‘Building an authoritarian axis’: the Trump ‘envoy’ courting the global far right

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https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/8b95ad310629a54ebee28d0c2a65dfd4caaaff59/1_0_2998_1800/master/2998.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=89ad15768ed224dd410b042a8702c762Richard Grenell’s shad­ow for­eign pol­i­cy cam­paign is unset­tling diplo­mats and threat­ens to col­lapse US inter­ests For Don­ald Trump, he is “my envoy”, the man appar­ent­ly anoint­ed as the for­mer US president’s rov­ing ambas­sador while he plots a return to the White House. To crit­ics, he is seen as “an online pest” and “a nation­al disgrace” –…

Trump’s indictment takes over news channels

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This sto­ry, plus news orga­ni­za­tions refuse to pay for Twit­ter check­mark, new data from Pew Research Cen­ter on Amer­i­cans’ sup­port for a Tik­Tok ban and more, all in today’s media head­lines. Top Sto­ries Mar 30, 2023Indictment elic­its exten­sive cov­er­age, and some gasps, on TV. Katie Robert­son / The New York Times Mar 30, 2023News organizations […]…

How the Iraq war altered US politics and led to the emergence of Trump

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https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/1120e21ceeeefbdeccee397d805a9a59e60d3c5b/0_47_2048_1229/master/2048.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=b01b357e668e6890df5a1d95289684deThe dri­ve to war was fueled by par­ti­san­ship and served as an accel­er­ant to the extrem­ism that led to Trump and the Capi­tol riot Long shad­ow of US inva­sion of Iraq still looms over inter­na­tion­al order Twen­ty years ago, Lt Col Karen Kwiatkows­ki was work­ing as a desk offi­cer in the Pen­ta­gon, when she became aware of…

On U.S. Foreign Policy, Biden Acts a Lot Like Trump

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https://static01.nyt.com/images/2022/07/22/us/politics/00dc-biden-diplo‑1/merlin_209310030_baff7cf3-2085–489b-82af-5dd1b31a41e8-moth.jpg The Biden admin­is­tra­tion has chart­ed the same course as the Trump admin­is­tra­tion on strate­gic pri­or­i­ties like Chi­na, the Mid­dle East and U.S. mil­i­tary deploy­ments. WASHINGTON — A fist bump and meet­ing with the crown prince of Sau­di Ara­bia. Tar­iffs and export con­trols on Chi­na. Jerusalem as the cap­i­tal of Israel. Amer­i­can troops out of…

Franklin Graham worries Trump too old to run in 2024 — Axios

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The Rev. Franklin Gra­ham says a poten­tial 2024 pres­i­den­tial bid by Don­ald Trump would “be a very tough thing to do,” the promi­nent Chris­t­ian leader told “Axios on HBO.” Why it mat­ters: Gra­ham, the pres­i­dent of the Bil­ly Gra­ham Evan­ge­lis­tic Asso­ci­a­tion and Samar­i­tan’s Purse, was among Trump’s ear­li­est and most promi­nent evan­gel­i­cal defend­ers. Gra­ham told “Axios…