Donald Trump’s endorsement of Hungary’s Viktor Orbán makes sense
The two leaders have much in common, including their embrace of grievance politics.
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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.
Ten crucial questions about the world in 2022
The New Statesman’s international editor identifies important global trends in the year ahead – and makes some predictions.
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The four-pronged attack on American democracy
Republicans are changing the rules to make sure their defeat in November 2020 can’t happen again.
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Michael Wolff: “Donald Trump is stone stupid, literally crazy”
The journalist, biographer and White House chronicler on why we still can’t count the former president out.
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How chronic pain and support for Trump go together
Americans with long-term pain are more likely to vote Republican and oppose the teaching of historical racism.
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Donald Trump wants to invite you to his Christmas party
The 45th US president is charging $10,000 a seat for an evening you will never forget, and hopefully never experience.
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How strongmen cling to power
Authoritarian leaders around the world are strengthening their rule. Can anyone topple them?
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America’s leaders are old. That’s a problem
Is it time for the US’s (literal) old guard to move on?
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Liberal democracy is still under threat
In countries such as the US, Italy and France, status quo-style politics won’t win elections anymore.
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Joe Biden and the spectre of Donald Trump
Suffering electoral defeats and a polling slump, the US president cannot shake his predecessor’s hold on American politics.
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Why Joe Biden’s domestic troubles are haunting him abroad
The past week should be a wake-up call for the US president.
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What a Republican win in Virginia means for Joe Biden
A Trump-leaning candidate won but Democrats shouldn’t lose all hope for next year’s midterms.
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Republicans can’t resist Donald Trump’s playbook, even if they try
An election in Virginia points to the long-term Trumpification of the GOP
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“Three per cent of people in the financial sector are psychopaths.” Manfred Kets de Vries on CEOs
The prolific author discusses overwork and why some companies rot from the top.
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Fiona Hill: “US democracy is on a precipice right now”
The woman who made international headlines with her testimony on Trump talks Russia, conspiracy theories, sexism and Joe Biden.
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Will Donald Trump be back?
Michael Wolff’s Landslide is an absorbing account of Trump’s downfall – and a portent of his return.
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Donald Trump’s pardoning spree reveals a historic constitutional flaw
The US president has made clear that pardon power undermines equal justice under the law.
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Trump logs off
The New Statesman‘s World Review podcast with Jeremy Cliffe and Emily Tamkin.
Donald Trump becomes first US president to be impeached twice
The conviction of Trump would require Republican Senators to decide that they’re no longer afraid of his supporters.
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Why Trump isn’t a fascist
The storming of the Capitol on 6 January was not a coup. But American democracy is still in danger.
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