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Trump didn’t want to ‘fall for the Fake News to have fun with’ Speculation about his health has dogged his time in office Play Video 0:34 Trump appears uneasy on his feet after West Point speech – video Amid widespread comment about his apparent difficulty walking down a ramp at West Point on Saturday, Donald […] More
Donald Trump attempted to solidify his bond with the US army on Saturday, delivering the graduation speech to cadets at the United States Military Academy and boasting of a “colossal” $2tn rebuilding of American martial might. Trump’s West Point speech was studiously vapid, with only a modicum of partisan boasting. But the political setting crackled […] More
Play Video 0:44 Gen Mark Milley has said it was a mistake to have been present at Donald Trump’s photo op in front of a church in Washington. ‘I should not have been there,’ he said in a pre-recorded video commencement address to the National Defense University. Milley and the defense secretary, Mark Esper, were […] More
Biden says biggest fear is Trump will ‘try to steal the election’ Democratic challenger leads president in opinion polls Play Video 0:32 ‘This president will try to steal this election’: Joe Biden issues Trump warning – video Joe Biden has predicted the military will escort Donald Trump from the White House should the president lose […] More
Largely overlooked during last week’s extraordinary events was a letter written by the president’s erstwhile personal lawyer and retweeted by Trump. As you’ll recall: last week President Trump used military personnel to forcibly clear protesters outside the White House so he could do a surreal photo op at St John’s church. Then Trump’s former secretary of defense, Gen James […] More
James Bennet’s resignation comes after backlash on a comment piece written by a GOP senator called for using military force on protesters The New York Times announced on Sunday that James Bennet, editorial page director since May 2016, had resigned. Photograph: Julio Cortez/AP A senior editor at the New York Times has resigned amid a […] More
Opinion George Floyd Trump uses force as a first resort. And now the firepower is aimed at his own people Simon Tisdall The US president’s threats against those protesting at George Floyd’s killing simply ramp up a trend that began decades ago Donald Trump walks with the attorney general William Barr, left, defence secretary Mark […] More
History teaches that mass protests against oppression can lead either to liberation or brutal repression. This past week, Donald Trump bet his political future on repression. Much of the rest of America, on the other hand, wants to liberate black people from police brutality and centuries of systemic racism. As of this writing, it looks […] More
