Donald Trump
Is the world turning its back on free trade?
Which politician has captured the curve, summed up a growing mood, in a ferocious speech? "Your iron industry is dead, dead as mutton. Your coal industries, which depend greatly on the iron industries, are languishing. Your silk industry is dead, assassinated by the foreigner. Your woollen industry is in articulo mortis,...
Hillary Clinton Rips Donald Trump as ‘Someone That Does Not Hold Women in High Regard’
In her first campaign speech since becoming the presumptive Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton thanked supporters for helping her achieve a “milestone” and she continued her recent attacks on likely Republican nominee Donald Trump. “When Donald Trump says, ‘Let’s make America great again,’...
Sanders Addresses Trump Supporters Who ‘Love’ Muhammad Ali but ‘Hate’ Muslims
Bernie Sanders acknowledged at a rally Saturday the apparent irony of Donald Trump's tweet that paid tribute to Muhammad Ali. The irony? Ali was a devout Muslim, and Trump has suggested temporarily banning Muslims from entering the U.S. And because of this suggestion, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee has been...
US election: Understanding media addiction to Donald Trump
Co-dependency is commonly defined as "an emotional and behavioural condition that affects an individual's ability to have a healthy, mutually satisfying relationship". Another term for it is "relationship addiction". People form and persist with relationships "that are one-sided, emotionally...
Trump releases details from vet fundraiser, slams media
Donald Trump fired back Tuesday at reports questioning his fundraising haul from a high-profile veterans event in January, releasing an extensive list of charities he said received the donations — and slamming the media for questioning him. During a press conference at Trump Tower, the presumptive Republican nominee...
California governor Jerry Brown endorses Hillary Clinton
California Governor Jerry Brown is endorsing Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton for president. He said voting for Mrs Clinton is the "only path forward… to stop the dangerous candidacy of Donald Trump". Mrs Clinton's lead in the Democratic race is insurmountable, he said, and Vermont Senator Bernie...
Kristol’s white knight: David French
Bill Kristol's white knight independent presidential candidate is a fellow conservative writer with no national name recognition: David French. Kristol, the editor of The Weekly Standard magazine and a leader of the conservative movement to find an alternative to likely major-party nominees Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton....
Combative Trump Details Millions In Aid For Veterans, Attacks Media
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Tuesday detailed $5.6 million in contributions he raised for military veterans, and sharply criticized the news media for questioning him for months about what happened to the money. At a combative news conference at Trump Tower in Manhattan, the billionaire accused the...
The Strife of the Party: Will Trump Permanently Alter Republicans?
Donald Trump clinched the 1,237 delegates needed to become the Republican presidential nominee Thursday — a feat that seemed almost impossible just a few months ago. Now, despite the wishes of the Republican establishment, Trump is working to remake the party in his own image. Trump’s no-holds-barred style and...
Trump jabs at Bill Kristol over independent candidate prediction
Donald Trump took aim Sunday night at Weekly Standard Editor William Kristol, who suggested on Twitter that news of an "impressive" independent conservative presidential candidate is forthcoming. In a series of tweets, Trump criticized Kristol, calling him a "dummy" and "an embarrassed loser,"...
The shocking kiss that’s gone viral
A mural showing the two men in a tight clinch has gone viral this week. Kelly Grovier looks at what it says about their relationship. He’s just not that into you. That would appear to be the upshot of a kiss shared by Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin as imagined by a street artist in Lithuania last week. Photos of the...
North Carolina police department pulls out of Republican National Convention
A North Carolina police department backed out of sending 50 police officers to the Republican presidential convention in Cleveland in June over concerns about whether the city is prepared to host an event that is expected to bring at least 50,000 visitors to northeast Ohio. Greensboro police made the decision earlier this week...