How Obama beget Trump
As we await the reults of the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election, our Political Editor, Patrick Sullivan looks into how President Obama's 2012 re-election helped to make Donald Trump's 2016 election possible.
- 5 November 2020Super Tuesday Shakeup
With three of his former opponents throwing their support to him last night, does former Vice-President Joe Biden have the Joe-mentum to run the table in today’s Super Tuesday Primaries? Read our in-depth feature to learn more about the state of the race.
- 3 March 2020News Around the World
A digest of interesting articles and news stories for your perusal this morning.
- 18 February 2020News to Know
The news you need to know for the evening of Thursday 9th January.
- 9 January 2020All we are saying is give Trump a chance
It used to be said that American leaders campaign in poetry and govern in prose. If Donald Trump was campaigning in poetry the prose is going to be a blast. In some areas the pointers are good: Brexit and Israel, for example. On others, let's just give Trump a chance
- 20 January 2017Obama's dismal but forgettable legacy
Obama's legacy is dismal. What he did wrong was mainly unoriginal; what he did right was trivial. He was a president consumed with himself. His legacy is entirely forgettable
- 17 January 2017The Russia question: Of Barack, Donald, and Vladimir
There is a sense in which it is worrying that Trump seems warm towards Putin. But Obama, as in so many spheres, never had a serious policy towards Russia. One thing is clear, Washington and Moscow have an overwhelming interest in working together on a range of vital issues
- 4 January 2017Lesson 1 for Trump: Don't blame West for MidEast turmoil
President-elect Trump, even when accounting for mistakes in policy, should forgo apologies for the general chaos and turmoil in the Middle East. Arab societies have a duty to reform themselves because most of their problems are homegrown
- 11 November 2016Good riddance, Mr. Obama
This American writer didn't vote for either Trump or Clinton. But, after eight long, rudderless years, the narcissist Obama is thankfully, finally, on his way out. Let's hope Trump can confound the critics and do a better job
- 10 November 2016The Obama doctrine: Don't blame me...
In Obama's worldview, there is plenty of blame to go around about the state of the world as long as it’s not ascribed to the current occupant of the White House. His arrogance and aloofness never cease to amaze
- 6 April 2016Would Obama please butt out of Brexit debate?
Given Obama's hopeless foreign policy, you'd have thought he'd stay out of the Brexit debate. But no. He's lecturing Britain on staying in. Fine. Every time he opens his mouth he creates thousands more Brexiteers.
- 23 March 2016Obama on foreign policy debacle: Don't blame me
Forget Donald Trump's divisive rhetoric on the campaign trail. What about Barack Obama's disgraceful attacks on Britain and France to try and conceal the disaster that his been his own foreign policy?
- 15 March 2016States of misunderstanding? Britain and the US
A US Presidential contest between a buffoon and a superannuated socialist is unthinkable. Isn’t it? And what's with those insane talk show pundits. Brits just don't get America
- 21 January 2016Despite Obama's bragging, his economic legacy is dismal
Which planet is Barack Obama on? He brags about his economic record. Meanwhile, the U.S. is undergoing its weakest recovery since the Great Depression. And being better than Europe is not a matter for pride
- 16 January 2016Hillary Clinton’s increasingly awkward campaign
Even leaving Hillary's awkwardness aside, the Clintons are a walking scandal machine. Essentially, this is not a couple that deserves more time in the White House, is it?
- 10 October 2015