Sign in Welcome! Log into your account your username your password Forgot your password? Get help Create an account Create an account Welcome! Register for an account your email your username A password will be e-mailed to you. Password recovery Recover your password your email A password will be e-mailed to you. Dancing Mascots, Goons and Tumblers: Welcome to the Beijing Circus, Mr. Bush 130 August 13, 2008 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Published in The Independent (U.K.) on by (link to originallink to original) Translated from by . Edited by . Back To Origin This post appeared on the front page as a direct link to the original article with the above link . Tags:U.K. Hot this week Block titleFeaturedAll time popularMore Australia: Iran, Not the US, Currently Has the Strategic Upper Hand March 13, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia 0 Ireland: Real Legacy of Elvis May Be Contested, but His Story Recalls a Better America March 13, 2026. Published in Irish Times 0 South Africa: Trump’s Tariffs Have Gutted Agoa’s Duty‑Free Promise March 10, 2026. Published in Cape Times 0 Egypt: When Americans Finally See What We Always Knew March 13, 2026. Published in Ahram OnlineA significant segment of the American political elite engages with Israel not through rational calculus but through eschatological conviction. 0 Canada: We’re Watching a Religious War between 3 Theocratic States. Is This the 1600s? March 13, 2026. Published in Toronto Star 0 Topics Canada: Why Allies Aren’t Leaping to Trump’s Aid in Strait of Hormuz March 17, 2026. Published in CBC 0 Australia: MAGA’s Civil War over Donald Trump’s Conflict in Iran Descends into Personal Attacks March 17, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia 0 Israel: Answer to an Antisemite: A People, Not a Religion March 17, 2026. Published in Israel HayomYou see, Mr. Carlson, this land was promised to a people, not to individuals. 0 India: How China’s Cautious Diplomacy in West Asia Reveals a Broader Strategy March 17, 2026. Published in FirstpostBeijing wants to avoid being drawn into a confrontation with Washington while still demonstrating that it has an independent voice on major international crises. 0 Saudi Arabia: The Fog of War in Washington March 17, 2026. Published in Asharq Al-AwsatThe confusion is not a bug, it seems to be a fundamental feature of Washington’s discourse since the beginning of the war. 0 Australia: If Trump’s America Is Not Winning This War – and It’s Not – Who Is? March 16, 2026. Published in Sydney Morning Herald 0 Australia: The World Still Interprets War Through an American Lens March 16, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia 0 Ireland: The Irish Times View on Martin’s White House Visit: Peril in the Court of the Mad King March 16, 2026. Published in Irish Times 0 Related Articles Austria: Maybe Trump’s Tariff Bludgeon Was Good for Something after All May 20, 2025. Published in Die Presse U.K.: The Guardian View on the IMF’s Warning: Donald Trump Could Cost the World a Trillion Dollars April 22, 2025. Published in The GuardianThe U.S. president’s economic agenda collides with fragile financial systems, triggering market fears, investor flight and developing nation chaos. U.K.: The Guardian View on Donald Trump’s Industrial Policy: Inward Turn by Ultimatum April 17, 2025. Published in The GuardianThe U.S. is retreating behind chokepoints and tariffs. It remains determined to invent the future but is struggling to ensure its control. U.K.: The Guardian View on the US Immigration Crackdown: What Began with Foreign Nationals Won’t End There April 9, 2025. Published in The GuardianThe Trump administration is deliberately fomenting fear through the deportations and arrests. U.K.: The Guardian View on Trump’s Tariffs: A Monstrous and Momentous Act of Folly April 5, 2025. Published in The GuardianThe U.S. president has expelled his own country from the rules-based global trade system that America itself created. Previous articleThis is a Tale of U.S. Expansion,Not Russian AggressionNext articleL.A. Times: A Classic Example of Disinformation LEAVE A REPLY Cancel replyLog in to leave a comment