The Financial Times has crowned Donald Trump as their Person of the Year—though you can practically hear their teeth grinding through the prose. The long read kicks off by calling Trump’s resurgence “the most dramatic comeback in modern US history” and wraps up with a cautionary note: “Others forecast that Trump 2.0 will spell chaos, not a new order. Whichever it is, Trump’s return heralds a new gilded age for money in US politics and diplomacy.” The FT has hardly been a fan of the President-elect in the past…
Back in November, the paper described his Madison Square Garden rally as “marred by racism,” and after his victory, it published the doom-laden headline: “Global Economy Prepares for the Trump ‘Macro Shock,’” over fears of potential tariff hikes. Go back to 2016, and they were running pieces such as “Trump’s Overt Sexism Obscures a More Dangerous Bias.” They can’t ignore The Donald’s success anymore…
Speaking to Sky News off the back of Rachel Reeves’ Air Passenger Duty hike, Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary said:
“Labour is dependent on those Red Wall seats, and yet every move she makes poisons economic growth and damages the UK’s recovery… it’s the Chancellor who stumbles from policy misstep to policy misstep… I think her policy decisions are incredibly stupid.”