The first presidential debate portends the coming train wreck for American democracy October 5, 2020 The great playwright, George Bernard Shaw, perfectly summed up the dynamic underlying the shambolic first US presidential debate: “Never wrestle with pigs. You both get muddy but the pig likes it.” Instead, the just-concluded first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden — surely the ugliest in the nation’s history — saw both its [...]
Trump could be discharged tomorrow despite drop in oxygen levels during Covid fight October 4, 2020 President Donald Trump has released a personal video from his hospital room saying he os doing well, but the real test will be in the coming days.
Coronavirus: US President Donald Trump and wife Melania self-isolating after testing positive for Covid-19 October 2, 2020 The US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania have tested positive for Coronavirus
Shut up man!: Donald Trump and Joe Biden lock horns in first US presidential debate September 30, 2020 Donald Trump and Joe Biden were in a bitter contest in the first US presidential debate. Did anybody come out a winner?
The clock is ticking for Oracle to make sense of the TikTok deal September 29, 2020 What does the world’s largest enterprise software firm see in a Chinese video-sharing social networking app? Putting the intense political pressure by the US government to make this deal work to one side, the two businesses seem like chalk and cheese to hard-nosed City investors. One company is a behemoth known for serving the corporate [...]
Brand Trump is keeping Candidate Trump in the race for the White House September 29, 2020 Scandals and appalling press are usually bad news for politicians. Before the presidential era of Donald Trump, it was a given that major missteps, major insults to large groups of the population (especially the military), breaking the law, or being impeached were close to terminal for US presidents. It’s fair to say that President Clinton [...]
The Supreme Court fight is a policy revolution, lying on top of surprising US political stability September 28, 2020 On its face, the events surrounding the 2020 American election seem too far-fetched even for the most preposterous Netflix series. We have had a pandemic of biblical proportions, riots in the streets, two fascinating (if deeply-flawed) protagonists, and a polarised, volatile electorate lurching from the populist left to the populist right, and no doubt back [...]
Counting down to the US election September 24, 2020 US elections are always significant and a point of interest around the world, but many are seeing this November’s as particularly so. Here are the big questions on the minds of investors. Can we trust the polls? Polls, as we all know, are not always correct. This time around they are of particular interest because [...]
Trump predicts Covid-19 vaccine to be available to every American by April September 19, 2020 US President Donald Trump has said he expects a vaccine for coronavirus to be available for every American by April. Speaking at a news conference on Friday, Trump told reporters he was optimistic of the vaccine being available in just seven months time and that it would be distributed within 24 hours of federal approval. [...]
Donald Trump welcomes ‘dawn of new Middle East’ as Israel signs deals with Bahrain and the UAE September 15, 2020 Donald Trump hailed the “dawn of the new Middle East” at the White House this afternoon as Bahrain and the UAE signed historic deals with Israel. The Gulf states are the first Arab nations to officially recognise Israel in over a quarter of a century. Egypt, in 1979, and Jordan, in 1994, are the only [...]