The Irish Times View on the Appointment of a New US Envoy to Northern Ireland

For a nation founded on massacres of Native Americans and centuries-long African slave ownership, the lurch towards racism under Trump is not surprising.

Americans have watched the genocidal war on their phones.

[T]he U.S. government does not have the legislative authority to negotiate free trade agreements.

What perhaps remains unresolved, is how long the American electorate will allow Trump to reduce their country into a paranoia state, an empire of appalling tantrums and ragtag diplomacy.

The Brotherhood enjoys a wider reach inside the U..S and growing influence among a rapidly expanding Muslim community.