Four Dizzying Years Ago, Trump Blindsided Us All: This Time, It’s Crazy

392

November 4, 2020

Published in Sydney Morning Herald
(Australia) on 4 November 2020
by Tony Wright (link to original link to original)

Translated from by . Edited by .

This post appeared on the front page as a direct link to the original article with the above link .

Hot this week

Block title

Egypt: The United States, Israel and the West Bank Annexation

November 9, 2025. Published in akhbarelyom

President Donald Trump affirmed that Israel's annexation of the West Bank would not happen.

Jordan: The Future of Gaza

November 7, 2025. Published in assawsana

Israel must end the occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip so that peace and security prevail in the region.

Malaysia: Mamdani’s Titanic Struggle with Trump Is Strictly an American Affair

November 10, 2025. Published in Malay Mail

[T]heirs is not a clash between East and West, nor between democracy and authoritarianism, but between two versions of American destiny.

Venezuela: They Voted for Trump

November 6, 2025. Published in El Universal

[A]t least 10% of Argentines — a decisive percentage — bet on the torrent of dollars that comes with U.S. support.

Egypt: And What about Israel’s Violations?!

November 7, 2025. Published in akhbarelyom

[W]hat is happening in Gaza can never be separated from what is happening in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem.

Topics

Israel: Israel Gets It, the US Does Not

November 11, 2025. Published in Israel Hayom

From an American viewpoint, Gaza is a nuisance and perhaps something that can be worked around in the broader campaign against Hamas.

Saudi Arabia: Mamdani… and New York’s ‘Swallow’!

November 11, 2025. Published in Asharq Al-Awsat

[T]he Republican Party is now a coalition of religious conservatives, the social and economic right, and libertarian oligarchs. For their part, the Democrats have become a broad “tent” uniting liberals, moderates, and socialists.

Iraq: The Busan Summit between Trump and Xi: A Truce of Necessity, Not Reconciliation

November 11, 2025. Published in alsabaah

U.S-China relations remain governed by a delicate balance of deterrence and cooperation[.]

Colombia: Petro and His Mistake of Underestimating Trump

November 11, 2025. Published in El Colombiano

[Donald Trump's] warmongering vision ... has led the U.S. to take dangerously interventionist, unilateral and aggressive stances.

Germany: Trump’s Lust for Power

November 11, 2025. Published in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

[At] least a few Republicans are actually objecting to the president’s overreach. They won’t rein him in, though.

Oman: War of Extermination Continues Despite Ceasefire Agreement

November 11, 2025. Published in alwatan

The continued silence provides the occupation with cover to persist in killing and siege.

Israel: When Socialists and Fascists Unite on Antisemitism

November 10, 2025. Published in Israel Hayom

Mamdani's socialists are not embarrassed when his election is celebrated with swastikas on synagogues, and Jean-Luc Mélenchon's socialists in France lean on Muslim antisemitism.