Donald Trump

Image of the Week: That shadowy team of officers yanking people off the streets of Portland, Ore. is one more hallmark of the autocrat the U.S. president seems to wish he could be

Adnan R. Khan: As Trump’s poll numbers plummet, a desperate U.S. president reveals his true colours, and finds theatrics can only take him so far

Mark Kingwell: What happened to humility, more education, and a great deal of open discourse? It’s not me, you or some other person with an M.D. or a Ph.D. who matters, it’s good arguments that should prevail.

Image of the Week: Either the U.S. president succumbed to weeks of expert consensus on masks, or he had an attack of common sense. Which is more likely?

A surge of mail-in voting could sow chaos in this fall’s U.S. election, dividing the country and handing Donald Trump a pretext to cling to office if he loses

Bruce Anderson: Our polling suggests that Trump’s leadership has made many Americans less aware of America’s standing in the world, and more open to off-the-wall ideas

A new poll of U.S. attitudes points to some surprising views about the border and America’s own troubled place in the world

David Moscrop: The U.S. could lean into postal voting, which is far safer than its in-person variant. But of course President Trump opposes that.

Scott Gilmore: Donald Trump and Justin Trudeau are both committed performers playing different roles, but neither of them actually lead

Philippe J. Fournier: Thirty per cent of Conservative supporters would prefer Trump to Trudeau as a leader. That’s a problem for a party needing to widen its base.