Today
- Opinion
- Trump's America
Trump’s Dr Strangelove playbook is working (for now)
The president revels in his unpredictability, but over time he risks sowing distrust in America’s good faith.
This Month
Why nothing can stop Trump now
Very little stands in the way of the president’s goal of remaking America as he ploughs ahead with signing executive orders.
- Opinion
- World politics
Trump promises peace – and war
The president’s speech this time carried far more specific actions, including territorial aggression on America’s neighbours and US troops on the Mexican border.
- Opinion
- International affairs
Musk is at war with America’s allies, quiet on its enemies
The Trump administration’s antipathy towards European liberal democracy is real. The eastern side of the Atlantic alliance thus faces a journey without maps.
December 2024
- Opinion
- Trump's America
Why Musk has hit payday even before Trump takes office
The Tesla chief executive and other super-wealthy entrepreneurs could benefit from deregulation with the new president, but some are already reaping rewards.
- Opinion
- US politics
Biden (not Trump) has weakened America’s rule of law
In pardoning his son, the president has ensured that the distance between himself and Trump is now shrouded in fog.
November 2024
- Opinion
- Trump's White House
Trump’s demolition of the US state
You measure a leader by his actions not by his heart. To judge from what Trump has done within a fortnight of winning the presidency, his path is destruction.
- Opinion
- US Votes 2024
How Trump is guaranteed to get his pound of flesh
The president-elect has promised vengeance against perceived enemies – legions of Trumpians are ready to carry out his wishes.
October 2024
- Opinion
- US Votes 2024
Harris is done as America doesn’t care about Trump’s fascism
The Democratic candidate is correct that the republic is in danger, but that message may not be enough to prevent the former president from returning to the White House.
- Analysis
- US Votes 2024
America has lost its shame at this election as scandals mount
Reality is now running ahead of fiction in this political era, according to the executive producer of a sitcom about a flagrantly unprincipled vice president.
- Opinion
- US Votes 2024
Why the US election is a likely dead heat between sworn enemies
In a country divided into mutually hostile camps, no easy resolution to the polarisation seems likely after the November poll.
- Opinion
- US Votes 2024
Hurricane Musk could prove Trump’s greatest asset
It does not matter whether he is driven by pique or by his thirst for tax cuts. The Tesla chief executive and X owner is a powerful ally.
September 2024
- Opinion
- US Votes 2024
Kamala Harris has the measure of Donald Trump
By any objective measure, the vice president won the debate – even some Fox News pundits called it a bad night for her rival. Voters, however, might not agree.
August 2024
- Opinion
- US election
Harris’ refusal to answer questions is only hurting herself
The Democratic presidential nominee’s reluctance to do media interviews will not help sell her to undecided voters before the November election.
- Opinion
- US election
The astonishing metamorphosis of Kamala Harris
Her shift from indifferent vice president to source of Obama-scale enthusiasm has caught many unaware. Yet Democratic talk of victory is dangerously premature.
- Updated
- Opinion
- US election
‘Gaza’ is the word Democrats dare not whisper in Chicago
Silence is the wisest option for Kamala Harris on a divisive election issue that is harming the global image of the US.
- Updated
- Opinion
- US election
Why Harris’ new running mate is no J.D. Vance
Tim Walz is a blue-collar moderate who branded the Trump-Vance ticket “weird”. His working-class appeal can help Democrats prevail in swing states.
July 2024
- Opinion
- US election
Kamala Harris is now fighting in uncharted territory
The Democrats must decide between a coronation of the vice president or a divisive contested convention.
- Updated
- Opinion
- US election
America is staring into the abyss
A bullet almost killed the man who is vowing retribution if he is returned to the White House. A spirit of vengeance is haunting America.
June 2024
- Opinion
- US election
A recession if Trump wins is just the start
Joe Biden has not targeted the former president’s trade policy during the campaign, but it would be disastrous for the US, and the rest of the world.
- Updated