Trump diplomacy

President Donald Trump speaks at the 2025 House Republican Members Conference Dinner at Trump National Doral Golf Club.

Analysis
US politics

Trump’s tariff tango will only reinforce his view that bullying works

Making an example of Colombia wasn’t a fair fight and didn’t actually change much, but it is being spun as a major victory for the power of threats.

19 hours ago
Michael Koziol

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Opinion
Foreign relations

Trump’s happy to play the ‘madman’ to restore global order. But will it work?

Trump has repeatedly and explicitly said he wants to use the perception he is unpredictable, and even unhinged, to boost American power.

January 28, 2025
Matthew Knott

Letters

Brandis’ reminder of previous pathetic governments

George Brandis had the gall to denounce Whitlam’s cabinet as “old dinosaurs and clueless eccentrics” but what of those who hid behind Scott Morrison, a reader writes.

January 27, 2025

Displaced Palestinians returning to a destroyed Rafah in the Gaza Strip, a day after the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas came into effect.

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Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Here’s why Trump’s ‘clean out Gaza’ idea is rejected

The US president said resettling most of the strip’s population of 2.3 million in Jordan or Egypt could be “temporary or long term”. He’s already heard a firm “no”.

January 27, 2025
Joseph Krauss

US President Donald Trump has lashed out at Latin American countries’ refusal to bow to his orders.

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Trump's America

Trump claims win over Colombia in stand-off over deportation flights

The tit-for-tat with the South American nation underscores the febrile environment surrounding the US president’s deportation policy.

January 27, 2025
Michael Koziol

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One as he travelled from Las Vegas to Miami.

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Israeli-Palestinian conflict

‘You know, it’s over’: Trump floats plan to ‘just clean out’ Gaza

Donald Trump told reporters he wants Jordan, Egypt and other Arab nations to take in “probably a million and a half” Palestinians from the war-torn strip.