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DONALD TRUMP JR

Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 6, 2016
Obama arrives with Clinton in Charlotte, says he's set to 'pass baton' on to her
After months on the sidelines, President Barack Obama joined Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail at a rally in North Carolina on Tuesday, telling voters he was ready to "pass the baton" to his former secretary of state.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 2, 2016
Gingrich, Christie lead field of possible Trump vice presidents
Republican stalwarts Newt Gingrich and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie are at the top of Donald Trump's short list to be his vice presidential running mate, sources said, but the real estate developer is casting a wide net.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 1, 2016
Who's really to blame for Brexit
Mismanagement of globalization by the world's leadership class has led to Brexit and may elect Donald Trump.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 30, 2016
Ranking the 2016 presidential primary polls and predictions
After more than 50 million votes cast in 100-plus nominating contests since early February, the U.S. presidential primary season is over and each major party finally has its presumptive nominee. Now, as the country prepares for the race between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump, and...
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 27, 2016
Clash between white supremacists, counterprotesters at California capitol leaves seven hurt
At least seven people were injured at a rally outside the California state capitol in Sacramento on Sunday as members of a white supremacist group clashed with counterprotesters, authorities said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 24, 2016
A fragile time for democracy
In this time of fear, people are willing to give up their power to the strongman. But the forces they are seeking protection from are far beyond the abilities of one person to control.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 24, 2016
Trump's economic policies a recipe for disaster
Some politically neutral economists have looked at Donald Trump's economic policies. What they found should scare the daylights out of you.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 23, 2016
'Dump-Trump' Republicans are getting weird
Desperate Republican strategists are concocting wild schemes to preserve their congressional majorities, even though they would concede the presidential contest to Hillary Clinton.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 22, 2016
In Brexit vote, echoes of Trumpism minus Donald Trump emerge
To U.S. voters who have witnessed the rise of Donald Trump, the campaign urging Britain to abandon the European Union may appear eerily familiar.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 22, 2016
Trump's post-Orlando hard line eats at Clinton's lead: Reuters/Ipsos
Democrat Hillary Clinton's lead over Republican rival Donald Trump has slipped by about 5 percentage points since mid-June, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday, bringing the race for the White House to within 9 points.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 21, 2016
Trump gives Clinton her much-needed cause
The political context around Hillary Clinton has changed. Donald Trump has transformed her from a transactional candidate to a conviction candidate.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 21, 2016
Hate crimes often have way of making it harder to hate
The desire for social order is a powerful reflex that hate crimes only reinforce.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jun 21, 2016
Muslims in U.S. fear Trump rhetoric has pulled prejudices, violent urges into open
About three months ago, Sarah Ibrahim's son came home from his fourth-grade class at a Maryland school with a disturbing question.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 20, 2016
Trump's Muslim comments may spark retaliation: Indonesian vice president
Indonesia's vice president on Monday voiced concerns over U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump's comments on Muslims, saying "discrimination according to religion" could prompt retaliatory policies from other countries.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jun 18, 2016
How Trump fares in Japan's tabloids
If Japan's weekly magazines appear to be devoting an inordinate amount of space to coverage of U.S. politics this election year, it's thanks largely to the flamboyant antics of Donald Trump, who can be counted on for verbal outbursts and surprises.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 18, 2016
Big in Japan? Faux Trump ad video goes viral
Donald Trump is tangling with Japan again.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 18, 2016
George W. Bush ends exile, hits campaign trial to help Republicans raise money
Former President George W. Bush had every intention of sticking to his self-imposed exile from politics, but found that the phone kept ringing with appeals from Republican U.S. Senate candidates for help, friends say.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 18, 2016
New poll shows Clinton's lead over Trump has fallen following Florida massacre
Donald Trump chipped away at Hillary Clinton's lead in the presidential race this week, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released Friday, as the candidates clashed over how to respond to the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 17, 2016
How Trump gets away with no actual policies
Who needs detailed policies when name-calling works just fine? For Donald Trump, this has worked so far.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 16, 2016
Trump adds new twist to immigration proposals, but legal doubts persist
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's proposal for suspending immigration from parts of the world with a history of terrorism could have a legal basis, but his assertion that it be part of a broader ban on Muslim immigrants makes it constitutionally untenable, legal scholars say.

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