Candace Owens: on the Macron lawsuit, anti-Semitism and Trump
Bits from Candace Owens and Freddy Gray’s interview
Freddy Gray
Monday
Thursday
Tariffs and the psychodrama of Trump diplomacy
Politics is personal. And the psychodrama is exhausting, after all
Wednesday
Why the Trump-Russia story never ends
From our UK edition
In June, Tulsi Gabbard found herself in a difficult position. As a dovish Iraq war veteran who happens to be Donald Trump’s Director of National Intelligence, she’d spent weeks trying to stop America launching air strikes against Iran. She’d cited intelligence reports which contradicted Israeli suggestions that Tehran was just days away from having a
Monday
Ann Coulter: On immigration, Trump 2.0 and the Epstein Files
Bits from Ann Coulter and Freddy Gray’s interview
Thursday
The Art of the Dealmaker-in-Chief
With Trump’s international agenda, scratch beneath the hilariously crazy surface and you find a more serious campaign to isolate China, China, China
Monday
Starmer’s disingenuousness on free speech won’t fool Trump
From our UK edition
It’s often the rotator blades of Marine One that blare over Donald Trump’s voice as he stands near the helipad on the south lawn of the White House. In Turnberry, in Scotland, it was bagpipes. Trump, playing host to the Prime Minister, performed his now familiar ingratiation ritual as he welcomed Sir Keir and Lady Victoria
Monday
The end is AI: the August issue of The Spectator coming soon
Featuring Adam Friedland, Bridget Phetasy, Christopher Caldwell, Katherine Dee, Marc Warner, Peachy Keenan and many more
Thursday
Will the FBI shed light on the Trump shooting?
If Kash Patel and Dan Bongino want to win back some of the MAGA fans they’ve lost in the last few days, they’d be wise to start asking such questions
Thursday
Trump scrambles to close the deal
Trump desperately wants to celebrate Independence Day at the White House tomorrow with a signing ceremony for his mega-bill
Thursday
So who won the ‘12-day war?’
When it seems as if top officials are protesting too much, that’s usually because they are
Tuesday
As Donald Trump declares peace, the war goes on
From our UK edition
Donald Trump’s presidency is often compared to a reality TV show. Yet that conceit barely captures the radical strangeness of his leadership. Trump is a hypnotist, a master of persuasion who tries to shape world events through CONFUSION, BIG BOMBS and CAPITAL LETTERS. ‘THE CEASEFIRE IS NOW IN EFFECT. PLEASE DO NOT VIOLATE IT!’ he
Thursday
Who’s pushing Trump to be an Iran hawk?
From our UK edition
‘This never would have happened if I had been president,’ says Donald Trump, whenever the international news goes from bad to worse. It’s a line he uses a lot in relation to the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, both of which began in the interregnum between his first administration and his second. Yet the latest
Thursday
Trump’s birthday surprise – war with Iran?
US-Iran negotiations appear to have broken down in recent days
Monday
Bannon on LA riots: ‘We’re in World War Three’
‘We need to start arresting government officials, including Karen Bass’
Thursday
Will Putin help Trump’s Iran deal?
Operation Spiderweb was tactically brilliant, but the strategic fall-out remains uncertain
Thursday
The world that Elon Musk couldn’t conquer
From our UK edition
Elon Musk understands astrophysics, yet he seems unable to grasp the strange laws of gravity which govern Washington politics. Last night, the world’s richest man confirmed what everybody in Washington already knew: his time as a ‘special employee’ in the White House is over and he’s leaving his formal role as head of the Department
Thursday
Donald Trump – the Orange Mandela?
The Commander-in-Chief pressed the South African President on violence against white Afrikaner farmers
What we know about the Israeli diplomat shootings in Washington so far
From our UK edition
The suspect, identified as 30-year-old Elias Rodriguez, was seen pacing around Washington DC’s Jewish Museum in the minutes before last night’s attack. According to Pamela Smith, DC’s chief of police, he then shouted ‘Free Palestine’ before shooting and killing two Israeli embassy staffers – a couple, named as Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky, who reportedly were
Thursday
How Donald Trump will be impeached
As Trump continues his pharaonic world diplomacy, the corruption stories are piling up against him
Thursday
Is Pope Leo XIV part of the ‘Trumplash’?
From our UK edition
It feels a bit facile and tasteless to say that the first American Pope, Leo XIV, has been elected to counter the influence of Trumpism. Popes often change in the role and, since Catholicism is a religion and not an electoral party, the servants of the servants of God tend to defy political caricature. Consider
