The Irish Times View on Turmoil in Los Angeles: Key Test of Trump’s Power

Trump-Putin meeting a victory for Russia’s positive diplomatic strategy and an admission that Moscow cannot be isolated.

When millions of once-loyal supporters become disillusioned with a party, there can only be one result: electoral disaster.

It is beyond cavil that there can be no lasting peace for Ukraine without iron-clad security guarantees.

Whilst the reason being given by the U.S. for its warships being close to Venezuela is the war on drugs, this may be only partly true.

[T]he Washington Post documented 30,573 false or misleading claims Trump made during his first presidential term, an average of 21 per day.

Thus, the dear leader (or “daddy,” as some European leaders have grown fond of calling him) instructed his officials to “start the exact same process that has been done with colleges and universities where tremendous progress has been made.”

One of the cardinal mistakes made by the U.S. administration was to conclude the summit in Anchorage with no mention of a desperately needed ceasefire agreement.