Donald Trump

Calum Marsh: The widespread cheapening of Twitter discourse by attention-seeking politicians and journalists is form of ‘shock advertising,’ and one big waste of everyone’s time

Adnan R. Khan: Donald Trump’s winner-take-all world view has decimated the international order that was built to help avoid chaos

Scott Gilmore: Democracy is fraying, mass shootings occur daily, white supremacy is marching forward. Why are the streets so empty?

Could Trump follow the formula President Truman used on Hiroshima?

Scott Gilmore: This will be Trump’s legacy: When he’s gone, lawmakers from both parties will rush to put into law constraints on the presidency

Allen Abel in Washington: 50 years after the incredible Apollo 11 mission, Trump was in the Oval Office, his head in the stars but no further ahead

Image of the week: Four U.S. congresswomen have got the best of the U.S. president, and their reaction to his racist tweets says it all

Scott Gilmore: Thirty years ago, it was easy to believe when Reagan said that America was a ’beacon of freedom’. Nobody’s buying it today.

Allen Abel in Washington: On the South Lawn, the president doubled down on his racist taunts as Democrats seethed and Republicans went mute

Image of the Week: The all-out audacity of the world champion U.S. women’s soccer team once drew rebuke. Now it’s winning international applause.