Don wan: Harris keeps Trump tame

As attention has focused on war in Iran, Israel sees an opportunity to crush a weakened Hizbullah in Lebanon. Our correspondent says it would be far better for the Lebanese state to do so. As south-east Asia is modernising, Islam is counterintuitively gaining greater primacy in c ...  Show more

A rash entry into a war of choice exposes President Donald Trump in a number of ways—and he may prove more dangerous as he becomes weaker. Turkey’s foreign entanglements mask the democratic backsliding at home; that is bad news for an opposition figure whose trial just began. And ...  Show more

The vice-president turned in a confident if imperfect performance, leaving Donald Trump <a href="https://www.economist.com/united-states/2024/09/11/kamala-harris-makes-donald-trump-look-out-of-his-depth?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&u ...

Once again President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/07/07/the-great-dealmaker-is-conspicuously-short-of-trade-deals?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_s ...

The most consequential decision of Donald Trump’s presidency is now on pause for two weeks. We examine how the choice <a href="https://www.economist.com/international/2025/06/17/in-trumpworld-toppling-rulers-is-taboo?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=the ...

Even in the run-up to Donald Trump’s “<a href="https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/04/03/trump-takes-americas-trade-policies-back-to-the-19th-century?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymo ...