From the magazine Freddy Gray

Trump’s big gambles are paying off

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EXPLORE THE ISSUE 03 May 2025
issue 03 May 2025

‘I run the country and the world,’ said President Donald Trump last week. That’s not really an exaggeration. In our ever more mediatised age, Trump doesn’t just make the news. He is the news, win or lose. Why did Mark Carney triumph in the Canadian elections? A Trump backlash. What happened at the Pope’s funeral? Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky talked peace.

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