Donald Trump takes leaf out of autocrat playbook by falsely declaring victory before all votes counted: In the months leading up to US election day, it was predicted that Donald Trump would not accept the results if he lost, would cast doubt over the legitimacy of mail-in voting and would try to declare a victory …
How Donald Trump’s ‘America first’ agenda has damaged global human rights: Even before Donald Trump was elected US president in 2016, researchers who study democratic backsliding, the rise of authoritarian regimes and their policies, feared his “America first” agenda would pose a serious threat to democratic norms and the rule of law. In office, the …
How much of Barack Obama’s legacy has Donald Trump rolled back?: Throughout Donald Trump’s first term in office, the US president has harked back to the Obama years. From blasting the “horrible” Iran nuclear deal to blaming Barack Obama’s administration for the “obsolete, broken system” that Trump claims has hindered the US response to the …
The ‘crazy uncle’ in the Oval Office: how Donald Trump’s social media use has perverted US politics: 'Real' Donald Trump's Twitter feed delivers a great deal of unreality. Casimiro PT via Shutterstock NBC anchor Savannah Guthrie looks to have delivered one of the most apt and memorable lines of the US 2020 election campaign at …
WeChat: why Donald Trump’s push to ban the app would be so hard on the Chinese diaspora: Is time up for WeChat in the US? Boumen Japet/Shutterstock Chinese Americans are waiting nervously to hear whether the Trump administration’s efforts to ban the app WeChat in the US will be successful. Donald Trump issued an executive …
Donald Trump, Boris Johnson and the dangers of excessive positivity: Positivity is widely seen as an important quality for effective leadership. Upbeat and optimistic leaders can inspire commitment and creativity. But when taken to excess, being positive can become manipulative and counterproductive. In fact, my research has found that excessive positivity can be extremely dangerous. …
Donald Trump gets coronavirus: what catching COVID-19 meant for Boris Johnson and Jair Bolsonaro: Donald Trump and his wife Melania have tested positive for COVID-19 and are now in quarantine, throwing the US 2020 election campaign into disarray. The American president’s infection with coronavirus follows those of the UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, and Brazilian …
South Africa in the news: Donald Trump warns Iran of severe retaliation if diplomat attacked: Donald Trump has warned Tehran that he will order severe military action against Iran if it assassinates a US diplomat in retaliation for the American killing of a top Iranian general. The US …: “South Africa” – BingNews Kingsley Holgate …
Why Donald Trump still appeals to so many evangelicals: “He’s following the radical left agenda, take away your guns, destroy your second amendment, no religion, no anything, hurt the Bible, hurt God … He’s against God,” President Donald Trump told supporters during a recent trip to Ohio. Trump was speaking about Joe Biden, the Democrat …
South Africa in the news: Coronavirus update: Donald Trump plans huge Independence Day fireworks display despite record COVID-19 tally, South Africa sees large case rise: US experts are pleading with people to be sensible and warning that the Fourth of July weekend will be a pivotal moment in the nation’s ongoing battle against COVID-19, as …
South Africa in the news: Coronavirus update: Donald Trump plans huge Independence Day fireworks display despite record COVID-19 tally, South Africa sees large case rise: US experts are pleading with people to be sensible and warning that the Fourth of July weekend will be a pivotal moment in the nation’s ongoing battle against COVID-19, as …
Exposing Donald Trump: Bolton book the latest in decades of White House disclosures to test First Amendment: Former US national security adviser John Bolton is the latest ex-government official to rebuke the misconduct, ignorance and self-serving behaviour of the president, Donald Trump, in the form of a tell-all book. The Room Where It Happened details …
Donald Trump’s attacks on social media threaten the free speech rights of all Americans: Given that US president Donald Trump appears to use Twitter almost instinctively, his recent attacks on the platform may seem counterintuitive. But his feud with Twitter is another example of the ways in which the president has routinely distorted the principles …
Donald Trump’s rebrand of fossil fuels to ‘freedom gas’: a pungent aroma of American liberty with a whiff of hubris: Anton Watman/Shutterstock As the climate crisis grows ever more urgent, fossil fuels are becoming an increasingly unattractive proposition. For the US, which is doubling down on its natural gas infrastructure, that’s a problem. The country …
How the US Constitution failed to keep Donald Trump in line: Shutterstock In the run up to the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump’s opponents could often be seen waving copies of the US Constitution, reminding him of the words of America’s founding fathers that, in their view, would constrain his excessive impulses. These days it …
Donald Trump: Golan Heights bombshell reverses 40 years of US policy and throws Middle East into turmoil: With one tweet of 35 words, Donald Trump has changed almost 40 years of US policy towards Israel and Syria: As with other Trump impulses, such as his sudden order in December to withdraw all US troops from …
Donald Trump: words matter and his hate preaching helps sponsor violence: Shutterstock The spate of pipe bombs sent through the mail in the US to prominent liberals was, in many ways, predictable. And the logical upshot of this is that those who have made it so should also bear some responsibility. Yes, someone made the …
What we (don’t) get from yet another book ‘exposing’ Donald Trump: If anyone is surprised by the portrait of president Donald Trump in investigative journalist Bob Woodward’s new book, Fear: Trump in the White House, they’ve been living under a log. The way Trump treats women, immigrants, children, and the press is clearly beyond the …