Donald Trump

Republican conventionWorld

Trump: US way of life in danger

US President Donald Trump has warned the coming election will be a stark choice between two visions of America.

Cameron Stewart

CommentaryWorld

US Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the third night of the Republican National Convention at Fort McHenry National Monument in Baltimore, Maryland, August 26, 2020. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Veep best on ground for both conventions

Mike Pence made tough criticisms in a tone more of sorrow than of anger, and with the best defence imaginable of the Trump record. If only the Republican ticket were reversed.

Greg Sheridan

Republican conventionWorld

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - AUGUST 26: Mike Pence accepts the vice presidential nomination during the Republican National Convention from Fort McHenry National Monument on August 26, 2020 in Baltimore, Maryland. The convention is being held virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic but includes speeches from various locations including Charlotte, North Carolina, Washington, DC, and Baltimore, Maryland. Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

You won’t be safe under Biden: Pence

Vice President Mike Pence says Donald Trump ‘does things his own way’, but ‘gets up every day to fight for you’.

Cameron Stewart and Anne Barrowclough

commentaryCommentary

US Vice President Mike Pence salutes after speaking during the third night of the Republican National Convention at Fort McHenry National Monument in Baltimore, Maryland, August 26, 2020. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Enigma Pence steps into the spotlight

The VP remains a mystery to most – even his neighbours. Labelled bland or fiercely loyal, could he become President?

Cameron Stewart

commentaryCommentary

US First Lady Melania Trump addresses the Republican Convention during its second day from the Rose Garden of the White House August 25, 2020, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)

Melania the X-Factor in Trump campaign

Despite an often frosty demeanour, strategists feel she’s an asset for the President, who needs to appeal to female voters.

Cameron Stewart

Republican conventionWorld

US President Donald Trump embraces first lady Melania Trump after she addressed the Republican Convention during its second day from the Rose Garden of the White House August 25, 2020, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)

‘Donald won’t stop fighting for you’

In a warm and conciliatory speech Melania Trump urged unity, and told victims of coronavirus: ‘You are not alone’ | WATCH

Cameron Stewart and Anne Barrowclough

COMMENTARYEconomics

Ask Shorten: how Joe Biden could blow it

Opinion polls say it’s Biden’s election to lose. But a key Democrat policy has an eerie similarity to Bill Shorten’s franking credits disaster.

Robert Gottliebsen

CommentaryCommentary

US President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence give a thumbs up after speaking during the first day of the Republican National Convention on August 24, 2020, in Charlotte, North Carolina. - President Donald Trump went into battle for a second term Monday with his nomination at a Republican convention where he will draw on all his showman's instincts to try and change the narrative in an election he is currently set to lose. (Photo by Chris Carlson / POOL / AFP)

Party pitches Trump as great defender

The Republicans have sought to show Trump as the protector of an American way of life under attack from Democrats.

Cameron Stewart

COMMENTARYWorld

US Republican Senator for South Carolina Tim Scott speaks during the first day of the Republican convention at the Mellon auditorium on August 24, 2020 in Washington, DC (Photo by Olivier DOULIERY / AFP)

Republicans’ powerful message: ‘the US is not racist’

The two most important and effective speakers at the Republican Convention, Nikki Haley and Tim Scott, had a lot to say about Trump and the nation.

Greg Sheridan

World

US President Donald Trump speaks during the first day of the Republican National Convention on August 24, 2020, in Charlotte, North Carolina. - President Donald Trump went into battle for a second term Monday with his nomination at a Republican convention where he will draw on all his showman's instincts to try and change the narrative in an election he is currently set to lose. (Photo by Logan Cyrus / AFP)

Biden let foes ‘get away with murder’

Speakers at the first day of the Republican National Convention slam Joe Biden as a weak global leader and soft on law and order.

Cameron Stewart

The Wall Street Journal

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - AUGUST 18: Eric Trump, the son of President Donald Trump, greets a small number of supporters outside of the Milwaukee Police Association hall where he spoke to about 20 people on August 18, 2020 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The visit comes a day after his father visited the nearby city of Oshkosh and on the second day of the Democratic National Convention being held virtually from the Wisconsin Center downtown. The convention, which was once expected to draw 50,000 people to the city, was forced to take place virtually due to coronavirus concerns. Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

New York looks at inflated valuation

New documents ask New York court to order the Trump organisation and Eric Trump to comply with subpoenas.

Deanna Paul and Rebecca Davis O’Brien

Shock resignationThe Wall Street Journal

NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 09: Republican president-elect Donald Trump along with his campaign manager Kellyanne Conway acknowledge the crowd during his election night event at the New York Hilton Midtown in the early morning hours of November 9, 2016 in New York City. Donald Trump defeated Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton to become the 45th president of the United States. Mark Wilson/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Conway’s daughter threatened divorce

Kellyanne Conway, one of the longest-serving members of Donald Trump’s White House, has quit after her 15-year-old daughter threatened to divorce her.

AFP

White House revampThe Times

The White House rose garden before and after the redesign. Picture: Getty Images/Mary Jordan

Rose garden gets prickly reception

Melania Trump replaces Jackie O’s vibrant display with white and pastel roses and widened walkways, eliciting a decidedly colourful reaction.

David Charter

COMMENTARYMedia

TOPSHOT - Former vice-president and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden accepts the Democratic Party nomination for US president during the last day of the Democratic National Convention, being held virtually amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware on August 20, 2020. (Photo by Olivier DOULIERY / AFP)

Biden praise shows left’s ‘fake news’ bias

The media’s barracking for Joe Biden’s bumbling DNC performance was so blatant, it was disturbing.

Chris Kenny

COMMENTARYCommentary

Chinese President Xi Jinping; Unfinished buildings and vacant streets in Xiangluo Bay..

China will grow old before it grows rich

The defining geostrategic story of the last decade has been the rise of China and the of the US. But the storyline is coming to an end.

Ross Babbage

US 2020The Wall Street Journal

US Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, speaks during a press conference before the vote on the 'Delivering for America Act' to protect the postal system, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on August 22, 2020. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

House passes $35bn bill for postal service

The Democrat-led House of Representatives has passed legislation preventing US Postal Service cutbacks at least through to January.

Kristina Peterson and Siobhan Hughes

US 2020The Times

Protesters rally against a mask mandate, many showing support for US President Donald Trump, in Las Vegas, Nevada on August 22, 2020. - "On day one" of his own presidency, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said, he would implement a national COVID-19 plan and mandate mask wearing. (Photo by Bridget BENNETT / AFP)

Trump tells speakers to do it live

Donald Trump has ordered that keynote speakers at this week’s Republican convention perform live to generate more energy.

David Charter

inquirerInquirer

TOPSHOT - (From L) Jill Biden, husband former vice-president and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and Senator from California and Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris greet supporters outside the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware, at the conclusion of the Democratic National Convention, held virtually amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, on August 20, 2020. (Photo by Olivier DOULIERY / AFP)

Blackouts will have Joe green at the gills

California power failures will become an election issue and be a new test for the Biden campaign team.

Graham Lloyd

CUT & PASTECut & Paste

Some fine rhetoric there, Obama, but you skated over the cultural car crash of your era

Love him or loathe him, Donald Trump is in part a reaction to years of white leftie bonkerism

CommentaryWorld

US President Donald Trump stops for a pizza at Arcaro and Genell in Old Forge, Pennsylvania, on August 20, 2020. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)

Biden needs to release policies not attack dogs

The challenge for Joe Biden and the Democrats in the months ahead will be to prove they offer much more to voters than just not being Donald Trump.

Cameron Stewart

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