What Putin wants from talks with Trump
This is not the first time the US president has blundered into a high-profile summit with an adversary.
ByDonald Trump
Donald John Trump, born in 1946, is president of the United States, after beating Kamala Harris in the 2024 election. His previous term in office was from 2017 to 2021. His first presidency was marked by drama and controversy. Find our latest news and comment here.
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Keir Starmer must use goodwill with Trump to expedite Palestinian statehood
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What John Swinney gets right about Scottish independence
Like Sinn Fein in Ireland, the SNP are pushing nationalism down the agenda.
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The special relationship that wasn’t
British prime ministers keep putting faith in Washington, and it keeps letting them down.
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Maga zealots want to redraft the Civil Rights Act
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Trump in the wilderness
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Donald Trump, the king of Scotland
The president took in the natural beauty, which he so loves to bulldoze for golf courses.
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A Trump-shaped elephant
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Can Starmer and Trump come to an agreement on Gaza?
The Prime Minister finds himself trapped between the US president and an unhappy cabinet.
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The abomination of Obama’s nation
There is one man that Donald Trump fears.
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The Epstein conspiracy has unmasked Trump as a faux-populist
Trump told his Maga base to look the other way. Now it’s looking at him.
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Donald Trump can’t escape Jeffrey Epstein
The President has sown the country with conspiracy – now he is reaping the paranoia he deserves.
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The plot against Zohran Mamdani
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Trump-Dependence Day in Washington DC
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Netanyahu bends the knee for Trump
At the White House, the Israeli prime minister revealed he’d nominated the US president for the Nobel Peace Prize.
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The phone call that halted Israel’s strikes on Iran
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