The Wall Street JournalDonald Trump stood by his adviser Elon Musk and the email he helped create that demanded millions of federal workers justify the work they did last week. ‘If you don’t answer, like you’re sort of semi-fired,’ Trump said.
Brian Schwartz
EXCLUSIVETechnologyTop tech entrepreneurs are rallying together to power the ‘energy renaissance’ as Donald Trump winds back projects aimed at tackling climate change, branding it the ‘green new scam’.
Just because Donald Trump’s language drives the European status quo mad doesn’t mean the end of the Western alliance. It’s about reassessing priorities and reallocating burden-sharing.
EditorialMass immigration and energy were key issues in Sunday’s election, with the victory adding significantly to the conservative wave sweeping much of Europe.
Editorial
Securing US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent at the inaugural Australian Super Summit in Washington bodes well for engagement with the Trump administration.
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Response to TrumpThe Wall Street JournalVolodymyr Zelensky’s offer came after Donald Trump accused him of being a dictator and falsely claimed Ukraine started war with Russia.
Matthew Luxmoore, Jane Lytvynenko and Alan Cullison
‘Five bullet points’The Wall Street JournalThe billionaire adviser to Donald Trump emailed all federal employees hours after the President told him to be ‘more aggressive’ in slashing government spending.
Brian Schwartz and Scott Patterson
The President’s claims Zelensky is a ‘dictator’ and continues the war only to keep on the American gravy train do not reflect reality – but they do reflect Trump’s frustration with allies that are more of an encumbrance than a force multiplier.
UKRAINE INVASIONNationThe plea comes as Tony Abbott warns Europe must come to terms with the fact its failure to unite against Russia has partly led to US President Donald Trump’s antipathy towards Kyiv.
Conservative Political Action ConferenceUS PoliticsThe US President was greeted by a raucous crowd at the annual conservative convention before delivering a predictably combative speech targeting ‘corrupt’ Democrats and ‘sinister radical left Marxists’.
AFP
insiders’ wordThe Wall Street JournalThe agreement, sought by the Trump administration for military aid, could help resolve the flare-up of tensions between President Zelensky and Donald Trump.
Alan Cullison, Alexander Ward and James Marson
‘strategic’ U-turnThe Wall Street JournalUnlike Nixon and Kissinger’s gambit in the 1970s, the strategy threatens to divide the West.
Yaroslav Trofimov
Media fightbackMediaAssociated Press, blocked for refusing to follow Trump’s executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America, said the ban violates freedom of speech and of the press.
AFP
In this sorry week for freedom and decency, with the world’s stability and order seemingly in peril, the West must not give in to despair.
Max Hastings
INQUIRERInquirerAfter the 2024 poll trouncing and under pressure by Reform, Badenoch aims to show Brits the Tories ‘are under new leadership’.
INQUIRERInquirerDonald Trump may not have Ronald Reagan’s charm, but the two have much in common: when Trump is exposing fads, he’s helping the cause of freedom across the world.
ConferenceUS PoliticsElon Musk paraded a chainsaw on stage before American conservatives celebrating Donald Trump’s return to power.
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INQUIRERInquirerDonald Trump and his team have taken complete ownership of peace negotiations with Vladimir Putin. But the manner in which they have kickstarted this process has left Ukraine and the rest of Europe horrified.
DefenceCompaniesUS Navy shipbuilder Austal thinks it can pass on increases in steel and aluminium costs as a result of tariffs.