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Donald Trump
Trump’s made nationalism great again, just not in America
Rather than jingoistic chest-thumping, Trumpism has stirred a stoical civic pride in the things that differentiate individual countries from the US.
- by Nick Bryant
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Musk’s latest DOGE savings goal seems to be short a few zeros
Elon Musk initially promised to cut $US2 trillion from the federal budget. He now appears to have set the goal lower for a second time.
- by David A. Fahrenthold and Maggie Haberman
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Tragedy
‘Falling apart’ midair: Helicopter plunges into New York’s Hudson River, killing six
A family of Spanish tourists, including three children, and the pilot died when the aircraft broke apart in midair and crashed upside-down into the river.
- by Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz and Ted Shaffrey
Trump’s tariffs on China are actually 145 per cent, White House clarifies
Meanwhile, the president said countries initially hit with a 10 per cent tariff – such as Australia – could negotiate a lower rate depending on what they offered the US.
- by Michael Koziol
Opinion
Trump diplomacy
Trump has put America into a no-win war just to alienate its closest allies
Instead of uniting the industrial world against China, Trump has made it America against the whole industrial world.
- by Thomas L. Friedman
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Trade wars
Trump ‘pauses’ most tariffs but hits China harder in stunning reversal
Trump’s global tariff had only been in place for hours when the US president announced his stunning backflip, sending US share markets skyrocketing.
- by Michael Koziol
Musk to review US submarines as Australia warned tariffs could push up cost
Donald Trump has ordered Elon Musk to improve the capacity of US shipbuilding amid growing concern that his tariffs will increase the cost of the AUKUS pact.
- by Michael Koziol
Opinion
US politics
Too many narcissists in the nest: Why Trump’s bromances were always bound to clash
Elon Musk’s public fallout with Trump’s trade advisor came as no surprise to psychologists like me. It’s increasingly clear that we might be dealing with significant personality pathologies in this administration.
- by Ahona Guha
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Trump's White House
Trump’s aid cuts claim early victims after three-hour walk in 40-degree heat
The deaths of eight people, including five children, are among the first to be directly attributed to the cuts imposed by the US president.
- by Aaron Ross
The 18 hours that changed Trump’s mind on tariffs
Inside the White House scramble that triggered a shocking turnaround on trade.
- by Michael Birnbaum, Natalie Allison and Cat Zakrzewski
Trump on his tariff reversal
The so-called “reciprocal tariffs” had only been in place for hours when the US president announced his stunning backflip, sending US share markets skyrocketing.
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