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The retired marine general who led the global coalition against Isis and commanded US forces in Afghanistan has warned that Donald Trump’s actions this week could start a US “ slide into illiberalism” and the beginning of the end of “the American experiment”. In denouncing the president for his response to the George Floyd protests, […] More
The US would condemn other countries who acted this way. What a sad state of affairs Michael H Fuchs America’s brutal response to protests has weakened its global standing – and been a propaganda gift to foreign dictators Donald Trump has repeatedly encouraged violence against protesters and threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy […] More
In an extraordinary statement, the former defence secretary accused the president of abusing his executive authority with Monday’s publicity stunt James Mattis, former defence secretary, has accused Donald Trump of abusing executive authority. Photograph: Steven Ferdman/Getty Images Donald Trump’s first defence secretary, James Mattis, has delivered a blistering condemnation of the president, accusing him of […] More
Mark Esper categorically opposes using the Insurrection Act Mounting disquiet over the increasingly militarized response The US defense secretary, Mark Esper, visits Washington DC national guard military officers guarding the White House on Monday. Photograph: Carlos Barría/Reuters The US defence secretary has opposed Donald Trump’s threatened use of the Insurrection Act to allow active duty […] More
Donald Trump has claimed to have spent only a “tiny” amount of time in a reinforced security bunker under the White House as protesters clashed with Secret Service agents outside and has insisted his time there was for an “inspection”, not his own safety. In an interview with Fox News host Brian Kilmeade on his […] More
Former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic has praised Donald Trump for the “law and order” speech he gave on 1 June in response to protests sparked by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody. Speaking in the White House rose garden, Trump said he was dispatching “thousands and thousands of heavily armed soldiers, military […] More
‘How did we get here?’: Trump has normalised mayhem and the US is paying the price More than 100,000 have died in a pandemic and troops are on the streets. The rate of fresh affronts has outpaced the ability to digest them George Floyd killing – latest US updates See all our George Floyd coverage […] More
The de facto Democratic nominee vows not to ‘fan the flames of hate’ as the president brandished a Bible and boasted of using ‘overwhelming force’ against protesters George Floyd killing – latest US updates See all our George Floyd coverage The existential choice facing America was laid bare on Tuesday, as Donald Trump and Joe […] More
