A sequence of provocative moves this week—from a trade clash with Canada and AI-driven social posts to escalating consequences of the Iran conflict—has disrupted relations with allies and raised immediate economic and political risks at home and abroad.
Trump provoked Canada with new trade measures and renamed Lake Ontario ‘Lake America’, accompanied by AI videos mocking Canadian symbols.
The Iran war Trump started in February has worsened: US-Israeli strikes on Tehran preceded Iranian control of the Strait of Hormuz and sustained disruption of major shipping.
Iranian attacks on Gulf allies and US bases have pushed up oil prices, worsening global cost-of-living pressures just before US midterm elections.
A Week Of Global Turmoil | HuffPost UK Politics Skip to Main Content × Main Menu U.K. What's Hot US President Donald Trump arrives to a ceremony honoring Artemis II crew members at NASA's Johnson Space Center on August 28, 2026 Win McNamee via Getty Images Donald Trump may actually have finally lost it this week. While the US president already has a reputation for being unpredictable, mercurial and chaotic – to say the least – he seems to have taken it to a new level in the last few days.
There is growing anger that he rarely seems focused on the everyday problems of the very people who voted him into the White House. Every week, Kevin Schofield and Kate Nicholson unpack the week's biggest stories to keep you informed. If the States did withdraw its backing for the British Overseas Territory – and instead start supporting Argentina's claim to the archipelago – then it would spell major trouble for the UK-US "special relationship" and trigger Burnham's first international crisis.
The president seems to be in denial about the reality of the war. Trump appears to be testing new UK prime minister Andy Burnham, too. Or is it his way of forcing the government to spend more money on defence.
Since his first presidential term, onlookers have been arguing that Donald Trump is deeply unwell. Whether it be dementia, some sort of severe mental disorder, or the result of some sort of unconfirmed drug addiction or disease, there is simply no denying that the man has never been the poster child for mental stabilit
Over the weekend, President Donald Trump uncorked one of his worst social media meltdowns to date , chock-full of AI-generated garbage, spewing some of his most insane ideas to date, including ownership of the moon, promotion of his Space Force idea, complete with uniform mock-ups, and repeated suggestions to change th
I simply cannot be convinced that the sitting president of the United States is not actively in the throes of a serious mental health breakdown, and we're all just being forced to ride it out with him. In the most wee hours of Tuesday morning, Donald Trump uncorked one of his most truly unhinged Truth Social temper tan
Within just a few minutes, Donald J. Trump somehow managed to call the press "treasonous SCUM" for reporting a munitions shortage, then spent his next post insisting the U.S. has "virtually unlimited" ammo and is producing "levels never seen before" — the kind of overcorrection that tends to happen when the thing you'r
The president’s latest claim about international trade doesn’t seem to match reality.
Donald Trump has managed to spend the entirety of his trouble-plagued second presidential term living inside a self-aggrandizing bubble of hubris and ego, surrounding himself with a small, tight group of yes-men -- and, of course, Natalie Harp -- who will only tell him flattering, wonderful thing about himself, while s
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