Donald Trump, guilty but not out
The former president has been convicted in a criminal trial. He could still win the White House.
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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.
Ali Abbasi’s gift to Donald Trump at Cannes
A star-studded film festival will never effectively oppose an anti-elite, populist candidate.
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Anatomy of The Godfather candidate
How Donald Trump used show business to overwhelm America.
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The battle for the worst job in America
Donald Trump’s pick for vice-president will be the candidate who can most thoroughly abase themselves before him.
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American men don’t know what “respecting women” means
If most male US voters believe that Donald Trump is respectful to women, how are they behaving in their own…
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Rage and conspiracy on Trump’s trail
At a rally in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania, a fervid former president kept his audience rapt. Suburbs like this will soon decide…
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Abortion rights will be worse under Trump
The former president created the chaos and cruelty of America’s reproductive restrictions. And they will only intensify in a second…
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Will there be blood?
Donald Trump has left America speechless.
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The Civil War never ended
The questions that sent Americans to war with each other in the late 19th century still shape the country.
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The bloodbath affair
Democrats are making the same mistakes that got Donald Trump elected in 2016.
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Trump is not the problem
For American democracy to survive, we need to address the cultural breakdown that’s allowing authoritarians to flourish.
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Maga harassment is eroding democracy
Donald Trump’s supporters are turning to threats and violence to intimidate their opponents.
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No country for old men?
As a Trump vs Biden rematch looms, the US prepares for a second term with an octogenarian in the Oval…
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Europe’s new age of insecurity
In the era of Trumpian politics, the US’s allies must fortify and regroup: they can no longer rely on the…
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The Trumpian end of the liberal world order
With the former president’s return the West may finally be released from its mission impossible.
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If Donald Trump wins, he’ll control Europe’s gas
US liquefied natural gas exports kept the lights on when Europe stopped importing the fuel from Russia.
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Censorship does not work
Shielding audiences from the lies of Donald Trump and other difficult subjects is a betrayal of what journalism is for.
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Can Europe defend itself in a hostile world?
A Trump victory in November would expose the EU’s fatal gaps in defence spending.
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Donald Trump and the art of cruelty
Unlike his rivals, the former president knows how to make punitive vengeance fun.
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Can Trump be stopped?
Winning the New Hampshire primary attests to the former president’s enduring grip on the Republican base.
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