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Trump’s paired bad ideas from left and right. The results will be calamitous

Trump and Musk’s new policies will make the rich richer and the poor poorer. What could go wrong?

  • Peter Hartcher

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Enough low-level whining, time to stand up to Trump

Readers are not happy about Trump’s treatment of Australia.

Donald Trump said he would buy a Tesla in a show of support for “Elon’s baby”.

Elon Musk is not Tesla’s only problem

The billionaire’s closeness to Donald Trump and support for far-right causes have prompted a backlash, but Tesla’s sales are sinking for other reasons too.

  • The Economist
President Donald Trump walks with Elon Musk’s son X Æ A-Xii on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, March 14, 2025, in Washington to depart on Marine One. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

‘Tremendous mistake’: Democrats turn on each other in fight over Trump ‘slush fund’

When a handful of Democrat senators supported a Republican funding bill late on Friday night, their colleagues were furious.

  • Michael Koziol
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Justice delay is justice denied for offenders

Readers discuss Victorian bail laws and the introduction of US tariffs on Australian building products.

The Democrats can’t lay a glove on Trump – because they lack what Australia has

For now, Australia’s democracy has Peter Dutton as the main voice of opposition. America’s system allows for no such powerful voice.

  • Bruce Wolpe
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‘Pain’: Elon Musk steps up fight to save his $100 billion Tesla payday

The world’s richest person is trying to recover the largest pay package ever awarded to a US executive.

  • Sabrina Willmer and Jef Feeley

Yo, tech bros, I feel your pain. Trump’s messing with my personal wealth, too

I realise I’m not a billionaire thought leader, but these are hard times, even if your new BFF is in the Oval Office.

  • Michelle Cazzulino
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Trump buys a Tesla to show support for Elon Musk

The president shopped for a new Tesla on the White House driveway, and also said recent violence against the electric vehicle giant’s dealerships will be labelled domestic terrorism.

  • Chris McGerian
Musk at Trump’s inauguration celebration. He has denied that it was a Nazi salute.

The Tesla brand is in trouble. But does Musk care?

Would-be customers are walking away from Tesla in droves, but it’s a price the world’s richest man is willing to pay for hitching his wagon to US President Donald Trump’s policies.

  • Elizabeth Knight

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