Tagged with "barack obama"

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.
by Patrick Sullivan, Political Editor - 5 November 2020
Super 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.
by Patrick Sullivan, Political Editor - 3 March 2020
News Around the World

A digest of interesting articles and news stories for your perusal this morning.
by Political News - 18 February 2020
News to Know

The news you need to know for the evening of Thursday 9th January.
by Political News - 9 January 2020
All 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
by the commentator - 20 January 2017
Obama'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
by Daniel J. Mitchell - 17 January 2017
The 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
by Michael Curtis - 4 January 2017
Lesson 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
by Michael Curtis - 11 November 2016
Good 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
by Taylor Dibbert - 10 November 2016
The 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
by Taylor Dibbert - 6 April 2016
Would 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.
by Robin Mitchinson - 23 March 2016
Obama 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?
by Michael Curtis - 15 March 2016
States 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
by Robin Mitchinson - 21 January 2016
Despite 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
by Daniel J. Mitchell - 16 January 2016
Hillary 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?
by Taylor Dibbert - 10 October 2015