Garvan Walshe: America’s military leaders are ready to resist illegal orders from the country’s rogue President. How has it come to this?

Trump seems to be modelling himself on Richard Nixon. But he’s more like segregationalist George Wallace.

New York Times journalists, blinded by moral indignation, cannot understand how Trump got where he is today

But David Enrich’s new book does include a lot about how Deutsche Bank lent the President the money needed to look successful.

Writing brief lives of America’s Presidents taught me that Trump is far from being the first outlandish one

Historians concentrate on such great men as Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln, and ignore the more Trumpian figures who reached the White House.

How not to destroy Trump and Johnson

In both cases their opponents resort to character assassination and are left with no one against whom they can argue.

Chloe Westley: How the Intellectual Dark Web brings light to the mind

What really brings together all of these people is a commitment to enlightenment values, and a commitment to freedom of thought.

How Twitter enabled a tawdry oaf to become President

In his new book, Peter Oborne interprets a collection of the outrageous Tweets which carried Trump to high office.

Profile: The rules of war

International humanitarian law may be imperfect, but it can ameliorate some of the worst horrors of armed conflict – such as the Khan Sheikhoun gas attack.

The canting, self-righteous, liberal enemies of Trump who shouted “liar” at him – and failed

His critics have fallen for the Fact-Checking Fallacy: the illusion that in politics or journalism, accurate facts are all that matter.

Mohammed Amin: Yes, Trump’s election is bad news for American Muslims – but not as bad as it may seem

He has resiled from some of his most extreme positions. And the U.S has a constitution which is a beacon for the protection of religious freedom.