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Trump’s narcissism has taken a new twist. And now he has American blood on his hands Jonathan Freedland The US president has been exposed by the coronavirus crisis. The only small comfort for the rest of the world is that he’s not their leader Donald Trump during a coronavirus briefing at the White House. Photograph: […] More
Many Western governments are willing to climb any mountain and pay any price to save lives. In the process, many of them are also politicizing their response to the coronavirus pandemic while acting too late and too meekly, setting the stage for what is yet to come. The West can learn a lot from the […] More
The 82-year-old film director speaks out on the president’s handling of the crisis and says Boris Johnson should bring back rationing ‘Half the world’s leaders are idiots’ … Ridley Scott. Photograph: David Dettmann/Rex/Shutterstock Ridley Scott, the director of Alien, Blade Runner, Gladiator and The Martian, has taken aim at Donald Trump and Boris Johnson over […] More
Will the coronavirus ‘kill populism’? Don’t count on it Cas Mudde Predictions for how the coronavirus outbreak will effect politics are unreliable. Here’s why ‘Trump is criticized daily by the majority of the media.’ Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters While epidemiologists are still trying to come to grips with the severity of the coronavirus pandemic, with different […] More
A New York Times piece by a diet specialist appears to have informed Trump’s idea to open up the country by Easter Donald Trump at the White House. A return to normal would threaten catastrophe, epidemiologists say. Photograph: Sarah Silbiger/EPA At the start of this week, as millions were following US government advice to combat […] More
Governors have found themselves under an intense spotlight, highlighting an evolving dynamic between those running states and an impossible-to-predict president Coronavirus – live US updates Live global updates See all our coronavirus coverage Andrew Cuomo speaks in front of stacks of protective medical supplies at a news conference in New York, New York, on 24 […] More
US President Donald Trump will go down in history as the ultimate master of hyperreal politics. No matter how far he deviates from reality, the American public consistently expresses its approval. The further he wanders from rationality, even when the consequences are measurable in the number of deaths, the more he is rewarded. In the […] More
Airlines get $60bn bailout, but Pelosi’s proposal on halving of emissions by 2050 not included Coronavirus – latest US updates Live global updates See all our coronavirus coverage American Airlines aircraft at Ronald Reagan Washington national airport, Arlington, Virginia. The US aviation industry is to receive $60bn in the government’s coronavirus relief package. Photograph: Michael […] More
