Alex Hannaford

1 week ago | independent.co.uk | Alex Hannaford

In FocusTo understand the 100-day sprint, you have to understand the long game that’s playing out behind the scenes, says Alex Hannaford. Now it is happening in real time, America is having to face up to the consequences of a new dictator classNo one can accuse Donald Trump of easing his way slowly into the job the second time around; of slouching back in his chair in the Oval Office, Fox News on the big screen, remote in hand.

2 weeks ago | independent.co.uk | Alex Hannaford

In FocusWhile Donald Trump has barely been out of the news, the first lady has hardly been spotted since he was elected President for a second term. Even after a public show of affection in Italy at the Pope’s funeral this weekend, the couple reportedly went their separate ways the minute they landed in America.

1 month ago | independent.co.uk | Alex Hannaford

In FocusWhen Donald Trump took the oath of office once again, it was the last time he’d be able to do so under the country’s constitution. But that hasn’t stopped his team from flirting with the idea of running again, writes Alex Hannaford – and the Democrats are nowhere to be seen... When Donald Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon said “I’m a firm believer that President Trump will run and win again in 2028,” last week, it should have been a surprise, but wasn’t. “We’re working on it.

2 months ago | independent.co.uk | Alex Hannaford

In FocusWhether it is real estate or precious resources, Donald Trump is treating global geopolitics like a monopoly board. And that, says Alex Hannaford, is why no one should rely on his loyalty, not even Benjamin Netanyahu or Vladimir PutinDonald Trump would like the world to know he’s a man about big deals and big ideas. Last week he announced he was negotiating an end to the war between Russia and Ukraine – but without involving Ukraine in the deliberations.

Feb 8, 2025 | independent.co.uk | Alex Hannaford

The Longer readThe 900-page Mandate for Leadership was seen by many as a Christian nationalist roadmap for the 47th president of the United States of America. While Trump distanced himself from it on the campaign trail, Alex Hannaford reports on how his executive orders are following it to the letter…The next conservative president “must make the institutions of American civil society hard targets for woke culture warriors,” reads page four of Project 2025’s Mandate for Leadership.