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Trump’s anti-growth policies

The writer and his family were welcomed with open arms when they arrived in the US almost 50 years ago. Now it is not so welcoming, he laments.
Opinion & Features
THE BROAD VIEW

Where have all the flowers gone?

epa11948021 US President Donald Trump makes remarks at The White House Digital Assets (Crypto) Summit in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 07 March 2025. The White House is hosting cryptocurrency CEOs and investors for its first-ever crypto summit. EPA-EFE/CHRIS KLEPONIS / POOL
Opinion & Features
THE BROAD VIEW

Americans will miss their government when it’s gone

It is typical of personalistic leaders, like Trump, to pit allies (courtiers, really) against each other so that none amasses too much power.
Opinion & Features
THE BROAD VIEW

The coming showdown in Trumpworld

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms Inc, from left, Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com Inc.; Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet Inc, and Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Inc, at the presidential inauguration in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Jan 20, 2025.
Opinion & Features

Donald Trump’s America will not become a tech oligarchy

Last year's US Supreme Court ruling that outlaws affirmative action in colleges have undercut the footing of diversity and climate programmes.
Opinion & Features

Is corporate America going Maga?

The US homicide rate homicide rate of 6.8 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2021 was almost six times as high as that of the UK and 30 times that of Japan.
Opinion & Features

What makes the US truly exceptional

A Trump victory parade in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Nov 17, 2024. What’s fuelling the protest vote in America is an erosion of faith in the economic future.
Opinion & Features
THE BOTTOM LINE

Trump’s victory represents a historic protest vote, no more and no less

A billboard in New York showing US presidential election odds on Nov 6. Data from the elections suggests that there is a substantial section of the American public that does not feel a strong affiliation to one or other of the traditional heavyweight parties.
Opinion & Features

US election points to growing public alienation

Former US president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a town hall moderated by Fox News broadcaster Sean Hannity in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on Sept 4, 2024.
Opinion & Features

Trump’s not-so-secret weapon

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