Chris Michael

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Chris Michael |Tural Ahmedzade |Paul Scruton |Harrison Taylor

After a series of immigration raids across the city of Los Angeles on Friday inspired mostly peaceful protests involving a few hundred people, the situation escalated on Saturday when the US president, Donald Trump, took the unprecedented step of mobilizing the national guard – the country’s military reserve units – claiming the demonstrations amounted to “rebellion” against the authority of the US government.

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Lucy Hough |Chris Michael |Homa Khaleeli

When Donald Trump came to power it was on the promise he would enact mass deportations. His hard line on immigration was seen in raids, and rumours of raids, in LA last week. In response protesters took to the streets. Then on Sunday, the president took the almost unprecedented decision to deploy the national guard against the largely peaceful demonstrators. The decision has sent shock waves through the political establishment.

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Chris Michael

Photographs taken at Donald Trump’s cabinet meeting this week have revealed that top White House officials are now communicating using an even less secure version of the Signal messaging app than was at the center of a huge national security scandal last month.

2 months ago | theguardian.com | Chris Michael

Donald Trump is rather obviously the worst thing to happen to Canada since, well, the last time Americans tried to invade. But another possibility is brewing, if in a quiet, careful, Canuckian way: that he could also be one of the best. Trump’s threats towards Canada appear delusional. But it’s useless to ask if his remarks about the “51st state” are a joke. He doesn’t joke about things he doesn’t want, and the jokes are designed to soften the ground.

2 months ago | msn.com | Chris Michael

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