You don’t know what you’re doing

British football fans often vent their disdain at a hapless manager by chanting ‘You don’t know what you’re doing’, but the media all too often try to make sense of Donald Trump’s chaotic policies instead of exposing them for the rambling, vindictive nonsense they are.

Trump may drown in his own cesspool

Trump has tried to bend America’s legal system to his will with flagrant disregard for the proper separation of powers, but despite his ever increasing vindictiveness, he’s facing pushback.

Fixing American politics

The United States has repeatedly updated its governing institutions since its inception, and, once the turmoil of the current administration is over, the future effectiveness of American governance will depend on the willingness of policymakers, scholars, and citizens to rethink how the federal system operates and how it might be improved.

250 years of Trump

Donald Trump has co-opted the celebration around the 250th anniversary of the United States in ways which confound and undermine everything the country is supposed to be about.

Planet Elon

Elon Musk is the richest man in the world and seems determined to reshape the world in his image, regardless of what the rest of its inhabitants might think.

Does Trump have dementia?

Speculation has grown about US President Donald Trump’s ever more erratic behaviour with commentators wondering if his malignant narcissism is actually a symptom of Alzheimer’s disease or frontotemporal dementia.

No Trump November?

The forecasts for November’s midterm elections are moving in the Democrats direction, especially for taking control of the House, but history offers hope for Republicans, despite Trump’s ever more eccentric behaviour and plummeting poll ratings.

Trump rolls the dice in Iran

US President Donald Trump’s handling of the Iran crisis and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz underlines an old lesson: force without planning, consultation and legitimacy rarely ends well.

Rolling the dice

The attack on Iran may fail to overthrow the Islamic regime and deepen instability but if it succeeds, it could help restore peace and security to the Middle East.

Opening the Epstein files

“I know this is a lot to take in. The violence. The neglect. The bad decisions. The self-harm. Imagine if a trauma reel like this played in your head all the time, as it does mine … but please don’t stop reading.”

The management of not knowing

Project Censored’s latest survey of press freedom in the United States offers a snapshot of a country whose long-standing commitment to free speech is under threat from both an autocratic President and oligarchical commercial interests.

Master of the universe

Donald Trump’s unfettered determination to wield absolute power at home and abroad in his pursuit of his ever more unhinged agenda threatens to plunge the world into chaos and break the back of American democracy.