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Trump says the deal is a “big” win for the US.

Lost in translation: Trump doesn’t seem to understand the ‘massive’ deal he just made

Donald Trump says there has never been anything like the trade deal just struck with Japan. He’s probably right, but not in the way he thinks.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz

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Donald Trump appears on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert during his 2015 presidential campaign.

I lived my dream on US talk shows – the axing of Colbert’s Late Show is about one thing

It seemed surreal that I could go straight from the Melbourne comedy scene to a job with Jay Leno. But don’t think for a minute that the suits running the place are champions of political causes.

  • Simon Taylor
GM chief Mary Barra. There is more pain coming for the car giant.

Trump sparks a $6.4 billion wipeout for a US icon

Donald Trump said his tariffs would make the US car industry “great again”, but a different story is starting to emerge.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Donald Trump accused Barack Obama of treason in the Oval Office on Tuesday.

Under the gun over Epstein, Trump tries to finger Obama for ‘treason’

The latest attempt by Donald Trump to distract from the Epstein issue could be dismissed as frivolous, but it appears to be having some effect in media circles.

  • Michael Koziol
Former US president Donald Trump plays golf at his Trump Turnberry course, during his visit to the UK, in Turnberry, South Ayrshire, Scotland, Wednesday May 3, 2023. (Andrew Milligan/PA via AP)

Police warn against violence as Trump prepares to tour his Scottish golf courses

Authorities fear protests against the US president could exceed those held when Trump visited his golf courses in 2018.

  • David Crowe
Donald Trump and his future wife, Melania, with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in 2000.

Ghislaine Maxwell to meet justice officials as lawmakers sent home early to dodge Epstein files vote

The planned meeting to discuss potential new evidence in the sex-trafficking saga triggered speculation that Donald Trump could pardon Jeffrey Epstein’s co-conspirator if she were to provide details that did not implicate the US president.

  • Michael Koziol
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Xi Jinping and his senior ministers are worried about imbalances in supply and demand and overcapacity in some industrie

The home-grown threat to China that has rattled Xi Jinping

Donald Trump’s trade war is not the only thing on Xi Jinping’s mind.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
The US president said the reports were “untruthful” and relied on sources that “probably don’t even exist”.

Trump promised to bring down the deep state. To MAGA loyalists, he’s joined it

The president has trafficked in conspiracy theories for years. Now that dark whirlpool has sucked him down, and he can no longer control the Epstein madness.

  • Maureen Dowd
Rupert Murdoch and Donald Trump.

Trump taunts Murdoch as he files $15 billion lawsuit over Epstein story

The US president is suing over a story published by The Wall Street Journal that said he signed a birthday letter to now-disgraced financier back in 2003.

  • Michael Koziol
Lucas Taylor says if he could give Donald Trump a grade, it would be at least an A.

Deep in Trump country, voters want more deportations and less Epstein

After six months in office, Donald Trump’s approval rating is down. While critics say it has been worse than feared, rusted-on supporters say they’d give him at least an “A” on his work so far.

  • Michael Koziol

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