Why Americans fight culture wars and Australians don’t
Our country was an accident of history, and we bask in the quietude of our politics. But the US was conceived as an idea, and its tumultuous politics reflects that genesis.
Donald Trump's America
Even China’s trade war winners worry about Trump’s next move
Chinese entrepreneur Wang Sen woke up on Monday to a strange development – overnight, he had joined the tiny group of people in China who are having a good trade war. But these rare winners are no fans of the economic turbulence.
US ‘talking to China at highest levels’ on tariffs: Trump
Donald Trump suggests he is talking to Xi Jinping on the countries’ escalating trade war, saying he’s optimistic they can reach a deal within three to four weeks.
Trump’s made Harvard look like the underdog
Weakening the ideological control elite universities have over young minds is desirable, but this all-out assault will backfire.
George Clooney picks ‘spectacular’ Democrat who could lead party
The Hollywood actor critical in persuading Joe Biden to drop out last year suggested there was one governor ‘levitating’ above his party colleagues.
Election Commentary
ANALYSIS
How Apple’s Cook cracked the code on working with Trump
The election is leading to a return of personal lobbying by CEOs, hoping to develop ties with the new administration; Cook’s one-topic meals.
COMMENTARY
Trump’s picks will be agents of vital change
Many US voters see the pre-Covid Trump era as a time of prosperity and record employment of African-Americans. They are willing to give their new President a fair shot at the job.
INQUIRER
War and appeasement: why a deal with Putin will backfire
US president-elect Donald Trump’s idea to negotiate a swift end to the Ukraine war is unrealistic.
US POLITICS
Billionaire’s simple pitch for Treasury
When Scott Bessent, a billionaire Wall Street mogul, was asked to advise Donald Trump on economic policy, he had a simple answer: 3-3-3.
COMMENTARY
Four more years of Trump may make America normal again
Donald Trump’s election win is an Emperor’s New Clothes event for America, an overdue recognition and repudiation of the regime of oppressive insanities we have been subjected to for a decade or more.
OPINION
How Trump can help Ukraine win
He could sway Putin by mobilising the $300 billion in Russian money frozen in Western banks.
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‘Flames of resistance’ build against Trump’s bulldozing
Courts and universities try to preserve guardrails on presidential authority in the face of administration’s assertions of power.
Trump sinks trust in US, cruels Dutton run
Donald Trump’s toxicity to Australian voters and Peter Dutton’s election campaign has been laid bare in a new poll revealing Australians’ trust in the US has plunged.
Trump deal could hang on WTO dispute
A top Washington trade lawyer says Donald Trump and Scott Bessent wanted to resuscitate a WTO dispute where Australia, the EU and Canada attacked US tax treatment of exporters.
Richard Armitage: ‘As good a man as I’ve known, a dear friend’
Australians will remember Richard Armitage mainly from his days as deputy secretary of state under George W. Bush. Under Bush and John Howard, the US-Australia alliance reached a level of intimacy never matched before, or since.
US freezes billions in funding after Harvard says it will fight Trump’s demands
The government responds to university with a $2.26 billion freeze of the school’s grants and contracts.
Vance fumbles Ohio State’s NCAA football championship trophy
After laudatory speeches by President Donald Trump, the vice president — an Ohio State graduate — tried to hoist aloft the trophy. It didn’t end well.
World takes urgent steps to prepare for trade war downturn
Governments from Europe to Asia are bracing their economies for a rocky road as China raises tariffs on US goods to 125 per cent.
Xi quick to engage in Trump’s battle of ‘strongman’ wills
China’s leader has a historical obsession so chilling that, as with the US President’s most shocking statements, many hope it is not meant to be taken literally.
Trump vs China: The world has entered a perilous new phase
After ambiguity about how he might deal with Beijing, Donald Trump has hit it with the economic equivalent of a baseball bat. This potential cycle of escalation carries huge risks.
The truth is we are our own biggest problem
It’s a rollercoaster ride with Donald Trump at the best of times. But while he’s President, and after he’s left office, we want our relationship with the US to remain intact.
Whiplash reveals the king of chaos
Donald Trump’s 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs reveals a White House in policy chaos and a president who can’t make up his mind.
Trump’s calculated brinkmanship or a humiliating backdown?
Either way, Donald Trump’s decision to suspend his suite of reciprocal tariffs is very welcome news.
China’s leaders gather for crisis talks after Trump shock
Beijing is preparing a stimulus package and further retaliation after Donald Trump’s new 125 per cent tariff on Chinese imports went into effect, as Xi Jinping shows no sign of accepting the American president’s offer to ‘do a deal’.
Common sense prevails in the White House
Declining approval numbers, dropping consumer confidence, a falling stock market, growing talk of a recession – all in fewer than 100 days. Trump is smart to take an off-ramp by cutting tariff deals.
Why the Elon Musk vs. Peter Navarro row matters
The feud illustrates the factions advising Trump. Which side prevails is likely to determine if his economic policy succeeds.
Trump, unbowed, is enacting change on scale rarely seen before
Financial markets, universities, law firms and world leaders reel from president’s agenda, but White House says this was always the plan.
Trapped amid the market carnage
Every sign is that Donald Trump’s tariff policy will not work and instead inflict grave damage on the US economy and the world.
Inside Musk’s shock-and-awe months in the White House
Donald Trump has tried to smooth over cracks in the relationship between the Tesla boss and the rest of his team after complaints arose from his cabinet and aides.
China scuttles TikTok deal as Trump admits Beijing ‘not very happy’
Representatives from ByteDance, the social media platform’s Chinese parent company, said approval for the transaction has been withdrawn.
US tariffs make Xi Jinping’s day
Donald Trump’s global trade war is a strategic gift to the Chinese president.
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