Europe has a lot to learn from Mark Carney
Europe must learn that it is time to reckon with what the US has become
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.
Inside the Labour factions pressuring Starmer to rejoin Europe
Caught between Donald Trump and his own party, the Prime Minister faces a moment of truth
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Trump has become the West’s Mad King
The president sees no difference between his whims and the power of the American empire
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Rachel Reeves’ immigration balancing act
The Chancellor is trying to attract tech talent while taking a tough line on net migration
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Europe must break from America
Warnings about the end of the postwar world are common sense, not alarmism
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The Greenland crisis is an opportunity for Starmer
Trump’s threats have given the Prime Minister a chance to embrace a new direction on Europe and fiscal policy.
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Trump’s threat to Greenland must be a wake-up call for Britain
For too long our politicians have toadied to a dangerous president
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Europe’s reckoning over Greenland has arrived
Despite Trump’s threat of tariffs, there are clear reasons why Keir Starmer and allies should hold their nerve
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Trump is preparing to unleash inflation on his own voters
Seizing control of monetary policy may give the President a mid-term boost – but poorer Americans will pay the price
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Donald Trump is giving Keir Starmer a purpose
Plus: the conspiracy of libraries, and my grandpa’s mordant wit
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Only strength can save Greenland
Donald Trump is putting Arctic security on the brink – and Nato’s
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Behind Iran’s blackout, protest rages on
The demonstrations have become the largest wave of protests since the 1979 revolution
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The liberal dilemma on Venezuela
How the Monroe Doctrine came back to haunt the West
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America’s imperial overreach
In Venezuela, the Trump administration has blundered into a chaotic situation it cannot control
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Trump needs Venezuelan oil to power AI
Otherwise the US faces a future of energy scarcity
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Greenland enters crisis mode
The island fears it will be next on the Maga hit list
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Starmer has failed to stand up for his own principles
2026: Already a big year for impotent political handwringing
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Why Tim Walz was a loser
The Minnesota Governor was too nice to survive the coarse cruelty of the Trump era
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Why Starmer won’t condemn Trump on Venezuela
The real worry is whether the PM still has any influence over the US president
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Trump’s Venezuela intervention is a gift to China and Russia
The US has alienated its democratic allies and fuelled polarisation at home
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