Donald J. Trump

President Nixon and Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai toast during Nixon's 1972 visit to China.

Richard Nixon's Opening to China and Closing the Gold Window

President Trump’s recent foreign adventures are unlikely to match Nixon’s actions of July and August 1971 in historic significance.

By White House photographer. - Ronald Reagan Presidential Library., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=48622633

Back to the Future: Donald Trump and the Debate Over American Decline

The 45th US President is caught in a constant rerun of the debates of the 1980s, argues Charlie Laderman.

A hat with the words "Make America Great Again".

Make America Great (Britain) Again!

When Joe Biden said ‘God save the Queen’, was he heralding the end of the republic?

The Phenomenology of Donald Trump

The story of Italian game show host Mike Bongiorno suggests an alternative explanation for Trump's triumph.

Donald Trump at an Arizona rally in March 2016

Waves of Authoritarianism

The world’s demagogues offer simple solutions and a strong hand. Trump’s victory in 2016 was a reminder of this.

Donald Trump and the Election of 1800

Many have drawn parallels between Donald Trump and Aaron Burr, who Alexander Hamilton described as ‘one of the most unprincipled men in the United States’. But a more useful, if surprising, comparison might be drawn with Thomas Jefferson.