The Wire Weekly 17 Jan 2025
Stories from The Wire this week, all in one compact package. Image: Image: The Wire Produced By: Roderick Chambers First aired on The Wire, Saturday 18 January 2025
Trump
Trudeau finally pulls the plug on his leadership
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau has been under extreme pressure to step down particularly following the dramatic resignation of finance minister and deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland ahead of her appearance to announce the yearly economic statement prior to Christmas. US President-elect Trump had been having a field day offering to make Canada the 51st state …
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A second Trump Presidency will be more forceful
Lessons learnt from the obstructions the last Trump administration experienced will ensure speedy action on Trump policies. There appears to be a comprehensive plan ready to be put in place and there will be little to slow down the enaction of new policies Image: Image: Shutterstock – Below the Sky Produced By: Roderick Chambers Featured …
Trump Wins
Strong promises and a struggling and patchy economy played well for Donald Trump in the 2024 Elections. The traditional checks and balances of the American political system seem to have fallen away with Trump secure with projected majorities in the House, the Senate and of course the majority on the Supreme Court. All of the …
US Election Polls tied
With less than two weeks until the 2024 US Presidential Election, Kamala Harris (Democrat) and Donald Trump (Republican) are tied in several polls. There are narrow leads on either side. Despite Trump closing the gap, his former Chief of Staff, John Kelly, warned the press that Trump fits the definition of a fascist and had …
Missiles kill over 50 in Poltava – Putin’s new strategy
Missiles have hit central Ukraine in the city of Poltava and killed over 50 in a military school. This follows an assault on Kharkiv earlier in the week. Russia’s ambition appears now to be to pound various parts of Ukraine prior to attempting to take back territory around Kursk that Ukraine has occupied. It could …
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Harris the only option to replace Biden
Given the almost irresistible pressure for Joe Biden to step aside for another Democratic candidate, the question arises as to who this might be. One of the vagaries of the Presidential electoral system is that candidate donations can only be used by either Biden or Harris. So it would look to be Kamala Harris is …
Biden gaffes spark advice from George Clooney
After a disastrous early debate with Donald Trump , Joe Biden needed some clear air from the NATO summit. Yet he again tripped over names mixing up Putin and Zelenskeyy , and although he quickly corrected it, at the press conference he said Vice President Trump when he meant Kamala Harris in answer to a …