Tag: Donald Trump
Northern Mariana Islands advocates hit back at Trump diversity directives
By Mark Rabago, RNZ Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas correspondent
Two LGBTQIA+ advocates in the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) are up in arms over...
Israel has ramped up West Bank raids to ‘distract’ from ceasefire,...
Asia Pacific Report
Israeli forces have been ramping up operations in the occupied West Bank-- mainly the Jenin refugee camp – to “distract” from the...
Friend or foe? How Trump’s threats against ‘free-riding’ allies could backfire
ANALYSIS: By Nicholas Khoo, University of Otago
Donald Trump is an unusual United States President in that he may be the first to strike greater...
Pacific 2025: Vanuatu quake, Tongan and Kanaky shakeups, Trump questions set...
Navigating the shared challenges of climate change, geostrategic tensions, political upheaval, disaster recovery and decolonisation plus a 50th birthday party, reports a BenarNews contributor's...
Palau’s president invites Trump to visit Pacific to see climate crisis...
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/Bulletin editor
Palau's President Surangel Whipps Jr is inviting US President-elect Donald Trump to "visit the Pacific" to see firsthand...
US elections featuring ‘racism, sexism’ pose challenges for Global South
COMMENTARY: By Patrick Gathara
Anger and fear have greeted the return to power of former US strongman Donald Trump, a corrupt far-white extremist coup plotter...
Kamala Harris’s support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza ‘betrayal of true...
Democracy Now!
AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, “War, Peace and the Presidency.” I’m Amy Goodman, with Nermeen Shaikh.
NERMEEN SHAIKH: As we continue to look...
Paul Buchanan: All in all, Trump’s election is a calamity in...
COMMENTARY: By Paul G Buchanan
Surveying the wreckage of the US elections, here are some observations that have emerged:
Campaigns based on hope do not always...
New survey finds an alarming tolerance for attacks on the press...
ANALYSIS: By Julie Posetti, City St George's, University of London and Waqas Ejaz, University of Oxford
Press freedom is a pillar of American democracy. But...
Pacific nation leaders look forward to strengthened US relations with Trump
RNZ Pacific
The Tongan and Fijian prime ministers are among the first Pacific Island leaders to congratulate US President-elect Donald Trump.
Trump, 78, returned to the...
Gavin Ellis: A day to be gripped by fear – ‘freedom’...
COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis
This morning, I am afraid. I am very afraid.
I fear that by the time I go to bed democracy in the...
US elections: Cook Islands group warns of climate crisis pushback if...
By Losirene Lacanivalu of the Cook Islands News
The leading Cook Islands environmental lobby group says that if Donald Trump wins the United States elections...
US presidential election holds high stakes for Pacific relations
PMN Pacific Mornings
With Election Day for one of the most consequential United States presidential races in recent history underway, Pasifika communities on both sides...
Donald Trump ‘unfit to lead’ – vote for Harris, warns New...
Pacific Media Watch
The editorial board of The New York Times has demolished Donald Trump in a single paragraph calling on readers to vote for...
Harris will not be a president for marginalised people – in...
COMMENTARY: By Donald Earl Collins
She made it clear in her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in August, again at her televised debate...
How the US election may affect Pacific Island nations
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
As the US election unfolds, American territories such as the Northern Marianas, American Samoa, and Guam, along with...
US elections: Editorial writers at LA Times, Washington Post resign after...
Writers resign from The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times in protest over the blocking of their editorials by the billionaire owners. Video: Democracy...
Two of the US’s biggest newspapers have refused to endorse a...
ANALYSIS: By Denis Muller, The University of Melbourne
In February 2017, as Donald Trump took office, The Washington Post adopted the first slogan in its...
Promoting peace and stability in the Middle East by unconditionally backing...
COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone
President Biden — if you feel like pretending Biden is still serving as President and still making the decisions in the White House — has...
Caitlin Johnstone: US presidential races hide the criminality of the Empire
COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone
The thing I hate about Western electoral politics in general and US presidential races in particular is that they take the...
Elevation, colour – and the American flag. Here’s what makes Evan...
ANALYSIS: By Sara Oscar, University of Technology Sydney
The attempted assassination of Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania was captured by several photographers who...
NZ elections 2023: Green Party, Te Pāti Māori call out ‘harmful...
RNZ News
Green Party co-leader James Shaw has compared the language of New Zealand First leader Winston Peters to former US president Donald Trump, saying...