Donald Trump
Simon Schama: I’m on tour – singing. Yes, seriously
It was when the kindly folk at the Theatre Royal Haymarket said ‘You’ll be in Paul Whitehouse’s dressing-room’ that it…
Why won’t the Democrats impeach Trump?
New York For leftist anti-Trumpers like me, the Mueller report was initially a godsend, though not for the more obvious…
Biden vs Trump could be nastier than Clinton vs Trump
America’s last presidential election campaign won’t be easily forgotten. From leaked Access Hollywood tapes and spurious insults between the two contenders to…
Why won’t the Democrats impeach Trump?
For leftist anti-Trumpers like me, the Mueller report was initially a godsend, though not for the more obvious reasons. I…
Playing chicken: Trade deals with the US will make Britain stronger
Why is it that free trade, which almost everyone agrees is good when conducted with other European countries, suddenly becomes…
Portrait of the week: Trump visits, Change UK crumbles and a row over Tiananmen Square
Home President Donald Trump of the United States made a state visit to the United Kingdom, avoiding protesters by arriving…
How to save the Tory party
How do you feel about the standard of political debate in this country? I ask this question at the very…
No exaggeration: Hyperbole makes words worthless
Saturday night, a guest commentator on Sky News sputtered that Donald Trump has ‘normalised white supremacy’. Once the American President…
Children of the revolution: Protest has become so puerile
As the left sinks into psychosis, what remains? The answer is sugar, profanity, snacks and toys. Protest now resembles Clown…
‘I have spent my life with people underestimating me’: Jeremy Hunt interviewed
When a head of state flies in for a state visit, it’s traditional for the Foreign Secretary to lead the…
In an era of illusion and fantasy, let the wine do the talking
We had all said everything there was to say about Brexit a hundred times over. So the conversation took different…
Joe Biden is a Trump Republican
If Joe Biden snatches the White House from Donald Trump in 2020, he will govern as a modern liberal. This…
Trump’s Mexican tariffs could wipe out his 2017 tax cut
Donald Trump likes to brag about his deal-making prowess. During his visit to the United Kingdom, he’s touting the prospects…
Donald Trump should not stoop to Sadiq Khan’s level
In July last year, when Trump last visited Britain, I wrote a post saying ‘Admit it, Donald Trump is right…
The Trump card: We should welcome Donald Trump’s visit – and treat him as a friend
The day after Britain voted to leave the European Union, Donald Trump arrived by helicopter at Turnberry, his golf course…
Why Ceausescu’s 1978 state visit was far more humiliating than Trump’s ever could be
The Queen has seldom had more holes in a state banquet seating plan. The leader of the opposition, the shadow…
A presidential pardon for my ‘miraculously shrinking crime’
I owe my return to these pages to the pardon I have received from the President of the United States.…
Iran alone: Tehran’s perspective on escalating hostilities
On 20 May, Iran’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, predicted that Donald Trump would fail to subdue Iran just as…
My feud with Conrad Black
Goody goody gumdrops! The Donald has pardoned Lord Black and I couldn’t be happier. Conrad got a bum deal and…
Trump told me I got a ‘bad rap’
I owe my return to these pages to the pardon I have received from the President of the United States.…
Trump’s Iran strategy: Keep your enemies close and your hawks closer
Washington, DC Donald Trump has an itchy trigger finger, and his name is John Bolton. The President’s national security adviser…
Racist incidents are down since Trump’s election. Yes, really
The election of Donald Trump has, of course, unleashed the latent racist which lurks within millions of Americans. We know…
When populism fails
It is scarcely an exaggeration to say that Donald J. Trump ran his insurgency presidential campaign against the coordinated opposition…
Satirising the global society: Only Americans Burn in Hell, by Jarett Kobek, reviewed
An immortal faery queen from a magical gynocratic island arrives in Los Angeles to track down her missing daughter. This…
A booming economy makes Trump look wiser than his detractors
What delicious reading it makes going back over Paul Krugman’s missive in the New York Times on the morning after…
