Donald Trump

American meltdown: a democratic disaster

3 October 2020 9:00 am

What if no one accepts the election result?

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Trump’s enemies badly want him to survive coronavirus

3 October 2020 8:45 am

President Trump is being helicoptered to Walter Reed Hospital following his coronavirus diagnosis. The media are following the story closely…

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Trump campaign urges staffers exposed to COVID to self-quarantine

3 October 2020 1:33 am

Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien sent an email to staff on Friday after President Trump’s positive COVID test, urging them…

rigged

Trump’s right, the US election could easily be rigged

1 October 2020 11:23 pm

In the furore over Trump’s bid to fill the vacant Supreme Court slot, commentators have pointed out that his nominee’s…

economy

Will the economy recover enough to help Trump win?

1 October 2020 5:14 am

It’s rather difficult to dissect or analyze policy areas from last night’s horrendous debate. But Freddy Gray and I attempt…

debate biden

Trump won the debate — but it was no disaster for Biden

30 September 2020 1:57 pm

A couple of days ago, Powerline’s Paul Mirengoff observed that ‘Going back at least as far as Ronald Reagan, incumbent presidents…

debate

Trump was his own worst enemy in the first debate

30 September 2020 1:31 pm

The first presidential debate in Cleveland was a disaster, to put it bluntly. After 90 minutes of crosstalk, petty jabs,…

debate live blog

The first 2020 presidential debate — live blog

30 September 2020 9:25 am

7:25 p.m. ET — Matt McDonald: Hello and welcome to The Spectator’s live blog for tonight’s tête-à-tête between President Donald Trump…

campaigns

Trump and Biden campaigns argue over rules hours before first debate

30 September 2020 4:08 am

With less than eight hours to go before the first presidential debate in Cleveland, the Trump and Biden campaigns are…

biden

The Trump campaign’s best line of attack against Joe Biden

29 September 2020 1:36 pm

President Trump and Joe Biden will face off in the first of a series of presidential debates on Tuesday night.…

Who rules supreme in America?

26 September 2020 9:00 am

Within hours of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death, Democrats and Republicans began fighting over how to fill her…

The 'Notorious RBG' and her triumph over tribalism

20 September 2020 1:16 am

Ruth the Moabite is the only Biblical figure to merit the description ‘eshet chayil’ – ‘a woman of valour’. One…

What’s the real reason behind Joe Biden’s Brexit threats?

19 September 2020 7:14 pm

Is Donald Trump taking the Democrats’ line on Brexit and the Irish border? We might think so from the Financial…

The Special Relationship was never very special

19 September 2020 9:00 am

I have a book of essays from 1986 by a group of British and American scholars called The Special Relationship.…

debates

Scrap presidential debates — but not this year

18 September 2020 1:36 am

The toughest moment of Joe Biden’s year arrived in May. It was harder than seeing off Bernie Sanders, harder even…

allies

America’s allies don’t like Trump. So what?

18 September 2020 1:11 am

So, the Pew Research Center polled more than a dozen allies and, guess what, the allies — from the UK…

nobel

Does Trump deserve a Nobel Peace Prize?

14 September 2020 10:57 pm

Should Donald Trump be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize? So far the President has notched up two nominations in a…

bahrain

What Bahrain’s deal with Israel really means

12 September 2020 12:19 pm

On September 15, representatives from the oil-rich Kingdom of Bahrain will meet Israeli leaders at the White House to sign…

The pleasures — and pain — of dog-walking

12 September 2020 9:00 am

The old dog was in a companionable frame of mind and she trotted along at my side, glancing up now…

Trump should take lessons in lying from Joe Biden

12 September 2020 9:00 am

Gstaad It snowed on the last two days of August up here, and why not? We’ve traded freedom of speech…

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Leading vs lying

12 September 2020 2:43 am

At his short Thursday news briefing, President Trump laid out the many successes that the United States has enjoyed in…

bob woodward

What the hell happened to Bob Woodward?

11 September 2020 11:48 pm

Famed reporter Bob Woodward is dropping his new book about President Trump, Rage, next week. Woodward has already leaked the…

debates

What will happen in the debates?

11 September 2020 7:46 pm

From late September through to mid-October, Americans will get to watch Donald Trump and Joe Biden debate three times. Mike…

media

People trust the media less than Trump on COVID. Here’s why

11 September 2020 3:59 am

The national media is now less trusted than President Trump to provide accurate information and analysis about COVID-19, according to…

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Is Donald Trump really anti-abortion?

6 September 2020 8:39 pm

At the Republican National Convention last month, he was repeatedly described as the ‘most pro-life President ever’. According to some…