Both election nights began with an establishment campaign confident of victory following an unusually nasty and confrontational political battle. Both ended up with an unexpected victory for populist right-wing candidates. Both saw pollsters, pundits, and journalists questioning how they called it very wrong.The broad comparisons between Donald Trump's election as president of the United States and the Leave campaign's victory in the EU referendum are easy to make.It'll take months and years of analysis to work out whether similar factors – an unexpectedly high turnout from traditionally non-voting white working class, journalists who didn't realise that fact-checking would be futile, and an unlikeable establishment campaign – were what cost Hillary Clinton the election.What's certain, as experienced by this British reporter on the ground in largely liberal New York, is how the election night felt the same as Brexit.Both nights played out in the same three-act structure. … [Read more...] about Donald Trump’s Election Victory Felt An Awful Lot Like Brexit
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Donald Trump says US will withdraw from Syria ‘very soon’ as it is time to ‘let other people take care of it now’
Donald Trump has declared that the US will withdraw from Syria “very soon”, saying that it’s time to “let other people take care” of the situation there. “We’re knocking the hell out of Isis. We’ll be coming out of Syria, like, very soon,” the President said while speaking in Ohio. “Let the other people take care of it now.” The president added: “We’re going to have 100 per cent of the caliphate…we’re taking it all back.” Read more Turkey 'to launch wider offensive against Kurds' after taking Afrin Last year, Kurdish militias captured the Syrian city of Raqqa, Isis’s de-facto capital, with the help of US forces. But even as Isis has lost significant strongholds such as Raqqa, experts warn that the terrorist group remains a lethal force. Also during his speech, Mr Trump suggested delaying the implementation of a revised trade deal with South Korea until after an … [Read more...] about Donald Trump says US will withdraw from Syria ‘very soon’ as it is time to ‘let other people take care of it now’
Donald Trump has stayed silent on the Russian threat because he fears Putin’s juicy ‘kompromat’
All around the world, from Norway in the north to Australia in the south, political leaders have condemned the Salisbury nerve agent attack with a remarkably unified voice. Yet on a certain Twitter account operated in Washington, the silence is eloquent. While Russian diplomats across the globe, including the 60 in the States, begin packing for the journey home, the American president is cast against type as the most famously mute character in English literature. “Is there any other point to which you would wish to draw my attention?” Inspector Gregory of the Yard asks Sherlock Holmes in The Adventure of Silver Blaze. “To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.” “The dog did nothing in the night-time.” “That was the curious incident.” The incident of the Trump who doesn’t tweet in the night is also undeniably curious. After 14 months of keeping us so intimately informed about his thinking on the issues of the … [Read more...] about Donald Trump has stayed silent on the Russian threat because he fears Putin’s juicy ‘kompromat’
Donald Trump openly attacks Amazon over taxes and business practices
Donald Trump has hit out at Amazon over its business practices and said that “unlike others, they pay little or no taxes to state and local governments”, saying he raised such concerns “long before the [2016] election”. The web retail giant was “putting many thousands of retailers out of business”, the president said. It comes a day after reports he had discussed using anti-trust laws to rein in Jeff Bezos‘ company sent share prices plummeting and wiped $30bn (£21bn) off its value. Mr Trump tweeted: “I have stated my concerns with Amazon long before the Election. Unlike others, they pay little or no taxes to state & local governments, use our Postal System as their Delivery Boy (causing tremendous loss to the U.S.), and are putting many thousands of retailers out of business!” Read more Amazon wins grocery foothold in France through Monoprix deal Asked about reports Mr Trump was considering clamping down on … [Read more...] about Donald Trump openly attacks Amazon over taxes and business practices
Donald Trump calls Roseanne Barr to congratulate her on sitcom reboot
Donald Trump personally phoned Roseanne Barr to congratulate the actor on her TV show revival which saw an estimated 18.4 million people tune into the sitcom's debut. The US President also called Barr, who has endorsed Mr Trump despite previously voicing left-wing views, on Wednesday to thank her for lending him support. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders confirmed the call between the actor and Mr Trump - who is famed for his obsession with ratings - had taken place. Read more A ridiculous number of people watched the Roseanne reboot Roseanne is back: But does 2018 actually need her? 'Roseanne' star says hit sitcom returning to tackle Trump's America Roseanne returned to screens more than two decades after it ended its original run. The series, which focused on an Illinois working class family called the Conners, became the most watched show in the US from 1989 to 1990. The revival’s debut sees a family row erupt between … [Read more...] about Donald Trump calls Roseanne Barr to congratulate her on sitcom reboot