George Rennie

George Rennie

PhD Candidate, School of Social and Political Sciences, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne

Politics & Society

Trump and the decline of the virtuous presidency

Trump’s presidency is directly at odds with the Founding Fathers’ ideals for the office to be one of virtue and dignity

Politics & Society

Donald Trump and the uneasy alliance

As the pressure on President Donald Trump increases with a second US appeals court ruling against his travel ban, it’s the internal rifts between the alt-right and alt-lite factions within his administration that could create seismic friction in

Politics & Society

The creeping influence of lobbyists in Washington

Rather than “draining the swamp”, the Trump administration is opening the White House’s doors to corporate interests

Politics & Society

Trump + Twitter: Unfettered honesty or unchecked vitriol?

America’s next President uses 140 characters to set policy, but also malign his opponents. Whether he’ll be reined in is anyone’s guess.