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‘I agree’: Elon Musk on call for US to quit NATO, UN

Amid emerging differences between the US and its European allies on the Ukraine conflict, President Donald Trump's close adviser and Department of Government Efficiency chief Elon Musk has publicly supported the withdrawal of the US from both NATO and the UN.

Starmer’s Test

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s visit to Washington was important for transatlantic diplomacy. It was his first official engagement with President Donald Trump, a leader known for his forceful style and unpredictable rhetoric.

Principles and interests

Democrats are losing their sanity over Trump’s reliance on the “unelected” Elon Musk—through the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)—to drastically downsize the administrative agencies.

Shoo-in?

Eight months before votes are cast in the race for the Republican nomination for US President, the consensus among the American commentariat is that Mr Donald Trump is a shoo-in.

More the merrier

The rate at which candidates are joining the race for the Republican nomination for next year’s Presidential election, it will not be long before the party will need a bus to ferry all of them.

Gloves off

Already, he has assailed the man whose endorsement he had courted when he sought office in Florida for fiscal mismanagement and for having destroyed the lives of millions of Americans with his flawed Covid-19 mitigation policies.

Fault lines

For the record, Mr Trump has denied the charges leveled against him as a “complete con job” and a “hoax”, and vowed to appeal the verdict of a New York jury.