2024 presidential election | Watching America

U.K.: Donald Trump: the President Making Anywhere but America Great Again

Lalatendu Das - March 18, 2025. Published in The Guardian

The U.S. stock market is spooked and this henchmogul’s companies are floundering. Has the great dealmaker been building up … the wrong nation?

Spain: King Trump

Lalatendu Das - March 1, 2025. Published in El Pais

The question is ... whether American democracy is strong enough to withstand the challenges of a leader.

Nigeria: President Trump’s Transformation of the Democratic System

Lalatendu Das - February 12, 2025. Published in The Guardian

Trump’s policies signal a fundamental shift away from globalization.

Malta: Donald Trump Is Not the Problem

Lalatendu Das - February 11, 2025. Published in Times of Malta

The election of Donald Trump reflects the values so many Americans believe in.

Taiwan: Democracy That Abandons the 3 Treasures

Jennifer Sampson - February 6, 2025. Published in The Merit Times

[A]merica now is ruled by the rich, and power is far from the people.

Japan: Turbulent Times Call for a World Order Not Fixated on Trump’s US

Lalatendu Das - January 23, 2025. Published in The Asahi Shimbun

Trump is poised to purge liberals from the government. American democracy will likely face an even more serious crisis.

Taiwan: Watch Out for Trumpism 2.0’s Impact on the Global Order and US-China Relations

Matthew McKay - January 23, 2025. Published in The Storm Media

[T]hat Trumpism exists means the world is still in the grip of strong populist sentiment.

Nigeria: America’s King: A Biblical Perspective on Trump’s Presidency

Lalatendu Das - January 20, 2025. Published in The Guardian

By electing Trump, America has ... in sum opted for the kingship of man instead of the kingship of God.

India: Donald Trump 2.0 Begins with an Alarming Agenda

Lalatendu Das - January 20, 2025. Published in Deccan Chronicle

As Trump steps in, the anxieties of the world will be more about the trade wars he may engender with planned retaliatory tariffs.

France: Dana White, Donald Trump’s ‘Buddy Guard’*

Soeli Leverett - January 13, 2025. Published in Les Echos

Trump always reserves a place of honor for him at his table, along with Elon Musk. One hell of a learned assembly!

Germany: An Election Win Confirmed and a Funeral Mark Historic Turning Point in US Politics

Anna Wright - January 8, 2025. Published in RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND)

It's not only Jimmy Carter that is being laid to rest in Washington, D.C. this week.

México: Latino Americans: No Longer a Minority

Stephen Routledge - January 7, 2025. Published in El Heraldo de México

2024 can be seen as the moment when the U.S. Latino minority began to make its influence felt.

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