The GuardianDonald Trump 'We were not impressed’: Harry Dunn’s parents on their bizarre day with TrumpGuardian US - Victoria BekiempisFor all we know, she might have been watching us on a TV camera in the other room. We have absolutely no idea Charlotte Charles When the grieving parents of British teenager Harry Dunn arrived in New earlier
The GuardianDonald Trump Trump awarded the G7 to his resort in Doral – without telling anyone in DoralGuardian US - Richard Luscombe in MiamiIt was billed as “far and away” the best venue when the acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney declared that Donald Trump had awarded next year’s G7 summit to the president’s own luxury golf in
The GuardianDonald Trump Envy in Politics review: why keeping up with the Joneses is a political trump cardGuardian US - Michael CornfieldWhat motivates Donald Trump’s political base, a major factor behind the silences and squirms of Republican officials these days? Dissections of what the president’s mass of supporters thinks, feels and
The GuardianDonald Trump Mulvaney's quid pro quo walkback isn't 'the least bit credible', says Schiff – as it happenedGuardian US - Vivian Ho in San Francisco (now) and Joan E Greve in Washington (earlier)Acting chief of staff acknowledged delay in Ukraine aid was due to Trump’s demand for an investigation but then later denied the claim Thanks for tuning in, everybody. Don’t cowardly hide behind your It
The GuardianLouis Vuitton Louis Vuitton x Donald Trump: the big fashion collab no one asked forThe Guardian - Adrienne MateiLouis Vuitton, the most valuable luxury brand in the world and prize pony of luxury conglomerate LVMH’s stables, has opened a Texas factory, AKA the Louis Vuitton Rochambeau Ranch. Vuitton promised the
The GuardianDonald Trump General discontent: how the president's military men turned on TrumpGuardian US - Ed Pilkington in New YorkFour-star US generals and admirals are a taciturn bunch: they measure their words, qualify their statements and guard their silence out of loyalty to the armed forces and to their country. A torrent of
The GuardianDonald Trump An appeal to Europe – stop the massacre of KurdsThe Guardian - LettersThere is a word that cannot be spoken in Turkey, and that is the word war. President Erdoğan and his backers are attacking Kurdish civilians, and are calling the military invasion an “operation” – Operation
The GuardianDonald Trump 'He earned his spurs from a doctor': Gen James Mattis mocks Donald Trump – videoGuardian US - US NewsThe ex-defence secretary is laughing off an insult hurled at him by the US president. Speaking at a New York charity event a day after Trump demeaned him as ‘the world’s most overrated general’, Mattis
The GuardianJames Mattis 'He earned his spurs from a doctor': Gen James Mattis mocks TrumpGuardian US - Ed Pilkington in New YorkDonald Trump’s first defense secretary, Gen James Mattis, has finally spoken out in public over his former boss, depicting the president as a lazy draft dodger – but only in the form of jokes. Mattis advantage
The GuardianKurdistan Trump compares Turkey and Kurds fight to 'two kids in a lot' – videoGuardian US - US NewsDonald Trump said the US had to let Kurdish allies and Turkey 'fight a little while' before agreeing to a five-day ceasefire with Ankara. In a rally held in Texas, he said: 'Sometimes you have to let fight
The GuardianDonald Trump Bernard-Henri Lévy: Trump's Syria withdrawal is 'a nightmare and completely predictable'The Guardian - Edward Helmore in New YorkAs Congress joined the widespread condemnation of Donald Trump’s withdrawal of US forces from northern Syria and exposed the Kurds living there to Turkish assault, the French philosopher Bernard-Henri
The GuardianDonald Trump Americans want an end to forever wars. But that's not what Trump offersThe Guardian - Joshua LeiferIt is crucial not to confuse the president’s cruel calculus with a genuine commitment to ending protracted wars, regardless of what he might tweet The American people are tired of war. After 18 years continuous
The GuardianDonald Trump Mulvaney admitted to a quid pro quo with Ukraine. Was that a genius move?The Guardian - Cas MuddeAnd there it was, practically out of the blue, at a press conference, Donald Trump’s acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, by and large admitted that the president held back military aid to force Ukraine
The GuardianDonald Trump UK manufacturers braced for financial hit as US tariffs biteThe Guardian - Jasper JollyBritish manufacturers of products ranging from Scotch whisky to biscuits and Savile Row suits are braced for a significant financial hit after US tariffs came into effect in retaliation for subsidies to
The GuardianDonald Trump Donald Trump’s sanity is not the question. The real issue is how he got into officeThe Guardian - Gary YoungeDivining, assessing and adjudicating the mental health of this US president has become more than just a parlour game While writing a New Yorker profile on Donald Trump in the late 1990s, Mark Singer attempted
The GuardianDonald Trump Naming and shaming the polluters – podcastThe Guardian - Presented by Anushka Asthana with Jonathan Watts and Gary Younge, produced by Mythili Rao, Courtney Yusuf and Axel Kacoutié; executive producers Nicole Jackson and Phil MaynardGlobal environment editor Jonathan Watts discusses the Guardian’s investigation into the fossil fuel industry, and the structures that need to change to halt the climate emergency. And: Gary Younge on
The GuardianDonald Trump Rick Perry: Trump energy secretary resigns amid Ukraine scandal – as it happenedGuardian US - Lois Beckett in San Francisco (now) and Lauren Aratani in New York and Joan E Greve in Washington (earlier)Trump confirmed Perry is resigning, and said that his replacement will be announced ‘very shortly’ Wrapping up another day of he-said-and-then-denied-he-said in Washington, here’s today’s updated politics
The GuardianDonald Trump Trump's Turkey deal hands power to Ankara and leaves Syrian Kurds for deadThe Guardian - Julian Borger in WashingtonThe deal agreed between the US and Turkey immediately achieved the priority objective of vice-president Mike Pence’s peace mission to Ankara: Donald Trump was able to claim victory on Twitter. The president
The GuardianMick Mulvaney Mick Mulvaney suggests Trump withheld Ukraine aid in quid pro quoGuardian US - Guardian staff and agenciesThe acting White House chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, suggested that there was a quid pro quo in relations with Ukraine, only to walk back that statement later in the day. Mulvaney on Thursday morning
The GuardianDonald Trump Pence and Erdoğan agree on ceasefire plan but Kurds reject 'occupation'The Guardian - Bethan McKernan in Istanbul and Julian Borger in WashingtonThe Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has agreed with the US vice-president, Mike Pence, to suspend Ankara’s operation on Kurdish-led forces in north-east Syria for the next five days in order allow
The GuardianClimate Climate crisis will not be discussed at G7 next year, says Trump officialThe Guardian - Emily Holden in WashingtonThe climate crisis will not be formally discussed at the G7 summit in June next year, Donald Trump’s acting White House chief of staff said on Thursday. “Climate change will not be on the agenda,” Mick
The GuardianRecep Tayyip Erdoğan What his letter to Erdoğan tells us about Donald TrumpGuardian US - Julian Borger in WashingtonWe now know – not that there was ever much doubt – that Donald Trump writes presidential letters like he talks – with a blustery mix of flattery and threats. His letter to the Turkish president, Recep
The GuardianDonald Trump Trump awards G7 summit to his own Florida golf resortThe Guardian - Guardian staff and agenciesThe White House says it has chosen Donald Trump’s golf resort near Miami as the site for next year’s Group of Seven summit. The announcement on Thursday comes at the same that the president has accused
The GuardianElijah Cummings Elijah Cummings obituaryGuardian US - Michael CarlsonElijah Cummings, who has died aged 68 after a long period of ill health, was a veteran congressman representing Baltimore, Maryland. In his final year he found himself engaged in a war of words with Donald
The GuardianDonald Trump Trump's troll-in-chief? Once again, Nancy Pelosi bites backGuardian US - Poppy Noor in New YorkThey say a picture’s worth a thousand words – but for Nancy Pelosi, one photo has had even more traction than that. When Donald Trump tweeted a photo of Pelosi standing tall in a room full of men, pointing
The GuardianElijah Cummings 'America lost a giant': Elijah Cummings' sudden death prompts warm tributesGuardian US - Edward Helmore in New York and agenciesDemocratic congressman Elijah Cummings died suddenly on Thursday at the age of 68, robbing Capitol Hill of a passionate lawmaker respected from both sides of the political aisle – and throwing an element
The GuardianDonald Trump Trump ordered diplomats to work with Giuliani on Ukraine, Sondland testifiesGuardian US - Julian Borger in WashingtonDonald Trump instructed US diplomats to go through his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, to make the Ukrainian president’s access to the White House dependent on launching investigations into Trump’s political
The GuardianClimate 'There are no excuses left': why climate science deniers are running out of ropeThe Guardian - Fiona Harvey Environment correspondentThe shouted words rang out across the packed parliamentary corridor: “Fiona Harvey is the worst journalist there is. She’s the worst journalist of them all, because she should know better.” They were words
The GuardianDonald Trump Donald Trump’s bizarre, threatening letter to Erdoğan: ‘Don’t be a fool’Guardian US - Vivian Ho and agenciesDonald Trump warned his counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan “don’t be a fool” and said history risked branding him a “devil” in an extraordinary letter sent the day Turkey launched its incursion into north-eastern
