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Donald Trump is an American businessman, media personality, and politician who served as the 45th President of the United States from 2017-2021. Known for his real estate empire, reality TV show 'The Apprentice', and controversial political career, Trump remains one of the most polarizing figures in American politics.
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The increasingly frosty relationship between America and Iran will have been causing distress to anyone with a nervous disposition. President Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal last year in order to put sanctions on the country. In doing so, he has destabilised a delicate political situation which had brought…
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It's fair to say that Alec Baldwin and President Donald Trump aren't exactly on close terms. Baldwin's views mean that he's often at odds with the Republican leader, and choosing to portray him in a series of sketches on Saturday Night Live certainly didn't help matters. To be fair to…
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To the dismay of grandparents and traditionalists everywhere, video gaming is now officially a high school sport. Esports is the fastest growing spectator sport and its influence is being seen in the US education system where, in eight states, it is a legitimate varsity sport. Connecticut, Georgia, Kentucky, Massachusetts and…
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Tattoos are an important decision. After all, they're going to be permanently on your skin, unless you find an expensive and painful option to remove it. So if you're dead set on getting one, you better be certain that it's a design you'll be happy to wake up to each…
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Ever since Scottish officials tried to build a "really ugly wind farm" by his Aberdeen golf course in 2006, Donald Trump has been an outspoken critic of wind power. He has also been a lifelong climate change denier, despite 97% of climate scientists agreeing that climate change is real and…
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In an essay for The Cut, Nevada lawmaker Lucy Flores accused former vice president Joe Biden of touching her inappropriately while backstage at a 2014 campaign event. She wrote that he sneaked up behind her, smelled her hair and "proceeded to plant a big slow kiss" on the back of…
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From the very beginning of his campaign for the presidency, Donald Trump has been threatening to construct a border wall between the USA and Mexico. Now, as those threats get closer and closer to a reality, warnings about the impact it would have on the US economy are beginning to…
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Donald Trump is a president like no other. His ability to whip up excitement for politics, especially from those who previously despised it, is second to none. He has created a vast following of loyal supporters who - for some reason or another - don’t mind when he says something…
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On Tuesday, President Donald Trump held an event with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to discuss defense spending by European countries. While expressing disappointment in Germany's budget, he said he still respects the country as an ally. The 72-year-old then made a bizarre false statement regarding his father's heritage. “I…
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The death penalty has long been a hot button topic with many arguing that it is necessary both as a deterrent and a punishment, while others campaign that it is outdated and barbaric. However, as the self-styled leader of the free world, the US is something of an anomaly. There…
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Last Friday, President Donald Trump threatened to shut down America's southern border if Mexico does not take action to stop the influx of migrants into the United States. "If they don’t stop them, we’re closing the border,” he said at an event in Florida. "We’ll close it. And we’ll keep…
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A long-fought debate has finally reached something of a conclusion, with Facebook announcing on Wednesday that white nationalism and white separatism will soon be banned on both Facebook and Instagram. Facebook has repeatedly been criticised for allowing hate speech to flourish and, separately, was accused of allowing misinformation to spread…
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Donald Trump has broken his silence on the "outrageous" Jussie Smollet case, naming it "an embarrassment to the nation". All charges against the Empire star were dropped this week, but the American president weighed in on the situation on social media, claiming the FBI and DOJ would now be investigating…
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Yesterday, it was revealed that Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation had cleared the Trump campaign of conspiring with Russia. The report found no evidence of collusion between President Donald Trump’s election team and the transcontinental country in the 2016 election, however, left open the question of whether the former reality…
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On Friday, an attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand resulted in the deaths of 50 people, and the injury of many others. The incident was the worst mass shooting in the country's history, and has had a significant effect on people all over the world - whether it…
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When Donald Trump was running for president, he promised his supporters that he would build a wall at the US southern border and that Mexico would pay for it. However, after becoming president, he failed to persuade Mexico to agree to this proposal. For his first two years in office,…
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On Tuesday, the FBI accused two ACT/SAT administrators, one exam proctor, one college administrator, nine athletic coaches and 33 parents of being involved in a massive nationwide bribery scheme to get lackluster students into prestigious colleges. The schools targeted in the bust included Georgetown, Yale, Stanford, the University of Texas,…
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Donald Trump and Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson are two people who dominate the public view, but Kim Kardashian is probably the most recognisable woman around in the world right now. Clad with her trademark curves and with the backing and support of her famous family, Kim K dominates Twitter and…
