COMMENT | IAN BURUMA | Last November, US President Donald Trump’s administration declared in its National Security Strategy that Europe stands on the brink of “civilizational erasure.” It was an odd claim to make in an official strategy document. Even stranger was the overarching argument that Europe, not China or Russia, is …
Read More »Rifts widen in MAGA movement as U.S. Congress votes to release Epstein files
WASHINGTON, the United States | Xinhua | The Republican-controlled U.S. Congress voted almost unanimously on Tuesday to release the files on the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, amid cracks in the “Make America Great Again” (MAGA) movement. Donald Trump has been the de facto leader of the GOP for roughly a …
Read More »Pope Leo XIV Confronts the MAGA Catholics
The surprising election of Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff, is probably a sign that his predecessor’s spirit will prevail ANALYSIS | IAN BURUMA | Some popes fit their times to perfection. Pope John XXIII was a progressive pope whose Vatican II reforms occurred just as The Beatles were …
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The clash between right-wing nativists and big tech titans could be where the big splits among Trumpians happens COMMENT | THOMAS GIFT | The angry debate over U.S. visas and foreign workers that erupted over the holidays has exposed splits within Donald Trump’s Maga supporters on immigration policy. The fiery words …
Read More »The Indians dividing MAGA
To be sure, racism is not the only reason some Trump supporters oppose immigration COMMENT | SHASHI THAROOR | Perhaps it should not be surprising that India should feature so prominently in the “civil war” that has emerged within US President-elect Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” movement. Surprising or …
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