Boris Johnson’s poisonous legacy
Just as Trump degraded the US, Johnsonism is a virus that has seriously weakened British politics. Here’s how we can…
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Donald John Trump, born in 1946, was president of the United States from 2017 to 2021, and is president-elect after beating Kamala Harris in the 2024 election. His first presidency was marked by drama and controversy. On 6 January 2021, supporters of Trump stormed Congress in an attempt to thwart the certification of Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential election the previous November. Trump had spread false claims that he had in fact won the election and encouraged the crowd to march to the Capitol building. Find our latest news and comment here.
Why shame in politics matters
Boris Johnson is not Donald Trump, but they both abused the public’s trust and unrepentantly continued in office.
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US diplomat Marie Yovanovitch: “The Trump years did great damage”
America’s former ambassador to Ukraine on Donald Trump, the 6 January Capitol riot hearings and Russia’s invasion.
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Inside Jason Miller’s plan to turn the Big Lie into a big business – and a second term for Trump
The former presidential adviser is the brains behind the social media platform Gettr. Can it cement the false narrative that…
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America’s crisis-industrial complex
Are alarmist narratives about a “new civil war” obscuring the real battle in US politics: the fight for democracy?
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Capitol riot testimony was more smoking gun than smoke and mirrors
Trump wanted people with weapons at his 6 January rally, and knew they could march to the Capitol.
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Henry Kissinger’s whitewashing of Richard Nixon
The American diplomat’s new book, Leadership, is undermined by his self-serving portrait of his thuggish former boss.
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Liz Cheney can be a villainous Republican and an honourable human being at the same time
Her conduct at the 6 January Capitol riot hearings shows people are neither entirely good nor evil.
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The US Capitol riot hearings shouldn’t be about partisan politics
If America doesn’t properly reckon with the events of 6 January 2021, its democracy may never come back.
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Facts are mere weapons in the war over US Capitol riots narrative
The US congressional hearings are a blockbuster but a divided audience hears two different stories.
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What the US Capitol riot hearings teach us about the slow decay of political norms
Boris Johnson is not “Britain Trump”, but the insurrection on 6 January shows the danger of not calling out political…
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You might think Tory MPs are bad, but you haven’t seen Republicans
The Capitol riot was apparently not enough of a reason to challenge Donald Trump.
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Hungary and the US right deepen their illiberal mutual admiration
The presence of American conservatives in Budapest has reconfirmed the close ties between Donald Trump and Viktor Orbán.
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Republican primaries in Georgia haunted by the spectre of Trump
The former president’s election lies lost him Georgia. Or did they?
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The two genres of Trump book
A memoir by Kellyanne Conway is the latest in a now-established trend. What are we doing with all these revelations?
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Far-right Republicans head to midterms after primary victories
Kentucky, North Carolina and Pennsylvania all offered a taste of what’s to come in November.
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JD Vance’s win proves the Republicans are still Trump’s party
Backing from the former president — not Peter Thiel — determined the Republican Senate primary in Ohio.
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Are we prepared for Donald Trump to return to Twitter?
If Elon Musk’s Twitter is defined by the former US president and the far-right, it will be a far less…
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What is Trump’s endorsement worth?
The former president and candidates believe his blessing matters. Do voters?
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Watergate in the age of Donald Trump
Fifty years ago, the scandal that brought down Richard Nixon revealed flaws in American democracy that still haunt US politics…
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