble spots could yet derail Harris campaign

When William Safire, a speechwriter for President Richard Nixon and conservative columnist for the New York Times, crafted his eponymous political...

23.09.2024 3

WA Today

Bruce Wolpe

October surprises from world’s trouble spots could yet derail Harris campaign

When William Safire, a speechwriter for President Richard Nixon and conservative columnist for the New York Times, crafted his eponymous political...

23.09.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Bruce Wolpe

October surprises from world’s trouble spots could yet derail Harris campaign

When William Safire, a speechwriter for President Richard Nixon and conservative columnist for the New York Times, crafted his eponymous political...

23.09.2024 6

The Age

Bruce Wolpe

October surprises from world’s trouble spots could yet derail Harris campaign

When William Safire, a speechwriter for President Richard Nixon and conservative columnist for the New York Times, crafted his eponymous political...

23.09.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Bruce Wolpe

The ghosts of 1968 are haunting America, and it will get more spooky

In this epochal year in America of political upheaval, the only thing we should not be shocked about is that there are huge shocks to the country....

16.09.2024 8

WA Today

Bruce Wolpe

The ghosts of 1968 are haunting America, and it will get more spooky

In this epochal year in America of political upheaval, the only thing we should not be shocked about is that there are huge shocks to the country....

16.09.2024 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Bruce Wolpe

The ghosts of 1968 are haunting America, and it will get more spooky

In this epochal year in America of political upheaval, the only thing we should not be shocked about is that there are huge shocks to the country....

16.09.2024 6

The Age

Bruce Wolpe

The ghosts of 1968 are haunting America, and it will get more spooky

In this epochal year in America of political upheaval, the only thing we should not be shocked about is that there are huge shocks to the country....

16.09.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Bruce Wolpe

Kamala sliced Trump like sashimi, when he wasn’t doing it himself

The prosecutor put the convicted felon away. First, Kamala Harris made her case on where she wants to take the country. The polls have been telling...

11.09.2024 5

The Age

Bruce Wolpe

Kamala Harris is ascendant, but these minefields could deny her victory

At the Democratic convention in Chicago, the empire is ready to strike back at Darth Vader. There has never been an array of galactic political...

18.08.2024 1

WA Today

Bruce Wolpe