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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
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 Guardian view on Trump and the military: moment of decision Editorial The US president’s desire to act the strongman poses urgent questions that America’s generals, voters and allies must all answer Play Video 0:43 Journalists charged at by police while live on air during Washington protests – video American military force shaped the modern […] More
The New York Times’ decision to run an op-ed from the Republican senator Tom Cotton titled “Send in the troops” is drawing widespread criticism, including from Times staff. In the piece, Cotton called for the use of US military troops to quell civil unrest, and indicated the president would be justified in doing so under […] More
