Donald Trump

The Republican presidents appear to have much in common. But their policies are poles apart and Donald must turn his back on Ronald to make his MAGA agenda work

Musk has used his social media platform as a lever to break into German and UK politics. But Zuckerberg’s changes at Facebook are even more insidious

This is not a game or a spectacle – it’s about the fate of a nation whose path towards independence is still unfolding

He wants it for the same reason Putin wants Ukraine

In reality, reducing immigration is likely to make any government very unpopular, so the narrative needs to shift so it’s seen as an advantage

The ranting billionaire embarrassed himself, Donald Trump... and Nigel Farage. Now he has to pay the price

Could 2025 possibly be any worse?

The US voted for Trump. But in just over two weeks’ time, they will be getting Musk

Surprise political forces were the story of 2016. Now the world knows they are here to stay – and Britain should brace itself

The paper’s Sam Ashworth-Hayes thinks catastrophe is on the cards - but there are several factors he’s overlooked

Deploying the monarchy – and even Nigel Farage – might go some way to protecting us from four years of madness

A series of conflicts are spreading across the globe and becoming increasingly entwined. The next US president could make it all much worse

The culture war argument over abortion helped Trump get back into the White House. Now Farage wants to use the same trick – can it work over here?

Marine Le Pen stands accused of risking her country’s stability to keep herself out of jail. Sound familiar?

Donald Trump's picks for the big science and technology jobs seem calculated to spread despair. Scientists need to formulate a robust response

Donald Trump will abandon us as soon as it suits him and pretending otherwise is nonsense

The president-elect’s embrace of comedians, podcasters and combat sports stars is a lesson for hectoring liberals

Across the world, a new coalition is growing – of exhausted people on all sides who are gunning for Scholz, Macron... and Starmer

America has become a paranoid nation that wants to insulate itself from the world and I underestimated this

Baku has been a spectacle of greed and entitlement. A binding agreement on phasing out fossil fuels would be better

We need a military alliance of European nations, which will require the UK to not just cooperate but to be inside the structure

The ‘trollification’ that happens on X, Elon Musk’s online hellhole, deserves a definition

Britain’s choice in a Trump trade war is a no-brainer: we must rejoin the single market and customs union, or we’re in deep trouble

Senate Republicans know that Matt Gaetz is unfit to run US law enforcement. But defying Donald Trump is bigger than defending democracy

Key questions about the cryptocurrency remain unanswered even as the Republican’s victory causes it to soar

History shows Britain becoming more Europhile when a wild card is in the White House

Keir Starmer finds himself caught between the populist tyrant and a politically weakened continent. Which way should he go?

Dominic Cummings has praised Pete Hegseth – but America's extremist future defence secretary could help push Britain back towards the EU

Trump has nominated a “Russian agent of influence” to one of the most sensitive roles in US government

New York expected victory for Kamala Harris. Now it’s in a daze, coming to terms with four more years