Trump’s assault on Iran is a war without honour
The invasion of Iraq came robed in political poetry. This is the grand strategy of a businessman.
ByDonald Trump
Donald John Trump, born in 1946, is president of the United States, after beating Kamala Harris in the 2024 election. His previous term in office was from 2017 to 2021. His first presidency was marked by drama and controversy. Find our latest news and comment here.
The cosplay dictator
Trump has learned dangerous lessons from other strongmen.
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The American right and the thrill of political violence
The Minnesota murders are the latest to emerge from their thuggish fantasy-world.
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Is Trump the last neoconservative?
Maga was meant to fix America. But Israel’s war risks dragging it back into the Middle East.
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Inside Trump’s Oval Office
Also this week: The secrets of the president’s success, and a reliable diplomatic asset: my loyal Ambassa-Dog.
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Los Angeles, Donald Trump and the moronic inferno
With Elon Musk exiled from government, the president is free to enact the wildest fever dreams of the American public.
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What the Treasury can learn from Donald Trump
How to make this the Biggest, the Best, and the most Beautiful Spending Review ever.
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Bruce Springsteen faces the end of America
Donald Trump stole the Boss’s fans. Can the veteran rock star still reach them?
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Elon Musk’s surreal war on Donald Trump will fail
The Maga movement does not forgive heresy.
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Trump’s nuclear test
Time is running out for the US and Iran to agree a new deal.
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Trump’s crypto empire is a brazen hustle
It won’t be the president emptying his bank account to buy meme coins.
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How Putin will respond to “Russia’s Pearl Harbour”
Ukraine’s drone attack on Russian airfields shows Zelensky still has cards to play.
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Even Peter Mandelson thinks globalisation is dead
Trump is dismantling the systems New Labour helped create.
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My plan to Trump-proof Britain
If an old patriotic progressive can’t muse on such themes here, where can he?
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The dark reality behind Trump’s embrace of white South Africans
The president has granted refugee status to Afrikaners, while blocking asylum for everyone else.
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The cruelty of politics is clouding my vocabulary
There’s always some new and revolting story coming from America under Trump – sometimes several in a day.
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John Fetterman and the death of American shame
In US public life the line between sanity and insanity has become barely discernible.
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British TV will be a victim of the US trade deal
The industry risks becoming collateral damage in Trump’s tariff offensive.
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Keir Starmer can rewrite the history of Brexit
Trump and Putin have handed Britain the chance for a fresh start with Europe.
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Trump has tired of Netanyahu
The US president’s Middle East trip proves that “America First” makes no exception for Israel.
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