Tag Archives: Donald Trump

21Jan/26

Tilting at Turbines: The 2026 Davos Standoff

January 21, 2026PoliticsBart De Wever, Belgium, Bright green environmentalism, China, Davos, Don Quixote, Donald Trump, Emmanuel Macron, France, Germany, Greenland, Key Response, Miguel de Cervantes, Olaf Scholz, Renewable energy, United States, Ursula von der Leyen, Wind turbine, Windmill, World Economic Forumadmin

Jan. 21, 2026 /Mpelembe Media/ — The trending comparison of Donald Trump to Don Quixote stems from his keynote address at the 2026 World Economic Forum (WEF) on January 21. In a speech that has rattled global markets, the President targeted European green energy as a “Green New Scam,” specifically mocking wind turbines as “losers” and “bird graveyards.” He alleged that China is “selling windmills to stupid people in Europe” while secretly avoiding their use at home—a claim that fact-checkers and European leaders have characterized as a “Quixotic” battle against imaginary giants. Continue reading →

29Dec/25

Hakainde Hichilema: Zambia’s Leader at the Centre of a Global Superpower Tug-of-War

December 29, 2025EconomyChina, China–United States relations, Donald Trump, Hakainde Hichilema, JOHANNESBURG, Li Qiang, Presidency of Hakainde Hichilema, Presidents of Zambia, United States, Xi Jinping, Zambiaadmin

Dec. 29, 2025 /Mpelembe Media/ — Hakainde Hichilema as been ranked as one of the pre-eminent global leaders of 2025. The Zambian President has successfully positioned his nation as a highly desirable partner amidst the geopolitical competition between the United States and China. High-level diplomatic visits, such as the arrival of the Chinese Premier, underscore the country’s growing strategic importance. Continue reading →

25Nov/25

Trump Launches Genesis Mission AI Initiative

November 25, 2025TechnologyAI boom, Applications of artificial intelligence, Artificial intelligence, Artificial intelligence arms race, Artificial intelligence in India, Chris Wright, Computational neuroscience, Cybernetics, Deep learning, Donald Trump, Foundation model, Michael Kratsios, Regulation of AI in the United States, United Statesadmin

Nov. 25, 2025 /Mpelembe Media/ — The provided text details the inauguration of the “Genesis Mission”, a significant artificial intelligence (AI) initiative launched through an executive order signed by President Donald Trump in November 2025. This federal effort is aimed at dramatically accelerating American AI research, development, and application, particularly in scientific fields, and has been compared to the historical Manhattan Project in its urgency and ambition. The mission intends to leverage vast federal datasets and expand computational resources to create sophisticated AI models, with goals including strengthening national security and accelerating scientific discovery. This initiative builds upon existing frameworks like the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) and involves partnerships with key figures and agencies, such as the Department of Energy, to establish essential infrastructure like the “American Science and Security Platform.” Continue reading →

03May/25

Perfect storm of tech bros, foreign interference and disinformation is an urgent threat to press freedom

May 3, 2025MediaBrazil, China, Creative Commons, Deception, Disinformation, Disinformation attack, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Fake news, Hungary, India, Internet manipulation and propaganda, Jair Bolsonaro, Jeff Bezos, Journalism, Lying, Mark Zuckerberg, Media manipulation, Misinformation, Moldova, Propaganda, Propaganda techniques, Robert Fico, RT, Russia, SHUTTERSTOCK, Slovakia, Tom Felle, Twitter, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Viktor, VOICE OF AMERICAadmin

Tom Felle, University of Galway

Media freedom has long been essential to healthy democracy. It is the oxygen that fuels informed debate, exposes corruption and holds power to account. But around the world, that freedom is under sustained attack.

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26Dec/24

What does the X exodus to Bluesky mean for journalism

December 26, 2024MediaBluesky, Craig Robertson, Creative Commons, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Facebook, Frederic, Mastodon, Social media, Social networking services, Social software, Threads, Tweet, Twitter, Twitter under Elon Musk, United Kingdom, United Statesadmin

Craig Robertson, University of Oxford

When Elon Musk took over Twitter and changed its name to X, many users vowed to move to another platform. First was talk of a shift to Mastodon that never seemed to catch on. Then Meta tried to make Threads appealing by linking the app to Instagram – but this hasn’t had much cut-through either.

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06Dec/24

I research race in politics – Kemi Badenoch’s views on inequality should worry Black Britons

December 6, 2024UncategorizedBadenoch, Black British people, Boris Johnson, Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, Creative Commons, Diane Abbott, Donald Trump, Frank Hester, Institutional racism, Kemi Badenoch, Michael Bankole, Racial profiling, Racism, Reverse racism, Rishi Sunak, United Kingdom, United Statesadmin

Michael Bankole, Royal Holloway University of London

Kemi Badenoch has become the first Black leader of a UK-wide political party. But her ascent is unlikely to translate into meaningful gains for Black Britons.

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22Nov/24

Can journalists take on X?

November 22, 2024InternetAdam Smith Tech, Beverly Hills, Bluesky, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Inc., Jack Dorsey, SpaceX, TESLA, Tesla, Inc., Twitter, Twitter, Inc., United Statesadmin

By Adam Smith | Tech correspondent

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is suing X (formerly Twitter) in French courts for enabling the spread of disinformation, identity theft and defamation. Continue reading →

18Nov/24

Three Companies Fighting Back Against China’s Rare Earth Dominance

November 18, 2024FinanceAmerican people of German descent, Attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Florida, Donald Trump, The Trump Organization, Time Person of the Year, Trump–Ukraine scandal, United Statesadmin

With Trump having secured a historic victory in the U.S. Presidential election, investors are now racing to position themselves for a new America. Dramatic shifts in geopolitical, financial, and trade policies are going to transform the market, with trillions of dollars at stake. And nowhere is the anxiety more acute than among strategic companies, with Trump’s victory poised to give a boost to big banks and send defense sector stocks soaring. Continue reading

16Jul/24

How being shot might affect Donald Trump’s mental health – and that of millions of others

July 16, 2024PoliticsAdverse childhood experiences, Anxiety disorders, Counseling, Creative Commons, Donald Trump, Judith Herman, Post-traumatic growth, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Psychological trauma, Ronald Reagan, Simon McCarthy-Jones, Soviet Union, Stress-related disorders, Transgenerational trauma, Trauma-informed care, Treatments for PTSD, United Statesadmin

Simon McCarthy-Jones, Trinity College Dublin

After the attempted assassination of Donald Trump at his Pennsylvania campaign rally, there is much speculation about how this will affect the 2024 US election. However, no one is yet asking how these events may affect Trump himself.

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19Feb/24

History’s crisis detectives: how we’re using maths and data to reveal why societies collapse – and clues about the future

February 19, 2024SocialAn-Nasir Faraj, Athens, Boris Johnson, Chile, China, Cliodynamics, Creative Commons, Daniel Hoyer, Dispute resolution, Donald Trump, Econometric modeling, Egypt, Eugène Delacroix, Germany, Ireland, Jack Goldstone, Julius Caesar, Mark Twain, Michael Sweerts, Nepal, New Zealand, Peter Turchin, Poverty, Rodney Mace, Rome, Russia, Seshat, SHUTTERSTOCK, Social history, South Korea, State, Taiping Rebellion, Thomas Cole, Tiberius Gracchus, Trishuli, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Violence, Waradmin

Daniel Hoyer, University of Toronto

American humorist and writer Mark Twain is believed to have once said, “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.”

I’ve been working as a historian and complexity scientist for the better part of a decade, and I often think about this phrase as I follow different strands of the historical record and notice the same patterns over and over.

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