Rethinking Pax Americana

The United States is behaving erratically and imprudently, not least by lashing out at its allies and partners and by confusing financial markets, as Trump rails at what he sees as foreign freeloading on American might.

ChatGPTariff

The debacle resulting from Donald Trump’s imposition then partial postponement of a tariff trade-way may have been fueled, in part, by a credulous reliance on AI which doesn’t leave anyone in a good light.

Backsliding into tyranny

The United States is moving dangerously close to authoritarianism as the second Trump administration shows no regard for law, democratic processes or political freedoms.

A letter to America

Donald Trump’s quest to ‘make America great again’ is measured only in money and is destroying the values which made America great in the first place.

Tornado Trump

Trump seems determined to take the “Hugo Chavez” option in wrecking a national economy through ideological zeal while holding on to power through a combination of repression and targeted patronage for loyalists.

The fall of the republic

Donald Trump is no Julius Caesar, but the United States has replaced the rule of the people with the domination of one man and his wealthiest friends in ways which parallel Julius Caesar’s ascent to power in 49 BCE.

Trump’s tariff own-goal

The main effect of Trump’s tariffs may be to boost China’s economy more than the USA as well as increase consumer prices on a host of electronic and other goods.

Trump the tyrant

America’s slippery slide into authoritarianism is now fully entrenched. Not content with dismantling civil liberties and political rights, electoral integrity, eroding the checks and balances of legislative governance within its borders, Donald Trump’s America has declared war on its allies.

A fresh start for US aid?

The United States government is considering replacing USAID with a new agency, the US Agency for International Humanitarian Assistance, according to documents published by POLITICO.

A tale of two leaders

The contrast between the leadership styles and personal values of Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Donald Trump could not be more stark.

One people, one realm, one leader

In what might have been the longest presidential address to Congress in American history—an hour and forty minutes without intermission—President Donald Trump delivered a performance on Tuesday night that was simultaneously grandiose, confrontational, optimistic and revealing of the direction in which he intended to take his administration and his country.

Betrayal

Has any nation squandered its diplomatic capital, plundered its own political system, attacked its partners and supplicated itself before its far weaker enemies as rapidly and brazenly as Donald Trump’s America?