Archive - America Explained

Trump is losing his trade war with China - badly, pt. 1

Trump has blown up America's deterrence

Jul 22 •

Andrew Gawthorpe

Round-up: More Epstein fallout. Ukraine weapons. Will Trump fire Powell?

Analysis of the week's events

Jul 18 •

Andrew Gawthorpe

Will Trump mess with elections?

It's the final frontier - the one there's no coming back from

Jul 17 •

Andrew Gawthorpe

Trump wants to make ICE bigger than the FBI

Under plans, it'll be the biggest federal security agency

Jul 15 •

Andrew Gawthorpe

Round-up: Tariff Man is back. Russia sanctions. FBI infighting.

Analysis of the week's events

Jul 11 •

Andrew Gawthorpe

The Epstein affair is the biggest rift yet

Jul 10 •

Andrew Gawthorpe

Musk's America Party is doomed

His message makes no sense

Jul 8 •

Andrew Gawthorpe

Round up: Musk deported? Ukraine denied Patriots. MAGA call for genocide.

Analysis of the week's events

Jul 4 •

Andrew Gawthorpe

The courts can no longer hold Trump to account

A five-alarm constitutional fire

Jul 3 •

Andrew Gawthorpe

MAGA abuses its own rural base. Does the base care?

They'll probably get away with it

Jul 2 •

Andrew Gawthorpe

June 2025

Round-up: A dismal NATO summit. Post-truth intelligence politics. New York state of politics.

Analysis of the week's events

Jun 27 •

Andrew Gawthorpe

Trump's contradictory Europe policy

Don't expect much clarity from the NATO summit

Jun 25 •

Andrew Gawthorpe

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