Edward Luce
Putin and Trump don’t have the cards
The wars waged by Russia and the US in Ukraine and Iran are case studies in geopolitical self-harm
Trump and the recurring assassin
Shooting on Apr 25 is third assassination attempt on the US president in under two years
Trump is not just sinking in the Gulf
As his poll numbers tank, the president’s trade and immigration agendas are encountering judicial resistance too
Why Trump is going for Soros
The philanthropist is as close as the world’s strongmen get to a cross-border demon
Trump is flunking his Epstein test
For years he insisted on a deep-state plot that only he could expose. Now he says there is nothing to show
Mark Carney: democracy’s unTrump
America’s 47th president plays unwitting ally to non-populists everywhere except at home
The US establishment is scared of its own shadow
Fear and muddled thinking are stopping Trump’s opponents from acting in defence of a democracy in peril
Elon Musk’s self-destruction
The cost for Donald Trump of keeping the world’s richest man by his side is growing
What Croesus wants from Trump
Rather than turning to Harris, US billionaires are again backing the man they once condemned