Trump diplomacy
Elon Musk ‘not taking the presidency’, says Donald Trump
The prospect of the Tesla billionaire taking over is “not happening”, Donald Trump tells supporters, and says the US could seek to retake control of the Panama Canal.
- by Bill Barrow, Will Weissert, Josh Wingrove and Gergory Korte
Latest
Health problems in the US, and the repercussions
Jacqueline Maley’s excellent analysis covers parts of the utterly broken system in the US that Luigi Mangione experienced in a failed healthcare system,
Opinion
Trump's America
He’s Person Of The Year, again! But Trump’s most powerful years are ahead
And Australia can’t be assured that it will escape a rampant re-elected president’s punishments.
- by Bruce Wolpe
Dutton divides the nation, the Indigenous flag unites
Recognising the country’s original owners brings us closer together; to remove the flag divides us. Dutton knows this and is taking a page out of Trump’s playbook.
Before you swallow Dutton’s nukes, look at the evidence
So, Peter Dutton tells us that his nuclear policy will be cheaper than Labor’s renewables policy. I would recommend to readers the Climate Council’s myth-busting article “The seven ways the federal Coalition could cook the books on nuclear costings”.
ABC chair Kim Williams v Joe Rogan: Australia makes its choice
Their spat went global – now the numbers are in.
- by Stephen Brook, Kishor Napier-Raman and Calum Jaspan
Tony Wright’s Column
US Votes 2024
War criminals, creepo dad: The Trump pardons that defy belief
The “prerogative of mercy” was once a matter of life and death, as one of my ancestors discovered. In the time of Donald Trump, it is toxic and corrupted.
- by Tony Wright
Only in Yarra: The socialist mayor accused of taking a Trumpian turn
A Greens attack on Yarra Mayor Stephen Jolly has left him more than a bit surprised.
- by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Presidential pardon melds fatherly care and hypocrisy
Perhaps if President Biden had confidence that the administration of justice under incoming President Donald Trump would be fair and rational, he might have felt able to withhold this pardon.
Opinion
Trump's White House
Trump is America’s Caligula. His mission is to destroy what made America great
Donald Trump’s bizarre appointments are alarming, but perhaps more worrying is who he wants to fire. Trump’s war on the so-called “deep state” is an assault on the apparatus that built America to greatness.
- by Nick Bryant
Opinion
Trade wars
Tariffs, sanctions or bans? What will Trump really achieve when the US says ‘no’
The president-elect has repeatedly promised tariffs as if to protect manufacturers – and workers. But the targets are revealing.
- by Parnell Palme McGuinness
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