Available for over a year Why aren’t Democrats more popular, given the president’s low approval ratings in significant areas such as the economy? And what do Americans really think of Donald Trump? In this special episode of Americast, recorded live at Maida Vale studios in London for Castfest (celebrating some of the BBC’s best loved…
The furious reaction to Donald Trump’s posting of an AI-generated image of himself as a Christ-like healer resulted in a rare walkback from the US president, who deleted it from his social media account and insisted it was “supposed to be me as a doctor”. But if you were in fact the saviour of humanity,…
Donald Trump casts himself as a champion of American business. In many ways, he is. He has slashed corporate taxes. He is rolling back regulations and embracing industries like artificial intelligence. Yet the payoff is far smaller than many business leaders expected, and our economy is losing momentum. The reason is simple. Mr. Trump’s constant…
Shorouk Express After Venezuela and its oil, which country and resources will the United States set its sights on next? In the aftermath of the controversial US military intervention on 2 and 3 January, which led to the arrest and extraction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores to the United States…
Shorouk Express Trump has been to the U.K. for two lavish state visits. However, the U.S. president, who is divisive among British parliamentarians, did not speak on the estate during either trip. In 2017 then House of Commons Speaker John Bercow said he would be “strongly opposed” to Trump addressing parliament. This year’s state visit…
Shorouk Express On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch President Donald Trump’s plan to end the conflict in Gaza would be put under threat by the Israeli Knesset’s move towards the annexation of the West Bank,…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email President Donald Trump visited his hometown of New York City on Sunday. The reception, as well as his team’s response, was highly predictable….
Shorouk Express Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email As Ursula von der Leyen left Scotland last weekend with the ink still drying on the US-EU trade deal she had just signed with…
Shorouk Express But it’s not all doom and gloom, as hopes grow that Britain could avoid tariffs on pharmaceutical products — which Trump had threatened to impose as soon as the start of August. A U.K. government figure said a deal on pharmaceuticals was “much more likely” than immediate progress on steel or the blanket…
Shorouk Express The high-profile visit coincides with a U.K. parliamentary recess — potentially helping sidestep a diplomatic row. Britain’s MPs, who have mixed views of Trump, will be out of Westminster, with some traveling to their annual party conferences. U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer handed the invitation letter from King Charles to Trump during a…
