Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO says assessing a Labour leader whose mission was to smash the left must involve addressing the delusions that fuelled his rise
DONALD TRUMP’s campaign and presidency have been marked by extreme controversy, divisiveness, and partisan polarisation.
Many contend the US hasn’t been this divided since the civil war — thus it stands to reason Trump may leave the White House in an unconventional, if not a totally unique way.
An article in the New York Times (For Trump, ‘a war every day,’ waged increasingly alone, December 22) quotes Steve Goldstein, who served as undersecretary of state until his dismissal along with Rex Tillerson, as saying: “What I’m trying to figure out is where does it end?”
The fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, a registered nurse and union member, has sparked nationwide protests and renewed calls from National Nurses United to dismantle Ice and related agencies, says MARK GRUENBERG
International solidarity can ensure that Trump and his machine cannot prevail without a level of political and economic cost that he will not want to pay, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
The global left must be unwavering in it is support for Venezuela as Washington increases its aggression, and clear-eyed about the West’s cynical motives for targeting it, says CLAUDIA WEBBE
Mask-off outbursts by Maga insiders and most strikingly, the destruction and reconstruction of the presidential seat, with a huge new $300m ballroom, means Trump isn’t planning to leave the White House when his term ends, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER


