Donald Trump
Donald Trump: monarchist?
As the Harry and Meghan carnival rumbles on, the Queen has found an unexpected source of support: Donald Trump. During an…
The Kushner conundrum
Gstaad I have two special girlfriends, Lynne and Fiona, the ladies who guard The Spectator’s entrance against the outraged #MeToo…
A re-gift to Donald Trump
For Democrats, like the ‘insurrection’ of January 6th, the Trump policy of separating illegal-immigrant parents from their children in 2018…
What motivates Peter Thiel apart from the desire for more wealth?
If you’ve only heard one thing about Peter Thiel (and many have heard nothing at all) it is that he…
Superbad: Joe Biden’s plummeting presidency
No wonder the President would rather be asleep
Joe Biden is making the world a more dangerous place
Less than a year into the Biden presidency the world suddenly is a very chaotic place. The hasty and botched…
Why won’t the US media talk about trans issues?
The wonderful thing about woke narratives is that you only have to wait a while until they collapse. The core…
China and the WHO are given an easy ride in the Covid blame game
Are you ready to relive 2020? That’s what Adam Tooze is offering as he tells the story of Covid-19 through…
Joe Biden is everything Trump wanted to be
Do you remember the president who gave Vladimir Putin everything he wanted in Europe? The president who consistently ignored the…
America sees red: how fury prompted the slide into Trumpism
After leaving college more than two decades ago, Evan Osnos landed a job on the Exponent Telegram, one of two…
When will Twitter treat Biden like Trump?
With the conclusion of the disastrously-executed Afghanistan withdrawal, the attention of Joe Biden and his loyal media apparatchiks has turned to…
Biden risks undermining America’s moral authority
Joe Biden is facing what will likely be the defining event of his presidency. The gains made in Afghanistan are…
Cuomo, Trump and the secret of eternal political life
There are many in Donald Trump’s inner circle who have tried to read his mind these past four years, together…
Why shouldn’t we worship the NHS?
For obvious reasons, stocks in ex-editors of The Spectator are experiencing an all-time low. But my own complaint is with…
An interest in the bizarre helps keep melancholy at bay
Philip Hensher finds Robert Burton’s perception of the world and the human condition endlessly fascinating
Heroes and villains of the pandemic in America
The most alarming aspect of living in America is the recurring sensation that no one is in charge. This is…
The complex character of Tricky Dick
In this Age of Trump, as we cast about for some moment in American history that might help us make…
Playing with fire — did QAnon start as a cynical game?
The QAnon conspiracy theory may be absurd, but it can’t be ignored. It has already led to significant acts of violence, says Damian Thompson
Marxism, football and Trump’s demise: Tom Holland and Francis Fukuyama in conversation
Tom Holland and Francis Fukuyama on Marxism, football and Trump’s demise
The increasing cruelty of the North Korean regime
On a humid summer’s day in Singapore three years ago today, Donald Trump became the first incumbent US president to…
Boris, Biden and the orange elephant in the room
Biden and Boris will pretend the Trump presidency never happened
Biden proves that Trump was a true British ally
Now that Joe Biden has landed, many Brits may now be realising what a stalwart friend you had in Trump. Within minutes…
The Covid lab leak theory is looking increasingly plausible
What was once a Covid conspiracy theory is looking more plausible
The Trump nightmare isn’t over
What would happen to the Republicans after Donald Trump? That has been one of the pundits’ favourite themes in the…
Europe should be wary of Biden's cuddly capitalism
Judging by the European press’ reaction to his address to Congress this week, US president Joe Biden’s domestic agenda is…
