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Donald Trump’s cabinet picks started off Trumpian but not manifestly ridiculous. South Dakota governor and dog-killer Kristi Noem for homeland security, a position she has no background for but at least she has several years of executive experience. Fox talk show host Pete Hegseth has deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan on his CV for his […]
Though a second term for Donald Trump as US president is generally regarded as bad news for China’s export-heavy economy, there is one part of the country where some merchants are finding reason to celebrate – the eastern manufacturing hub of Yiwu, where orders for Trump merchandise have gone through the roof. Over 1,000 products […]
Since Donald Trump’s reelection as US president, Australian leaders have spent considerable airtime assuring voters there’s nothing to worry about. Headlines were dominated this morning by Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ speech to the Australian Institute of International Affairs, claiming Australia is well-placed to handle any potential economic consequences of the next Trump administration. Of course Trump […]
Los Angeles, California: American comic and talk show host Jimmy Kimmel, who usually shows his audience the funny side of things, could not find his smile on the day Donald Trump was elected President of the US for a second time. The renowned TV host teared and choked up during his opening monologue of his […]
The taxi driver who took me from the Philadelphia Airport to my apartment was a Sudanese-American man who had recently become a US citizen. He was still waiting for his wife to join him in the US. Having been displaced by the civil war that has riven their home country since April 2023, his wife […]
A supporter uses his mobile phone ahead of Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump’s watch party in Palm Beach County Convention Center, in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., November 5, 2024. (Reuters/Carlos Barria) Reactions from around the world began trickling in on Wednesday as Fox News projected that Republican Donald Trump had won the […]
While we’re waiting around to see who wins the US elections, we already know who’s lost: the legacy media. It is no longer the proud fourth estate where campaign agendas are fought out and political narratives formed. It’s not a failure of journalists — their work is as good as, or better than, ever. But […]
Donald Trump walked out onto the floor of the Republican National Convention in July to James Brown’s It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World. Pundits have noted that although Kamala Harris has campaigned hard on reproductive rights, she hasn’t mentioned the f-word, wearing “the various aspects of her identity lightly”. Although she would be the nation’s […]
Ohio Senator & Republican vice-presidential nominee JD Vance in a recent appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience, shared a humorous and heartfelt account of the day he was offered the position of vice president by Donald Trump. Recalling the important call he received from Trump while spending time with his children, Vance described his mix […]
Billionaire Mark Cuban and former President Donald Trump traded heated words on Thursday, with Cuban criticizing Trump for “not being seen around strong, intelligent women” and later apologizing. In response, Trump fired back on Truth Social to label Cuban a “loser” and “very weak”, and called his remarks on women ‘totally unacceptable’ Cuban’s comments The […]