The lesson of the midterms? Trump’s crudeness works
Washington, DC President Donald J. Trump thinks only in terms of winning and losing. On Tuesday, he won and he…
When Donald Trump goes low, the Democrats go lower
Washington, DC As if American politics were not scary enough, the prospect of President Hillary Rodham Clinton has once again…
What do ‘Stop Trump’ protestors think they’re going to achieve?
Last summer, the crowds in the fields at Glastonbury Festival filmed themselves chanting ‘Oh Jeremy Corbyn’. It was the fashionable…
Bombs away: Trump and Macron’s bromance is getting serious
Remember the never-ending handshake? It was 14 July 2017, Bastille Day, and Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump opened their formal…
Revealed: Cambridge Analytica and the Passport King
The Cambridge Analytica story is full of hot air. Everybody delights in talking about how scary Facebook is, and lots…
My trip to Pakistan’s ‘Jihadi Disneyland’
Not so long ago, Barack Obama called Waziristan ‘the most dangerous place in the world’. It was the losing front…
Boris Titov doesn’t want to be president but he’s still taking on Putin
Boris Titov is running to be president of Russia, but he’s eager to talk himself out of the job. ‘I…
The left-liberal media won’t admit it, but Donald Trump has global reach
It’s been a miserable two weeks for our Foreign Secretary. Not only did Boris Johnson trip up over the British…
Corbyn copy
Since the election, Jeremy Corbyn has been parading himself as prime-minister-in-waiting. ‘Cancellation of President Trump’s State Visit is welcome,’ he…
Made in Windsor
It’s a summer of change for the House of Windsor — out with the old, in with the young. The…
Trump’s Brit
Sebastian Gorka is a big man. He has a powerful handshake, a deep voice, and a serious goatee. He’s also…
L’anti-Trump
If you believe the hype, Emmanuel Macron is l’anti-Trump. He is what the inter-national centre-left, reeling from the shocks of…
L’anti-Trump
If you believe the hype, Emmanuel Macron is l’anti-Trump. He is what the inter-national centre-left, reeling from the shocks of…
L’anti-Trump
If you believe the hype, Emmanuel Macron is l’anti-Trump. He is what the inter-national centre-left, reeling from the shocks of…
Washington Notebook
On Wednesday afternoon I went to the British embassy in Washington for ‘a tea and champagne reception’ to mark the…
A renewed special relationship
Freddy Gray, Paul Wood and Kate Andrews discuss Trump’s arrival at the White House: As president, Barack Obama was…
Trump’s family favourites
Donald Trump will not find satisfaction as the 45th President of the United States of America. He really wants to…
Diary
It is odd when someone you know becomes a world-famous Nazi. You may not recognise the name Richard Spencer, but…
Diary
It is odd when someone you know becomes a world-famous Nazi. You may not recognise the name Richard Spencer, but…
Is Steve Bannon really pulling the strings in Team Trump?
Donald J. Trump always keeps everyone guessing. Is the president-elect ditching his crazy act in order to bring in a…
Trump’s triumph
Washington DC Donald J. Trump’s long, triumphant march to the White House didn’t start on 16 June 2015, when he…
The Clinton problem
′Love Trumps Hate’ has become one of Hillary Clinton’s official campaign slogans. It’s a clunky pun but you get the…
American horror story
Cleveland, Ohio ‘Whatever complicates the world more — I do,’ Donald Trump once said. If you can’t decipher what that…
Our antidote to Trump
Is Donald Trump an idiot or a genius or a mad idiot genius? He seems driven by some demented force…
Trump’s train wreck
If you think the Conservative party is in a bad way over Europe, spare a thought for the Republicans of…
