Trump's America
The man tasked with investigating Trump works with speed and aggression
A largely unknown former prosecutor, Jack Smith has delivered his basic assessment in two criminal investigations in a little more than eight months.
- by Glenn Thrush, Adam Goldman and Michael S. Schmidt
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Opinion
Opinion
Fasten your seatbelts, this wild ride will Trump anything we’ve seen
Next year will be like no other year we have witnessed in American politics. Trump is, of course, presumed innocent – but now let’s see what the evidence is against him.
- by Bill Wyman
Analysis
US politics
Trump’s charges strike at the very heart of American democracy
While hush money and classified documents are important, never before has a newly ousted US president engaged in a multipart plan to overturn an election.
- by Farrah Tomazin
‘Fragile and flawed’: America’s problems remind us that true democracy is rare
How can a country which was at one time the pillar of democracy elect a man like Donald Trump?
Will Trump’s narcissism bring down US democracy?
The Republican Party is prepared to endanger American democracy, and the safety of the democratic world, rather than lose Trump voters.
Opinion
US politics
Trump is channelling George Costanza, but this is not about nothing
Donald Trump is now displaying all the bravado of Seinfeld’s hapless sidekick. But like George, the former president’s lies are finally starting to catch up with him.
- by Bill Wyman
‘What is it with Australian voters?’ Indigenous Voice may be silenced while others talk
We are set to reject giving Indigenous people the chance to speak for themselves.
Editorial
Silvio Berlusconi
A burlesque opening act that raised the curtain on Trump
When Silvio Berlusconi was elected Italy’s prime minister in 1994 Donald Trump was more than two decades into the future, but Berlusconi was the promise of things to come.
- The Herald's View
Opinion
US Votes 2024
How Trump could campaign for the White House from the big house
The indictment of Donald Trump is based on information from his own lawyers and staffers, not some Trump hater.
- by Maureen Dowd
Trump blasts federal indictment as ‘ridiculous’ and ‘baseless’ in speech to Republicans in Georgia
The former US president cast his indictment by the Department of Justice as an attempt to damage his chances of returning to the White House as he campaigns for a second term.
- by Bill Barrow, Jeff Amy, Jill Colvin and Meg Kinnard
Updated
US politics
What’s next in Trump’s legal battle and his bid to return to the White House
Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign is far from over. As the recent New York case showed, criminal charges have previously been a boon to his fundraising.
- by Jack Queen