Trump’s “big, beautiful” tax bill is a big, beautiful opportunity for the Democrats
But do they have the smarts to take advantage?
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.
Is Donald Trump your “daddy”?
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Trump’s fragile truce
The US president insists a ceasefire is in effect, even as hostilities continue.
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Without any apparent strategy or objectives, this conflict is evolving in real time on social media.
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How Benjamin Netanyahu beat America First
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Trump’s assault on Iran is a war without honour
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The cosplay dictator
Trump has learned dangerous lessons from other strongmen.
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The American right and the thrill of political violence
The Minnesota murders are the latest to emerge from their thuggish fantasy-world.
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Is Trump the last neoconservative?
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Inside Trump’s Oval Office
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Los Angeles, Donald Trump and the moronic inferno
With Elon Musk exiled from government, the president is free to enact the wildest fever dreams of the American public.
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What the Treasury can learn from Donald Trump
How to make this the Biggest, the Best, and the most Beautiful Spending Review ever.
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Bruce Springsteen faces the end of America
Donald Trump stole the Boss’s fans. Can the veteran rock star still reach them?
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Elon Musk’s surreal war on Donald Trump will fail
The Maga movement does not forgive heresy.
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Trump’s nuclear test
Time is running out for the US and Iran to agree a new deal.
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Trump’s crypto empire is a brazen hustle
It won’t be the president emptying his bank account to buy meme coins.
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How Putin will respond to “Russia’s Pearl Harbour”
Ukraine’s drone attack on Russian airfields shows Zelensky still has cards to play.
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Even Peter Mandelson thinks globalisation is dead
Trump is dismantling the systems New Labour helped create.
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