Is Scott Bessent America’s most important diplomat?
The most important American in the world right now might not be Donald Trump. It could be Scott Bessent, the…
My debt to Rod Liddle
Rod Liddle got me into journalism. We always had The Spectator lying around the house when I was young. I soon…
The radical left-wing takeover of the Democrats is nearly complete
Tuesday 4 August could prove to be a turning point in American political history. If Democratic primary voters in Michigan…
Will Trump’s ‘massive attack’ be on Yemen?
It is my solemn duty to report that, as ever in Trumpworld, the news zone has flooded and we are…
Does the Donroe Doctrine support Argentina on the Falklands?
So FIFA is going to take action against the Argentinian players for unfurling their “Las Malvinas son Argentinas” banner after…
The Trump monotony
One of Donald Trump’s greatest strengths is his ability to repeat himself endlessly. It takes some doing. At 9 p.m.…
America is still gripped by the gerontocracy
What do senior Republican Senator Mitch McConnell and Iran’s new Supreme Leader have in common? Not a lot, except that…
Will the ‘anti-Trump playbook’ work in Britain?
Commentators were so busy fulminating against Trump’s Fifa shenanigans yesterday they mostly missed his intervention in the big story now…
A golden age… for Trump
“You can do two things,” Donald Trump told reporters as he stood beside the new retrofitted Air Force One on…
Is Trump’s quest for peace doomed?
J.D. Vance jokingly compared himself to Richard Nixon earlier this week. ‘Young senator, vice-president, writes some bestselling books, is hated…
Will the Iran deal destroy J.D. Vance?
When it comes to foreign policy, Donald Trump is neither hawk nor dove. He’s a dealmaker who plays differing sides…
Will Vance regret being the face of the Iran deal?
After a week of international agonizing, it looks as if the first round of the latest peace talks between America…
Will peace be the perfect gift for Trump?
Donald Trump’s 80th birthday is this weekend, and what better present for a struggling octogenarian Commander-in-Chief than a peace deal…
Will Graham Platner’s colorful past bring him down?
In recent months, America’s political rumor mills have been grinding out whispers about Graham Platner, the Democratic candidate for the…
Get ready for the rudest midterms ever
When someone is cruel or acts like a bully, you don’t stoop to their level. No, our motto is: ‘When…
Why are Trump’s would-be assassins so forgettable?
Another weekend, another failed and frankly pathetic attempt to kill the President of the United States. On February 22, a…
Trump’s lawfare against lawfare
It is of course hacky and hysterical to suggest America is turning into a banana republic. How else, though, can…
Did the Trump/Xi summit achieve anything?
Air Force One is in the air as I write, whizzing from Beijing back to Washington – and Donald Trump…
The inverted imperialism of the royal visit
It’s hard not to feel sorry for Christian Turner, the UK’s new ambassador in Washington. He’s only been in post…
Lorna Hajdini and the willing suspension of disbelief
“A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.” That…
Why Trump hasn’t stuck the knife into Starmer
As public messages of support go, it scored pretty low on the conviction-o-meter. “Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United…
Will Keir Starmer be a casualty of the Epstein fallout?
In America, important men don’t seem to suffer too much over their links to the late Jeffrey Epstein. Bill Clinton,…
If only TACO were true
A useful rule, when trying to understand current affairs, is AAL: Acronyms Always Lie. A case in point would be…
Will Trump strike a ‘final blow’ on Iran?
Will America’s ground invasion of Iran begin in the early hours of tomorrow? Everybody knows, by now, that Trump likes…
Who is actually talking to the Iranians?
On Friday night, Donald Trump announced that America was “very close to meeting our objectives as we consider winding down our great…
