Did Trump appoint John Bolton to distract from his spending bill failure?
Another massive America news blizzard yesterday: Trump lawyer quits, tariffs tariffs tariffs, stock-market slide, former alleged mistresses of the President…
Cambridge Analytica’s use of Facebook is straight from Obama’s playbook
Every few weeks, it seems, Carole Cadwalladr drops a long piece for the Guardian or the Observer about how the…
Meet Boris Titov: the man who wouldn’t be president
Boris Titov is running to be president of Russia, but he’s eager to talk himself out of the job. ‘I…
Rex Tillerson’s sacking isn’t about Russia
Sometimes it’s almost as if Donald Trump wants the world to think he’s a Russian patsy. Yesterday, Rex Tillerson, as…
No, Britain shouldn’t invoke Article 5 of the NATO treaty
British Prime Minister Theresa May might regret using such strong language in her statement on the Skripal poisoned spy case…
What can Britain do to punish Russia? Not much
Here is an idea as to how we Brits can respond to Russia over the poison spy case. It’s the…
Surprise, surprise — here comes the tariffs retreat
We should by now be used to Trump’s modus operandi. But we aren’t. We should all know the art of…
1,2,3,4 — Trump declares a trade war
‘Whatever complicates the world more — I do,’ Donald Trump once said. As President, that still seems to be his…
Trump loses 4th spin doctor as Hope Hicks quits
Every week is extraordinary in the Trump administration — but this week seems stranger than most. Matters are rumbling in…
Is Jared Kushner’s power really waning?
It was always ridiculous that Jared Kushner, an amiable 37-year-old who had no diplomatic, political or military experience, should have…
The unstoppable gun reform lobby
He did not address how he might respond to the inevitable debate that will now consume America over the legality…
The majesty of Vienna
Two things always strike me when I visit Vienna. The first is how easterly the city lies. This was more…
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…
Trump’s sunbed optimism is rubbing off on the world
Donald J Trump’s State of the Union was as expected: long, boastful, cheesy — and largely right. Trump says he…
Donald Trump (sort of) says the hardest word
Wow. As far as I know, Donald Trump has only apologised twice since he emerged as a presidential candidate in…
Brexit Britain is putty in Trump’s hands
President Donald Trump, famously, has two modes: flattery and hostility. Theresa May had a taste of the latter following Trump’s…
How seriously should we take this new pro-Trump conspiracy theory?
What if the great smoking gun in the Trump-Russia enquiry is not Donald Trump’s collusion with the Kremlin? What if the…
US government shutdown: Trump’s presidency begins to resemble Obama’s
Donald Trump had hoped to mark his first anniversary as president basking in surprisingly positive media headlines and enjoying a…
Trump, May, and the sinking of the so-called ‘Special Relationship’
Another week, another blow to the so-called Special Relationship. The latest sorry news is that Number 10 has been trying…
Announcing…the BAD TRUMP TWEETS AWARDS
Journalists can guffaw at the silliness of President Donald’s Trump’s Fake News Awards as much as they like. The truth…
Britain’s epic vanity: do we really think Trump cares that much about coming here?
Boris Johnson is absolutely right to say that his successor as London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has behaved like a ‘puffed…
Donald Trump’s greatest peril could soon become a reality
Donald Trump is playing hard to get. Asked yesterday at the White House whether he would meet with Special Counsel…
What becomes of Breitbart without Steve Bannon?
How quickly Steve Bannon’s dark star has collapsed. Not so long ago, friends and enemies talked him up as a media genius. He…
Donald Trump unleashes fire and fury on Steve Bannon
Forget North Korea for a moment — President Donald J Trump today launched a devastating assault on Steve Bannon, his…
