US president Donald Trump on Tuesday again criticised European allies for their refusal to assist in the Iran war, arguing they should “go get your own oil” from the Strait of Hormuz or buy from the US as global oil and fuel supplies have become strained during the conflict. In a further indication that he … Read more
Donald Trump has again attacked America’s allies over their reluctance to get involved in the Iran war, warning them the “US won’t be there to help you anymore, just like you weren’t there for us”. Iran war live updates: For the latest on the Middle East conflict, read our blog. The US president singled out … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — President Donald Trump expressed frustration Tuesday with allies who have been unwilling to do more to support the U.S. war effort, telling them to “go get your own oil” as the conflict with Iran and its closure of the Strait of Hormuz sent average U.S. gas prices past $4 … Read more
Donald Trump used to brag about grabbing women by the crotch. Now he’s grabbing the world by its axis. He still believes he has the right to swoop in with a transgressive attack. He has simply expanded his targets. “When you’re a star,” he once said, “they let you do it. You can do anything.” … Read more
On the short drive from the airport runway to Auburn Hills last week, JD Vance had an epiphany. The Republican Party 2028 front-runner has had a conspicuously quiet and reticent few months as his administration lurched into its unexpected foreign adventurism, beginning with Venezuela and culminating in the unfolding disaster in the Middle East. Through … Read more
Although he was a noted Nixon supporter in the early 1970s, Elvis Presley largely kept his political views private throughout his messy final years of that messy decade. But on Monday, The King found himself shimmering through the thoughts of one Donald J Trump during a presidential day trip to Memphis in which the Iran … Read more
For star-struck podcaster Scott Galloway, the Vanity Fair Oscar party on Sunday conjured “the most aspirational environment I’ve ever been in in my life”. I certainly felt aspirational. I aspired to have fun in the beautiful, curvaceous new wing of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art – before my high heels began to hurt. … Read more
On Wednesday afternoon, US president Donald Trump made the short flight to Dover Airbase for the solemn transfer of the six service members killed in the Middle East during a refuelling mission. The ceremony was not broadcast, at the request of the families, but the sombre photographs – heavy coats and heavy mood against a … Read more
When US president Donald Trump turns for advice on his war in Iran, it is sobering to consider who he finds. There is his golfing friend Steve Witkoff, the spectacularly unqualified property developer who is Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East. And Tulsi Gabbard, the spy chief who reassured Congress that intelligence experts believed … Read more
Pentagon says Iran’s new supreme leader ‘wounded’ amid ongoing speculation over his health The Journal Iran’s supreme leader ‘likely disfigured’, Hegseth says as strikes hit Tehran’s ability to build more weapons BBC Iran vows to fight on in first message issued in name of Mojtaba Khamenei The Guardian Iran supreme leader’s first purported message leaves a major question … Read more