Trump has basically turned the GOP into a nationalist hard right party closer to say the far right AfD or Le Pen's party or Reform than most western centre right parties. In some ways a clever t… (View Post)

By election day in 1945 there was peace in Europe. Voters wanted Churchill to win the war and Attlee to deliver the NHS and expanded welfare state in the peace. They never wanted to appease Hitler no… (View Post)

Trump's tariffs come in tomorrow on Canadian and Mexican and maybe EU imports as well as increased on Chinese imports. Whether they increase US manufacturing jobs or increase cost of living like… (View Post)

Starmer has certainly looked more statesman like bringing together non US NATO leaders yesterday to reaffirm their support and funding for Zelensky. Truman was of course re elected against the odds i… (View Post)

That was last century under Mao not Xi and so can the EU create trade barriers but neither have gone to full scale tariff trade war (View Post)