‘Trump was as dumb as a fox’: How Trump’s incendiary illegal aliens comments migrated votes from Democrats to Republicans
By the end of the campaign, Trump’s rhetoric was turning angrier and more apocalyptic. He frequently warned of a global nuclear war should he lose. In the final weeks, he appeared to gain momentum in polls. With the race looking like a coin toss, he showed little restraint. He repeatedly warned of the “enemy from within” when referring to political opponents, words that Democrats denounced as dangerous and reminiscent of fascist rhetoric.
Let Trump be Trump: How arrival of trusted advisor and would-be assassin’s bullet anchored Trump’s victory
Donald Trump forged key alliances, including with tech billionaire Elon Musk, who spent at least $119 million on canvassing for Trump in the seven battleground states. He also resisted calls to fire senior campaign staffers, choosing to keep together a team that avoided the internal chaos of Trump’s previous bids.
Is Uganda a failed state? President Museveni, its high priest of interest politics thinks so, blames it on allegiance on ethnonationalism
In the recent past, we heard of some workers of State House forging the president’s signature, defrauding the country and even appointing and disappointing people using the forged president’s signature. seem people think this an indication of state failure. To be useful institutions must work and succeed each other sustainably. Let me say something about the ecology of institutions.
South Sudan and Kenya presidents direct mediators in stalled peace talks to resolve outstanding issues
South Sudan is going through an economic crisis that has seen civil servants go unpaid for almost one year, after oil exports were disrupted by a damaged pipeline in war-torn neighbouring Sudan.
Post-election fighting engulfs Mozambique as government threatens to deploy military to quell violence
Police cleared barricades in several Maputo neighbourhoods on Wednesday ahead of a major protest called by the runner-up in the election Venancio Mondlane, who received 20 per cent of the national vote. Mondlane has alleged widespread rigging of the elections in favour of Frelimo.