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DONALD TRUMP

Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jan 9, 2021
Trump’s future in right-wing media is seen undimmed by riot
Facebook and Twitter suspended him. Cabinet officers have abandoned him. And members of Congress want to impeach him — again.
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MULTIMEDIA
Jan 9, 2021
‘Hold the line, patriots’: New scenes from the Capitol riot
The New York Times cameras captured the mayhem, confusion and chaos outside the Capitol as Trump supporters entered and disrupted certification of the Electoral College results.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 9, 2021
These are the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol
There were infamous white nationalists and noted conspiracy theorists who have spread dark visions of pedophile Satanists running the country. Others were more anonymous, people who had journeyed from Indiana and South Carolina to heed U.S. President Donald Trump’s call to show their support. One person,...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 8, 2021
Send the right message: Remove Trump now
The violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, incited by Trump, represents something new and profane in American history.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 8, 2021
Facebook’s Trump ban is necessary triage
Both Facebook and Twitter have struggled in recent months to take a harder stance over Trump's often inflammatory posts.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 8, 2021
Ten hours that shook America
America now finds itself confronting something that hasn't happened since the time of Abraham Lincoln: rejection of the constitutional order by a significant share of the electorate.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 8, 2021
U.S. Capitol rioters walked away. Climate protesters saw a double standard.
The relatively small number of arrests after a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol left many environmental activists shaken Thursday — and wanting answers.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 8, 2021
North Korea's Kim hints at improving inter-Korean ties and foreign policy
The leader teased the possibility of improved ties with Seoul and vowed to expand 'external relations' in his first remarks on foreign policy since Joe Biden's election.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jan 8, 2021
After riot, business leaders reckon with their support for Trump
The executives who stood by Trump were ultimately among his enablers, bestowing him with mainstream business credibility and normalizing a president who has turned the U.S. against itself.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 8, 2021
A shattering blow to America’s troubled democratic image
The institutions of democracy prevailed in the early hours of the following morning, but the images of mob rule in Washington touched a particular nerve in fractured Western societies.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 8, 2021
Trump acknowledges Biden will be next president in wake of Capitol chaos
Top Democrats have said Vice President Mike Pence and the Cabinet should invoke the 25th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution to remove the president.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 8, 2021
Merkel blames Trump for violence, but Europe also sees reason for hope
Angela Merkel placed the blame for violence at the U.S. Capitol squarely on Donald Trump, although she and other leaders of U.S. allies expressed faith in the strength of American democracy.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 7, 2021
Top White House officials led by national security adviser consider resigning
White House deputy national security adviser Matt Pottinger has resigned, joining a number of officials who are leaving the administration of President Donald Trump following the storming of Capitol Hill by his supporters.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 7, 2021
Biden’s presidency is certified after day of debate and violence
Trump says after the certification that there will be an orderly transition when Biden takes office as president.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 7, 2021
China compares storming of U.S. Capitol to Hong Kong protests
China drew a comparison on Thursday between the storming of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump and last year's often-violent pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, but noted that no one had died when demonstrators took over the legislature of the China-ruled city.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 7, 2021
As U.S. Capitol was breached, a fear ‘we’d have to fight’ took hold
A tableau of violence and mayhem shocked the U.S. as one of the most severe breaches of the Capitol since the British burned it down during the War of 1812 took place.
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EDITORIALS
Jan 7, 2021
Heartbreak, humiliation and tragedy for the United States
The United States will survive this moment, but it will be wounded. We must recognize that even America, a bastion of democracy, can be undermined, and seduced by an autocrat.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 7, 2021
Can Trump be removed from office before his term ends on Jan. 20?
There are two ways to remove a president from office: the 25th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and impeachment followed by a Senate conviction.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 7, 2021
Inside the U.S. Capitol, the sound of the mob came first
A ceremonial session of Congress to formally declare President-elect Joe Biden's victory devolved in an instant into a scene of violence and mayhem.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 7, 2021
North Korea's Kim vows to boost nuclear-armed country's 'defense capabilities'
On the second day of a rare party congress, the strongman vowed to put 'state defense capabilities on a much higher level, and put forth goals for realizing it.”

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