The Trump 2020 campaign is much, much more formidable than 2016
Almost every day, somebody somewhere recycles the idea that President Donald J. Trump doesn’t want to be president. He never…
Muller has led to the vindication – not the destruction – of Donald Trump
Washington Robert Mueller’s two-year investigation into ‘Russiagate’ was meant to bring down President Donald Trump. That was the plan.…
Thanks to Russiagate, Trump could win in 2020
Robert Mueller’s two-year investigation into ‘Russiagate’ was meant to bring down President Donald Trump. That was the plan. For two…
Can the Republican Party finally win over minority voters?
Washington, DC Republican strategists have long complained about how, every election, the Democrats mobilise minority groups against them. Now they’re…
Bernie Sanders is back – and terrifying the Democratic establishment
Washington, DC Bernie Sanders likes private jets. That, at least, is the malicious word being put about by Hillary Clinton’s…
Trump is divisive. He splits his opposition perfectly
Washington, DC Donald Trump, the unity president — doesn’t sound right, does it? Trump is, we know, divisive. Under his…
Could Kamala Harris be the Democrats’ dream antidote to Trump?
Washington, DC It’s no secret that President Donald Trump has women problems. His relationship with his wife seems strained. Feminists…
The truth about Trump’s shutdown? It’s not as bad as people make out
Washington, DC Washington is supposed to be recession-proof: when times are bad, the government just hires more. But the city…
Meet the Ever Trumpers, the apostles who will never forsake the President
Washington, DC Donald Trump derangement syndrome works both ways. It makes the President’s enemies hate him so much they go…
The Democrats’ obsession with Beto O’Rourke is a sign they’re in trouble
Washington, DC Ever since America elected Donald Trump, Democrats have fantasised about removing him from power. They’ve dreamed of…
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…
