George Rennie

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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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