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“A downbeat forecast could be that “Trump is not now a lame duck, but an angry duck” who might restart tensions over tariffs and NATO allies’ levels of military spending, said Carsten Brzeski, global chief of macro at ING Bank.”

“Trump will now follow the lame-duck president tradition of spending more time on foreign affairs, predicts Matt Gertken, chief geopolitical strategist at BCA Research.”

“He spent much of the evening raging on social media about the coverage on Fox News, including his hatred of Jessica Tarlov, one of the network’s few progressive anchors, and the appearance of former New York mayor Bill de Blasio.”

“Even his own Vice President, JD Vance, pinned the loss on the war in Iran, which has dragged on since February and sent petrol and power bills through the roof.”

“Americans are so inured to the open slather of their election system that no one seems terribly fussed about the fact that Elon Musk has so far pumped half a billion US dollars into the election in support of Republicans.”

“Meta beat earnings expectations but still took a beating as investors baulked at its enormous AI spending bill.”

“The war games are being run in Canberra over three days by the Washington-based Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank that regularly models the likely permutations of military conflicts and contingencies, along with the United States Studies Centre.”

“Interest rate increases reduce spending by those who have home loans, and fail to reduce price rises from petrol, energy and other inflation-contributing items.”

““A strong America with robust military and economic alliances is the foundation for a prosperous and peaceful world,” he wrote in an apparent rebuff of Trump’s MAGA-driven approach to allies, trade and international relations.”

“Anthropic, the company behind the AI model, Claude, just signed a deal to use a $32 billion data centre, Australia’s largest, in western Queensland.”