Bruce Wolpe
Bruce Wolpe is a senior fellow at the University of Sydney's United States Studies Centre. He has served on the Democratic staff in the US Congress and as chief of staff to former prime minister Julia Gillard.
Opinion
US Votes 2024
Trump 2024, the living martyr, is at his zenith and looks unstoppable
After Donald Trump’s extraordinary coronation in Wisconsin, and with Joe Biden’s ills mounting, an extraordinary moment of reckoning is at hand for America.
- by Bruce Wolpe
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Opinion
US Votes 2024
For Democrats, replacing Biden will solve one problem but create another
Joe Biden is the ultimate decider on whether to stay on or to step aside, but key meetings this week may force his hand and open the door for Kamala Harris.
- by Bruce Wolpe
Opinion
US election
Trump monstered Biden. The Democrats can’t win with Joe
The debate betrayed little if any confidence that Biden can or will defeat Trump. If Biden remains in the race, only Trump can defeat Trump.
- by Bruce Wolpe
Opinion
US election
What a conviction for Hunter Biden will mean for criminal, Donald Trump
After Donald Trump’s courtroom dramas, the trial of Joe Biden’s son Hunter will now taint the Democrat veteran’s run for re-election.
- by Bruce Wolpe
Opinion
US Votes 2024
Trump’s the guilty one, but it’s Biden who needs a ‘get out of jail’ card
Donald Trump is still favoured to snatch the presidency in November. Joe Biden’s opportunity for a reset will come on June 27.
- by Bruce Wolpe
Opinion
US Votes 2024
If the US election were held today, Trump would win
Trump’s many outrages are plain for all to see, yet thus far he is playing the winning hand against Joe Biden.
- by Bruce Wolpe
Opinion
US politics
Joe Biden just had a significant win, but he’s still in the wars
Ongoing wars in Ukraine – and especially in Gaza – remain politically problematic, and potentially fatal, for US President Joe Biden.
- by Bruce Wolpe
Opinion
US Votes 2024
Why is Trump Bible bashing? Because even his religious faithful are about to be shocked
Donald Trump, who is facing 91 felony counts, is using his favourite book to guide him onto the road to redemption and back into the presidency.
- by Bruce Wolpe
Opinion
US politics
When Trump parades a hog-tied Biden, his violent threat to democracy is beyond question
Donald Trump’s violent nihilism is exposed in his latest video. The Australian Electoral Commission would expunge such an image, but Trump’s worst outrages are protected by the US First Amendment.
- by Bruce Wolpe
Opinion
US politics
US declares virtual war on China, and 175 million Americans
The US House of Representatives is unanimous: TikTok should be banned unless it frees itself from China’s control. But the voting power of American TikTok users might get in the way.
- by Bruce Wolpe
Haunted by Iraq, a patriot confronts the threat to US democracy
David Finkel tells his story of American politics today through the figure of an army veteran and his experiences.
- by Bruce Wolpe