Travelling Trump on a heavily-armed road to nowhere
The President's Riyadh speech was long on rhetoric, but it was what he didn't say that has left many predicting further US failure in the Middle East.
Paul McGeough is chief foreign correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald.
The President's Riyadh speech was long on rhetoric, but it was what he didn't say that has left many predicting further US failure in the Middle East.
"America is prepared to stand with you - in pursuit of shared interests and common security," the US president said.
Donald Trump is off to Saudi Arabia, Israel and various points in Europe on his first foreign trip as President. In his wake Washington is reeling.
In a city in which the Trump tempest whips up a daily torrent of news, it's like we're in the eye of the storm.
But as the White House hunkers, Republicans in Congress have reached a crossroads.
Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle reportedly said she's "in conversation" with the administration about taking the post.
Alan Dershowitz is no radical. So when he says this is "the most serious charge ever made" against a sitting president, it may be time to sit up and take notice.
So ferocious is the commentary on Donald Trump's sacking of FBI director James Comey that the underlying reasons for so much gnashing of teeth are lost.
Nothing could diminish the mutual lovefest as Donald Trump and Malcolm Turnbull marked the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea in New York.
President Donald Trump has showered Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull with praise and labelled their reported fiery January phone call as "fake news".
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