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US president and supporters have accused organisation of being biased towards China Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The WHO director general, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has faced calls from Trump supporters to resign. Photograph: Denis Balibouse/Reuters Senior officials at the World Health Organization have pushed back at calls by Donald Trump […] More
It has finally happened. Trump is all in on saving the world from the coronavirus pandemic, not just America, but the whole world. Just so there is no confusion, Trump sees himself as the savior. And the annual resurrection-fest can’t come soon enough for the message to go to all in this land and other […] More
The Guardian view on the politics of generosity: gifts with price tags Editorial China’s supplies of medical goods have been greeted with cynicism as well as gratitude Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage President Xi Jinping (centre left) and other Chinese leaders stand during national mourning for victims of coronavirus in Beijing […] More
As a tabloid editor, I covered Trump – and his ego. He hasn’t changed a bit Martin Dunn As Trump ad libs his way through the crisis, it’s shocking to realize he’s the same vain, bullying chancer we indulged all those years ago Trump in New York in 1985. Photograph: Marty Lederhandler/AP Running one of the […] More
Over the past few weeks, US President Donald Trump has been urging Americans to take hydroxychloroquine, which he touts as a “miracle cure” for the coronavirus known as COVID-19. Intrigued by the persistence of Trump’s claim, The Guardian has sought to uncover the origin of his apparent fixation on this exotic molecule currently used for […] More
In a recent press briefing, US President Donald Trump was asked why he hadn’t ordered the federal government to do more to respond to the pleas of state governors for more help in fighting the coronavirus pandemic now ravaging some of their states and exhausting their limited resources. His reply was stunning. The federal government, he said, […] More
Transnational exchanges and movements distinctive of the modern international community slowly came to a halt due to the unprecedented rate of transmission of COVID-19. Many sovereign states closed their borders to all sorts of non-essential travel. These unprecedented actions revived questions over the viability of open border policies, especially in the context that the tightening […] More
Play Video 2:47 US president Donald Trump has given conflicting statements about the future of US funding to the World Health Organization. In a bid to find a scapegoat for the dire situation in the US, Trump began blaming the WHO for ’calling it wrong’. The president then said: ‘We’re going to put a hold […] More
