Donald Trump is living down to expectations
The US president exploits traditional allies because they have the most to lose.
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The purge of American liberty
The arrest of the pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil is just the start of Trump’s crackdown on free speech.
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The return of America First
From trade wars to peace deals, Donald Trump’s ruthlessly transactional politics treats global crises as opportunities for American gain.
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How the right weaponised the “vibe shift”
What’s brewing in America isn’t a cultural turn – it’s a political catastrophe.
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America is turning on Trump
From Elon Musk’s Doge chaos to cutting Medicaid, voters across the political spectrum are unhappy.
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The Canadian Liberal comeback
Donald Trump has changed the calculus.
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The return of the Americosceptic Tory
Donald Trump’s presidency has already reshaped UK politics.
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Trump’s speech unveiled America’s new politics
Republicans cheer along dutifully; Democrats hold up signs.
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The godfather of the Maga right
Steve Bannon on a US-Russia alliance, kinship with Blue Labour, and his war on modernity.
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Theodore Roosevelt, the Tories’ new philosopher-king
As Kemi Badenoch’s authority crumbles, British conservatism is searching for a new figurehead.
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The British public was wise to Labour’s deportation videos
Also this week: Rupert Murdoch charms the White House, while the Maga-sphere’s assaults on US media intensify.
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The myth of a noble America
The US’s lofty rhetoric has long been at odds with its sordid practice.
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Trump’s tariffs in numbers
Levies on the US’s biggest trading partners could mean average American incomes are hit by $400 a year.
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A trade war with China won’t help Trump
His tariffs could hurt Americans as much as the countries he is targeting.
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New York is an environmental Armageddon
On all sides the urban machine is operating at full tilt, churning out volcanic volumes of steam and fumes.
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The plot to asset-strip American government
Even the radical architects of Project 2025 didn’t propose what Elon Musk is doing to US democracy.
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Is Trump actually serious about tariffs?
The US president pushed Canada and Mexico to the edge of a trade war and pulled back at the last…
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How DEI cleaves American politics
Why has Diversity, Equity and Inclusion become Donald Trump’s favourite political weapon?
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Donald Trump’s Florida project
How the Sunshine State, once America’s dead end, became its new seat of power.
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Donald Trump’s gladiator politics
The president knows most of his executive orders will be challenged in court. He wants the fight.
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