Matt Steinglass

Burgwallen-Nieuwe Zijde, Haarlem

Europe Correspondent, Europe Editor at The Economist

Europe correspondent at the Economist. @mattsteinglass.bsky.social is where I mostly post now. Almost done with Musk’s crap platform after his latest idiocy

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Is Kamala Harris right to call Donald Trump a fascist?

Oct 24, 2024 | economist.com | Matt Steinglass

The Economist explainsThe f-word helps explain him, but may not help beat him Oct 24th 2024ON OCTOBER 23RD Kamala Harris said that she considers Donald Trump to be a fascist. John Kelly, Mr Trump’s former chief of staff, recently said his old boss “falls into the general definition of fascist”. Mark Milley, a retired general who headed the joint chiefs of staff under Mr Trump, is quoted in a new book calling Mr Trump “fascist to the core”.
Poland is trying to restore the rule of law without violating it

Feb 7, 2024 | economist.com | Matt Steinglass

Donald Tusk seeks to undo a hard-right party’s capture of the stateSINCE DECEMBER Kalina Ostrowska has been coming home from school and doing something that would shock most parents of 16-year-olds: she turns on the television and watches the Sejm, Poland’s parliament. Lots of her friends are watching, too. Young Poles have become strangely interested in politics.