US President Donald J Trump
Challenges for critical journalism
The consequences of this era of mass insecurity are people having to work harder for less, often several different jobs in a day or week, without weekly or regular leisure, to make ends meet.
10 August 2025
Trump’s America First doctrine and its ripple effects on Bangladesh
While Trump’s presidency presents significant challenges, it also offers opportunities for Bangladesh to strengthen its partnership with the US.
21 January 2025
The self-sabotaging president: Joe Biden’s broken legacy
Biden’s predicament must be considered in the context of the brutal political landscape in the Western world.
20 January 2025
Trump stands by threat on Iranian cultural sites, warns of 'major retaliation'
US President Donald Trump stands by his threat to go after Iranian cultural sites, warning of a "major retaliation" if Iran strikes back for the killing of one of its top military commanders.
6 January 2020
US Supreme Court lets Trump use disputed funds for border wall
The US Supreme Court hands President Donald Trump a victory by letting his administration redirect $2.5 billion in money approved by Congress for the Pentagon to help build his promised wall along the US-Mexico border even though lawmakers refused to provide funding.
27 July 2019
Govt calls Priya Saha’s allegation ‘blatant lies’
The government has termed as "blatant lies" the complaints made by Bangladeshi national Priya Saha to US President Donald Trump claiming that minority communities in the country are exposed to persecution.
20 July 2019
Trump calls London mayor a 'disaster' after a spate of killings
US President Donald Trump once again criticises London Mayor Sadiq Khan, saying he is a "disaster" and will "only get worse" after three people were slain in the city in less than 20 hours.
16 June 2019
Make America white again
With whisker-thin majorities, Republican candidate Donald J Trump flipped the Democratic bastions of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania to beat Democrat Hillary Clinton in 2016 to become America’s 45th president. Obama-Trump voters...
3 May 2019
Trump vows emergency declaration over wall
US President Donald Trump vows to declare a national emergency in an attempt to fund his US-Mexico border wall without congressional approval, a step likely to plunge him into a battle with Congress over constitutional powers.
15 February 2019
Trump says US intelligence 'naive,' 'wrong' on Iran
US President Donald Trump attacks the US intelligence services as "naive" and "wrong" on the threat he says is posed by Iran.
30 January 2019
Shutdown to last until wall funded
US President Donald Trump vowed Tuesday he would not reopen the government until he gets $5 billion to fund his border wall, as the partial government shutdown dragged into a fourth day.
26 December 2018
As Zinke departs, Trump says he will name new interior secretary next week
US Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, who has aggressively sought to roll back Obama-era environmental protections, is to leave his post at the end of the year.
16 December 2018
Trump sends 5,200 troops to Mexico border
The United States said on Monday it will send over 5,200 troops to help secure the border with Mexico, a far larger-than-expected
30 October 2018
Trump unblocks more Twitter users after US court ruling
US President Donald Trump unblocked some additional Twitter users after a federal judge in May said preventing people from following him violated individuals constitutional rights.
29 August 2018
Adult film star Stormy Daniels arrested in Ohio strip club "setup"- lawyer
US adult film star Stormy Daniels, who claims she had an affair with President Donald Trump in 2006, is arrested in a strip club in what her lawyer said was a setup.
12 July 2018
Mayor of London says "Trump baby" protest blimp can fly
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan will allow protesters to fly a blimp over parliament portraying Donald Trump as an orange, snarling baby during the US president's upcoming visit, Khan's office says on Thursday.
6 July 2018
Trump's 'personal' foreign policy
Donald J Trump's foreign policy weltanschauung may be better understood perceptually and through his personal relations than its claim to be practical and pragmatic. This seems to be the message from a purview of four of his policy pursuits: rebalancing trade with China, clipping Iran's wings, anchoring a bold Middle East policy approach upon recognising Jerusalem as Israel's capital, and denuclearising North Korea. They do add up, and there may be something beyond a simple sum of all the parts, but constructing and construing them from unfolding events can also breed confusion.
8 June 2018
Jerusalem - “A day which will live in infamy” (. . . if history is any guide)
US President Donald J Trump did not mince his words: President Harry S Truman, a Democrat, made the United States the first country to recognise Israel's statehood (May 14, 1948), yet his own December 6, 2017 decision to shift the US embassy to Jerusalem, the first country to do so, on May 14, 2018, may have converted the logical 1948 recognition decision into a 2018 conflict invitation.
18 May 2018
From Russia to sex: scandals shake US first family
A porn star is suing the president. A former Playboy model has apologized to the first lady for sleeping with her husband. The eldest son is divorcing and the scandal-plagued son-in-law's security clearance has been downgraded.
28 March 2018
For the US, a year that will live in infamy
Two events that bookended the year 2017 epitomise the dire political predicament the United States faces.
12 January 2018