Paul Owen

2 months ago | theguardian.com | Paul Owen

Beijing has hit back after the US vice-president, JD Vance, referred to “Chinese peasants” in an interview defending Donald Trump’s tariffs. Speaking to Fox News last week, Vance asked: “What has the globalist economy gotten the United States of America? And the answer is, fundamentally, it’s based on two principles – incurring a huge amount of debt to buy things that other countries make for us.

Feb 26, 2025 | theguardian.com | Oliver Holmes |Paul Owen

Donald Trump is facing a backlash on his Truth Social platform after sharing an AI-created video of him sipping cocktails with a topless Benjamin Netanyahu in Gaza, in a future imagining of the Palestinian territory devastated by Israel’s war. The video presented a computer-generated vision of Trump’s property development plan for Gaza, under which he said he wants to “clean out” the population of about 2 million people.

Jul 21, 2024 | ca.news.yahoo.com | Paul Owen

Joe Biden says it has been the greatest honour of his life to be the US president. Joe Biden says it has been the greatest honour of his life to be the US president. Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesJoe Biden on Sunday withdrew from the US presidential race after a disastrous debate performance that led Democrats to fear he was heading for certain defeat against Donald Trump. He published a letter announcing his decision to withdraw from his re-election bid on X.

Jul 21, 2024 | theguardian.com | Paul Owen

Joe Biden on Sunday withdrew from the US presidential race after a disastrous debate performance that led Democrats to fear he was heading for certain defeat against Donald Trump. He published a letter announcing his decision to withdraw from his re-election bid on X. Here it is in full:My Fellow Americans,Over the past three and a half years, we have made great progress as a nation. Today, America has the strongest economy in the world.

Jul 21, 2024 | aol.co.uk | Paul Owen

Joe Biden says it has been the greatest honour of his life to be the US president. Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesJoe Biden on Sunday withdrew from the US presidential race after a disastrous debate performance that led Democrats to fear he was heading for certain defeat against Donald Trump. He published a letter announcing his decision to withdraw from his re-election bid on X.