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Nothing to do with the US president’s China policy is predictable. Does he care about Taiwan? Does he want the US to decouple from China? Let’s...
In one way, Donald Trump is like Republican predecessors – he believes in tax cuts. What is novel is the foreboding he creates about faith in...
Congress is not even pretending to provide oversight on the president’s conflicts of interest. And federal ethics rules now seem little more than...
The Tesla founder’s lasting impact on Washington maybe to divert a big chunk of US taxpayer money to his empire.
Famously commonsensical Canada reminds us that some things – patriotism, dignity – can be valued higher than short-term economic growth.
Nayib Bukele’s Oval Office visit offered a civics lesson to the world: America’s government pays greater respect to a foreign strongman than its...
Having given the billionaire more power than any private figure in US history, the president is watching his benefactor turn into an albatross.
The first thing aspiring totalitarians do is conduct a purge of the military, so that loyalists can be installed. This is exactly what the US...
The world’s richest man is taking a torch to the American state on behalf of Donald Trump, but also to remove impediments to his business interests.
The judiciary poses the ultimate test of whether the president will break the system as the pair set about slashing government spending and cutting...
The president revels in his unpredictability, but over time he risks sowing distrust in America’s good faith.
Very little stands in the way of the president’s goal of remaking America as he ploughs ahead with signing executive orders.
The president’s speech this time carried far more specific actions, including territorial aggression on America’s neighbours and US troops on the...
The Trump-Musk antipathy towards European liberal democracy is real. The eastern side of the Atlantic alliance thus faces a journey without maps.
The Tesla chief executive and other super-wealthy entrepreneurs could benefit from deregulation with the new president, but some are already...
In pardoning his son, the president has ensured that the distance between himself and Trump is now shrouded in fog.
You measure a leader by his actions not by his heart. To judge from what Trump has done within a fortnight of winning the presidency, his path is...
The president-elect has promised vengeance against perceived enemies - and legions of Trumpians are ready to carry out his wishes.
Kamala Harris is correct that the republic is in danger, but that message may not be enough to prevent a Trump victory.
Reality is now running ahead of fiction in this political era, according to producers of the sitcom “Veep” about a flagrantly unprincipled vice-...
In a country divided into mutually hostile camps, no easy resolution to the polarisation seems likely after the November poll.
The Democratic nominee’s reluctance to do media interviews will not help sell her to undecided voters before the election.
Her shift from indifferent vice president to source of Obama-scale enthusiasm has caught many unaware. Yet Democratic talk of victory is...
Silence is the wisest option for Kamala Harris on a divisive election issue that is harming the global image of the US.
Tim Walz is a blue-collar moderate, who branded the Trump-Vance ticket “weird”. His working-class appeal can help Democrats prevail in swing states...