Donny from marketing goes to the United Nations
Scott Gilmore: Trump’s much-awaited and ultimately amateurish UN speech confirmed that America’s relevance continues to shrink
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Scott Gilmore
Scott Gilmore is a former diplomat and social entrepreneur who works in (and writes about) the United States, Africa and Asia. His disclosures are many and can be found here: http://linkd.in/1DDzoKv.
The right’s terrorism problem
Scott Gilmore on why we remain so focused on the bogeyman of Islamic terrorism when the most dangerous terror threat is far right extremism
Donald Trump’s response to Harvey is better than it looks
Scott Gilmore: After one of his worst weeks as president, Donald Trump heads to Houston in the midst of crisis—and isn’t making things worse
What happens if Donald Trump quits?
Scott Gilmore: Leaving office would be easy, but the job for President Pence of rebuilding the nation and its reputation would be monumental
This was a better week than you think for the United States
Boston’s 40,000-strong response to a planned alt-right rally marks a new nation-wide repudiation of both the Confederacy and racism.
The loneliness of Donald Trump
Scott Gilmore: No longer able to command fear or respect, the U.S. president is suddenly very isolated and his White House a sideshow
F--k it: Why we need to swear more
Scott Gilmore on the importance of swear words and why we can no longer describe our current world using polite vocabulary alone
Donald Trump is hurtling the world towards crisis. He needs to go.
Scott Gilmore: In his bellicose tweets about North Korea, Donald Trump is doing the opposite of crisis management.
Relax, Donald Trump’s threats about North Korea are meaningless
Scott Gilmore: The question around Trump’s North Korea statement is not ’Will he do it?’, but rather ’Why is he talking out of his arse?’
Fake news? You ain’t seen nothing yet.
Scott Gilmore: Public confidence in media, business, government and other institutions is already at an all-time low. New technology is set to make truth even harder to discern.