Rob Crilly 8 May 2018 • 1:55pm Since being appointed legal firefighter to Team Trump, Rudy Giuliani has contrived to contradict the President, contradict himself, suggest Donald Trump’s fixer would have paid off more women beyond Stormy Daniels “if necessary”, hint that the President may be preparing to take the Fifth Amendment if questioned by federal investigators, and generally muddied the mess he was supposed to clean up. Sunday marked the fifth consecutive day of his media blitz, and the fifth consecutive day of legal brains suggesting the former mayor of New York had lost his marbles. Perhaps the man noted for his dogged pursuit of organised crime in the decaying Big Apple of the Eighties, who rose to international fame... To continue reading this article Start your free trial of Premium Access all Premium articles Subscriber-only events Cancel any time Free for 30 days then only £2 per week Try Premium … [Read more...] about Rudy Giuliani is not out of control. His media blitz is exactly what Donald Trump wants
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This is what Donald Trump has actually done in his first year as President
When Donald Trump went into the Oval Office, the rulebook went out. “Mr Trump came to Washington basically promising to shake things up, and he’s certainly done that,” says Professor Peter Trubowitz, director of the United States Centre at the London School of Economics. “Washington hasn’t been jolted this way for a very long time, so I suppose you could say Trump managed to achieve what he set out to do on that score.” The President’s actions, words and tweets have sent shockwaves around the world during his first 12 months in office. Approval for the US’s role in the world fell to a historic low in a Gallup poll released this week, with the country on a par with China in the eyes of citizens across the globe. Domestically, he has historically low approval ratings but support among his core voters has held relatively firm. One year on from his inauguration - itself the cause of a row over photos of sparse crowds for … [Read more...] about This is what Donald Trump has actually done in his first year as President
New US embassy opens in what Donald Trump branded ‘off location’ in London
The new US embassy in London has officially opened days after hitting back at Donald Trump for suggesting its move to a new location was a “bad deal”. The United States president cancelled a visit to the UK to open the new American embassy, criticising its move from Grosvenor Square in the prestigious Mayfair district of central London to an “off location” at Nine Elms, south of the Thames. But last week a US embassy spokesman insisted it was completed within its one billion dollar (£730 million) budget and said the plan to finance it was developed in 2007, when George W Bush was in the White House, suggesting Mr Trump was wrong to blame predecessor Barack Obama. Reports have suggested the president may have called off his trip because he felt he had “not been shown enough love” by the British Government. But Boris Johnson said he expects Mr Trump would still visit the UK “in due course” and called for a “grown-up … [Read more...] about New US embassy opens in what Donald Trump branded ‘off location’ in London
What Donald Trump can really do to ‘rein in’ Pakistan
The Pakistani government has reacted angrily to US President Donald Trump's first 2018 tweet, in which he lashed out at the South Asian country for taking billions of dollars in US aid in exchange for "lies and deceit." "The United States has foolishly given Pakistan more than 33 billion dollars in aid over the last 15 years, and they have given us nothing but lies & deceit, thinking of our leaders as fools. They give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan, with little help. No more!," wrote Trump. On Tuesday, Pakistan's foreign ministry summoned the US ambassador to Islamabad to lodge protest against Trump's statement. Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif told media that Pakistan had done enough for the US. "We have already told the US that we will not do more, so Trump's 'no more' does not hold any importance," Asif said. Read more: What is Pakistan's militancy issue all about? Anger in Pakistan There is an outburst on … [Read more...] about What Donald Trump can really do to ‘rein in’ Pakistan
What Donald Trump learned from his German grandpa Friedrich Drumpf
DW: Why do you think that Donald Trump's German roots are essential to understanding the person who is currently leading the Republican presidential field? Gwenda Blair: His grandfather Friedrich Drumpf came to the United States in 1885 which was the height of German immigration to the United States when he was 16. His family was from Kallstadt, winegrowers. The first step to the Donald Trump we know today is that his grandfather did not want to be a vintner, nor did he want to be a barber which is what he was trained to do when he first said he did not want to be involved in growing grapes. He came to New York and, after he learnt English, he went to the West Coast, ran restaurants, amassed a nest egg, then went back to Kallstadt, married the girl next door and brought her to New York. But she was extremely homesick, so they went back to Kallstadt and he tried to repatriate because he had become an American citizen. But whether on purpose or not, he had managed to miss military … [Read more...] about What Donald Trump learned from his German grandpa Friedrich Drumpf