Trump's White House
Explainer
Political leadership
‘Your head will spin’: What Trump will do on ‘Day One’
Most US presidents are judged on their first 100 days. Donald Trump plans to get plenty done on “Day One”. But how much can he actually pull off?
- by Angus Holland
Latest
Flame trees’ fiery warning for tinderbox Aussie bush
The wildfires ravaging Los Angeles hold important lessons for Australia which, like California, has large forests of highly flammable (introduced) eucalypt trees, which are nicknamed “gasoline trees” in the US.
Opinion
Donald Trump
So Trump wants Greenland? Don’t laugh, America’s been here before
The president-elect won’t rule out the US seizing Greenland by force, or annexing Canada. But America first made these overtures in 1868.
- by Stuart Rollo
Editorial
California bushfires
Los Angeles fires fan the flames of Trump’s political opportunism
The petty blame game played by the president-elect should not blind people to the real tragedy unfolding in Los Angeles.
- The Herald's View
In message to Trump, Mexico’s president displays old map of ‘Mexican America’
Claudia Sheinbaum gave a sarcastic history lesson to the president-elect, while Canada has also hit back at comments about it becoming the 51st US state.
- by Megan Janetsky
Fixing hospitals should take priority over fast rail
Living on the Central Coast, I am all for the construction of a high-speed rail link to Sydney. Currently it takes approximately the same time (1.5 hours) to drive from Gosford to the CBD on an increasingly crowded M1 as a train service that is frustratingly slow in sections.
Donald Trump won’t rule out use of military to take control of Greenland, Panama Canal
Since the election, Trump has repeatedly raised the idea of seizing control of both, although some have questioned how serious he is on either front.
- by Farrah Tomazin
‘The golden age of America’: Trump signals his family will keep making deals
The scale of overlap between the government he will lead and Trump’s family members and their business interests has been showcased.
- by Eric Lipton, Maggie Haberman and Alan Blinder
The bank of nan and pop has undermined the fair go
Jordan Baker’s article about the growing ubiquity of the bank of nan and pop in the payment of school fees should make us very concerned about the direction our society has decided to follow.
Editorial
Elon Musk
Memo to an increasingly unhinged Elon Musk: You’re not in charge of the world
On the eve of President-elect Donald Trump being inaugurated for a second term, his wingman is proving a worrying curtain-raiser.
- The Herald's View
Where’s the good in Riverwood? Get a heart!
With the number of homeless aged people on the rise, how heartwarming it would have been if the residents of Hardwicke Street had put out the welcome mat.
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