Showman Trump no isolationist on US foreign policy
Quick rollout of top national security appointments suggests a foreign policy of affirmative and targeted engagement.
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No wonder working classes ditched the Democrats
Kamala Harris’s party completely alienated its blue-collar voting base, framing them either as nasty bigots or helpless victims.
Trump’s populist appeal is a wake-up call
His success across diverse demographics should force his critics to rethink their worst assumptions. This is a moment of sudden and unexpected clarity.
America will get what it votes for — good and hard
Like all elections, this one will have consequences, all the more so because we’re so deeply polarised.
Whoever wins, era of American discord is far from over
With polls neck and neck and the country polarised, the anger generated by a turbulent election campaign is unlikely to subside. And yet, the US has faced worse strife and democracy has held.
It’s the Democrats who made a Trump comeback thinkable
The Democrats’ deceitfully vacuous campaign and their empty pantsuit of a candidate incessantly blurting inanities is an abuse of voters’ scruples. If punishing them means rewarding Trump, that’s a bargain the voters may prove willing to strike.
Is Trump a fascist? He’s too lazy to be a committed zealot
Two highly credible former aides have raised the rhetorical stakes about the dangers of re-electing the Republican.
Hurricane blows a twister into the US election
You don’t have to be a conspiracy theorist to worry these epochal storms may have profound effects on the political future of the United States.
Can Kamala Harris win by standing for nothing?
If Bernie Sanders and Dick Cheney can agree, they can’t possibly be wrong—or right, for that matter.
Israel defends itself — and may save Western civilisation
How will we ever repay the debt we owe Israel? What the Jewish state has done in the past year will rank among the most important contributions to the defence of Western civilisation in the past 75 years.
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