Michaelis describes Trump’s vision as one focused on the “maximum concentration of power with the president at the expense of Congress and the [U.S.] states.” According to the document, key democratic institutions, including the legislature, law enforcement and the media, risk an erosion of their independence and could be “misused as a political arm.” The … Read more
Instead, he has invited many of the foreign leaders he’s spoken to by phone or welcomed in person at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, such as Argentinian President Javier Milei — who will also be in attendance — and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Xi is sending Vice President Han Zheng in his stead. Prominent representatives of … Read more
Observers expected Meloni and Trump to talk about Ukraine, potential U.S. tariffs on European companies and the Middle East. Meloni is above all keen to find a quick solution to the detention of an Italian journalist in Iran. The journalist, Cecilia Sala, was arrested in Tehran after Italian police detained an Iranian wanted by the … Read more
Closeness between the two leaders began to build in 2016, when Viktor Orbán was the first European leader to call Trump “a better option” in the presidential race against Hillary Clinton. Their bromance further blossomed as they praised each other when they met at the White House in 2019. Even after Capitol Hill was stormed … Read more
Canadian singer Celine Dion called out Donald Trump and JD Vance’s campaign for using her song “My Heart Will Go On” during a Republican rally without asking for authorization. “In no way is this use authorized, and Celine Dion does not endorse this or any similar use,” she wrote in an X post on Saturday. … Read more
Trump explained that the debate was originally scheduled with Joe Biden on ABC before the incumbent president canceled his reelection campaign. Trump also cited a lawsuit he has against the broadcaster and one of its hosts, George Stephanopoulos, which created a “conflict of interest,” he wrote. Fox News anchors Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum would … Read more
In a speech on Sunday to mark Russian navy day, Putin accused the U.S. of escalating tensions, saying “we will take mirror measures to deploy, taking into account the actions of the United States, its satellites in Europe and in other regions of the world,” Reuters reported. The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty — signed in … Read more
Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. It will figure prominently in the catalogue of extraordinary near-misses — a few inches difference and Donald Trump would likely not have survived Saturday’s assassination attempt by 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks. Trump is not the first incumbent or former U.S. president to have narrowly escaped would-be assassins … Read more
“Political violence has no place in a democracy,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wrote on X, saying she was “deeply shocked by the shooting.” I am deeply shocked by the shooting that took place during former President Trump’s campaign rally. I wish Donald Trump a speedy recovery and offer my condolences to the … Read more
The HodgeTwins, a content creator, advertised on X photos of T-shirts with the message “Fight! Fight! Fight!” and promising that “100% of profits from this shirt go to Trump’s campaign.” Another promo image showed a man wearing a shirt with the message: “Shooting Makes Me Stronger.” Another says “I Will Never Stop.” Caffeine & Kaspa, a … Read more
