In the recent history of America, including at the accession of President Barack Obama in 2008, it has become common for the incoming president to signal his new direction through the issuing of executive orders, on taking office. While there has been outrage at Trump’s actions, these are a normal part of the American…
Largely free from pressure from either the media or his own Republican Party since his election triumph last November, Donald Trump has appointed a team to pursue his ambitious domestic and international programs. Mr Trump was scathing about the U.S. media in the run-up to the election, and has completely ignored their attempts to…
The widely publicised report by America’s CIA, FBI and the National Security Agency into Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election is a disappointing document, which tells us nothing that was not well known during the presidential campaign. The publicly released document, issued on January 6, 2017, reaches the same conclusions as the classified…
During the third presidential debate in last year’s U.S. election campaign, Donald Trump was challenged on whether he would accept the result of the election, regardless of the outcome. For reasons that are still unclear, Mr Trump demurred, saying he would wait until the outcome was known. At the time, he seemed likely to…
