With midterm elections looming and cost of living pressures biting, Americans have little patience for being involved in a foreign war they don’t understand.
- Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign Policy, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
The case presents an important test of the Supreme Court’s willingness to curb Trump’s so-called emergency powers.
Sunday’s attack on worshippers at an LDS church exposes, once more, the lingering animosity Mormons receive from both sides of the political spectrum.
No other animal can make the giant panda’s adorable symbolism – but in China, its diplomatic power has at times been met with nationalist outrage.
The Coalition should resist seeing Trump as a natural disaster over which they had no control. Peter Dutton made many other missteps that doomed his party’s chances.
Donald Trump’s aggressive foreign policy is being cast as necessary for national security. This ensures he’ll encounter little pushback from Congress or the courts.
Trump’s brand of American nationalism ignores the fact other countries also have national aspirations – and are willing to fight back.
Correspondence between Malaysia’s Mahathir Mohamad and Britain’s Margaret Thatcher showed how differently the Muslim world and the West viewed the book.
Sweeping all of the swing states, Trump’s was an emphatic victory. And a key reason is that many Americans feel worse off than they were four years ago.
Republicans and Liberals have found common cause attacking big business. But when it comes to actually siding with workers over business, a different picture emerges.
In the US, political speeches are often reminiscent of a sermon. In Australia, “preaching” is usually avoided.
His recent remarks about Christians never having to vote again may have been misunderstood – but they are telling nonetheless.
Trump supporters are unlikely to want any debate around gun reform – they support the status quo, even when their leader is almost killed.
Trump has indicated that, in a second stint as president, he would punish his enemies and reward his champions.
The choice between the two Republican nomination frontrunners may divide the evangelical vote – and abortion could prove a decisive issue.
On November 8, the mid-term elections may well re-shape the US consequences, with major consequences for both Democrats and Republicans.
While it is far from certain the former president will face legal consequences from the hearings, they may kill off any hope he holds of running in 2024.
Those on the Christian right in Australia once wielded considerable clout, but they are no longer in a position to bring the majority of Australians in line with their views.
More people say they would support a vaccine mandate than say they would definitely take the vaccine themselves.
With bitter divisions and sniping in the wake of an election defeat and Donald Trump’s second impeachment, the Republicans are trying to find a way forward – with or without him.
Trump has claimed for weeks the election is stolen. Having fired up his supporters in this way, it became much harder to control mob behaviour.
For Trump supporters, his domination is a mark of his greatness. But he may be about to lose an election because during a pandemic voters expect a president to be in control, including of himself.
The president has already refused to guarantee he will accept the result of the November election, and there are many other ways he can undermine it in the minds of the voting public.
While the polls look bad for the president, there is a long way to go between now and the November election.
Trump has staked his re-election on a strategy of making confident predictions about beating the virus and shifting the blame to ‘foreign’ elements.
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