Donald Trump
The big tech bullies
I was in the kitchen preparing the family’s dinner when the inauguration of Joe Biden was on TV, so I…
Letters
Canterbury tales Sir: Having opened my copy of The Spectator upon arrival in the post, I read your article ‘Welby’s…
No, Spike Lee: Donald Trump is not like Hitler
I wish people would stop comparing Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler. Not because I’m worried about Trump’s feelings — he’s…
Bring on the Bidenisms
The welcome return of the gaffe-prone president
Where will the American right turn now?
Here’s a trick question: who said the following, and when? ‘Serious questions have arisen about the accuracy and reliability of…
How to spot a cultist
There’s something creepy about the way we call Donald Trump fans a cult, then watch them hungrily, hoping they’ll do…
Reuniting the States
The challenges ahead for President Biden go beyond governing
Biden’s trans rights agenda is bad news for women and girls
Joe Biden has wasted little time grabbing rights from women and girls across America. On day one, he signed an Executive Order…
A Trump comeback? Don’t bet on it
He did it. Donald Trump made it through four years, not an accomplishment many of his detractors thought he would…
Good luck to Joe Biden. He’ll need it
It’s official: the inauguration is over, the speeches have been given, and political power in the United States has been…
Trump’s exit is an opportunity to ditch the nuclear ‘football’
Among the most alarming episodes during Donald J. Trump’s tumultuous final weeks in the White House was an announcement by…
What will Joe Biden do about North Korea?
Kim Jong-un marked the new year by treating North Koreans to several days of lengthy speeches followed by a display…
High life
Gstaad Lord Belhaven and Stenton, a wonderful man and the quintessential English gentleman, died at 93 just before the end…
Presidential dogs
From the moment Donald Trump’s presidency began, he was lacking something. But Joe Biden is about to make up for…
The Spectator’s Notes
Even with its 27 amendments, the US Constitution is only 7,591 words. I keep it beside me, and find in…
We believe what we want to believe
Following his disgruntled supporters’ rampage through the Capitol, Donald Trump’s fate hangs in the balance. But one artefact of this…
Control, halt, delete
Can anyone stand up to big tech?
Diary
The thing we most need to understand right now is how you deprogram people who have been in a cult.…
Portrait of the week
Home The government, in the face of overwhelming numbers of people with Covid-19 being admitted to hospital, told everyone to…
What does Trump want now? Revenge — and a second term
The figure of the ex-president is one of the most endearingly republican features of American politics. He who was the…
Donald Trump is impeached again – now what?
Today Donald Trump became the first president in United States history to be impeached twice. He was first impeached in…
Donald Trump and the limits of free speech
Is Donald Trump’s expulsion from Twitter an attack on free speech? A great many Republicans are saying so. You certainly…
@jack is the giant
Where is Jack? You know, Jack-the-Giant-Killer? The little fellow who caught the giant Cormaran in a deadfall and dispatched him…
America’s Yeltsin moment
The end of the Cold War was as great a shock to US politics as it was to the Soviet Union’s. The…
Praise be to our benevolent Big Tech Overlords
It is done. The Dark Lord has been vanquished. His threatening aura has been purged from Twitter, along with many…
