So honored to join the Sorrento Writers Festival this past weekend. 3 panels over 2 days. Deep thanks to Corrie Perkin and the outstanding team, and all the authors, journalists and scholars who joined in discussions of US politics, Trump, and the future of democracy.

'Donald Trump is saying 'I have to be immune, I should be immune from anything I did in office and that should not be challenged because presidents have to execute executive authority' & that’s what he wants the Supreme Court to decide.'Bruce Wolpe on ABC News
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Biden won big this week in the fight against authoritarianism. But with Ukraine uncertain and prospects for a forever war in the Middle East, the world is in turmoil. Can Biden see America through these wars? His re-election may well hinge on it. My essay The Sydney Morning Herald The Age-BW United States Studies Centre.

“The election is Trump’s to win if he can attract enough voters beyond the base he commands, who have lost confidence in Biden and who hear his ‘America First’ siren song.” Author of ‘Trump’s Australia’ Bruce Wolpe on the presidential race
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With #afternoonbriefing ⁦ABC News⁩ : Congress passes the aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. Trump faces contempt at his trial in New York. Biden in Florida, and new polls. BW ⁦United States Studies Centre⁩. fb.watch/rEDL3iIpdK/

Anzac Eve 2024. The Cenotaph. Martin Place, Sydney.

The Anzac spirit – mateship, endurance and courage – settled over the United States Congress this week. Biden has won this war with the Trumpists over his wars in his presidency. But these wars might yet take him down in November. - BW United States Studies Centre. smh.com.au/world/north-am…

Senior Fellow at the United States Studies Centre Bruce Wolpe on the presidential race: “For now, Biden faces a huge deficit in the polls. But it’s hardly insurmountable with seven months to go. There will be surprises.”
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Wednesday's #afternoonbriefing ABC News: Also, developments in the Assange extradition proceedings, Israel-Iran, the latest US presidential polls, and maybe a Biden-Trump debate. Segment is at 37:30.- BW United States Studies Centre

Why Trump's hush money trial in New York beginning on Monday poses a serious threat to his presidential campaign - legally and politically. His invocations of Mandela, Jesus and the Bible may not save him. My essay The Sydney Morning Herald The Age - BW United States Studies Centre.

'This may be Trump’s only trial before the election. The 77-year-old urgently needs an acquittal to show once and for all that his unjust prosecution proves he is being horrifically, politically persecuted by Joe Biden.' United States Studies Centre's Bruce Wolpe writes in the The Sydney Morning Herald.
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Today is my mom's 96th birthday! To celebrate her, please listen to this great song that Taylor Swift wrote about my parents! 💐

My mother founded Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights in the fall of 1969 to carry forth my father’s legacy. For more than half a century, my mom has been a champion…

.ABC News #afternoonbriefing today: President Biden's 'significant' comments on Julian Assange, plus the Biden-Kishida summit, Two States and the Middle East, and abortion politics in the US. - BW United States Studies Centre. fb.watch/rnBnr4Dr1U/ via facebookwatch

Can Donald Trump really be told to be quiet?

Today, Bruce Wolpe on whether Trump’s legal battles are finally catching up with him.

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“Biden is not Benjamin Button. A majority of voters who were for him in 2020 say he is now too old to be effective.” Senior Fellow at the United States Studies Centre Bruce Wolpe on the presidential race
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#OnThisDay : Fifty-six years ago today, on March 31, 1968, #PresidentJohnson stunned the world by announcing a bombing halt in #Vietnam and that he would not be seeking re-election.

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When Trump parades a hog-tied Biden, his violent threat to democracy is beyond question. If you want to understand the pathology of Donald Trump’s politics – the violent nihilism that is at the core of his identity in public life – this is it. My essay The Sydney Morning Herald The Age - BW United States Studies Centre.

Compelling!

If you want to understand the pathology of Donald Trump’s politics – the violent nihilism that is at the core of his identity in public life – this is it. BW United States Studies Centre . smh.com.au/world/north-am…

Trump shared an image of President Biden hog-tied to Truth Social. Here’s what it means for America and democracy.

I agree with Bruce Wolpe.
Where is the outcry about this incitement to violence against Biden from the one who seeks to replace him? smh.com.au/world/north-am…