Donald Trump can stay popular
There is goodwill for the president in the US, and it isn’t just because he’s not Joe Biden.
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Team Trump’s real feelings about Starmer’s Labour
From lagging defence spending to choosing Peter Mandelson as ambassador, the UK government is out of step with Maga.
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Donald Trump’s techno-futurist inaugural address
The president embraces the Silicon Valley elite, leaving populists with little to celebrate.
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Has Biden buried the American left?
Scattered and listless, the movement this defeated president leaves behind must regroup quickly.
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Joe Biden’s tragedy of errors
He will be remembered for his foreign policy mistakes – and his refusal to let go.
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The political symbiosis of Eric Adams and Donald Trump
How New York City’s mayor embraced the incoming president.
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Trump’s bluster conceals an old conservative script: cut taxes, slash the state
Far from being “populist”, the Republican Party is on the cusp of finally attaining its heart’s desire since the New…
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Letter from Los Angeles: My city is burning
The fires ripping through LA show that, here, beauty and danger are two sides of a coin.
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Donald Trump’s empire of ego
How to reconcile the incoming president’s isolationist first term with his new expansionist rhetoric.
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Nickel Boys is ambitious, immersive and alienating
The confident and provocative film offers style over connection.
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The year ahead: Will the Musk-Trump bromance endure?
Now the common enemy, the Democratic Party, has been vanquished, their interests may diverge.
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The edge of anarchy
Donald Trump’s second term will hasten American decline, at a time when Russia and China are also in crisis.
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New Year, same American violence
The US’s acceptance of deadly crime and political bloodshed goes far deeper than its addiction to guns.
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Jimmy Carter and the rise of American narcissism
Carter’s Christian introspection has been twisted into the imperial self-regard now worn by Trump.
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The year ahead: America could face a Liz Truss moment
Donald Trump and Elon Musk have shown an appetite for a fight with the US central bank.
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Jimmy Carter never needed redemption
The former president, who has died at age 100, knew that America should not confuse restraint with weakness.
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We must all be left conservatives now
Christopher Lasch, Steve Bannon and Donald Trump all understand the unique current of our historical moment.
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All the president’s profits
Donald Trump’s businesses made millions during his first term. His second will only offer him more opportunities for self-enrichment.
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Trump, Lenin and the world-revolutionary moment
With the second coming of Donald Trump, it may now be prudent to try to understand him. Neither episodic nor…
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The tragedy of Greater Syria
With the Middle East in turmoil, could Israel now step into the breach?
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