The Bull Ring

A growing number of foreign leaders have had it with Trump 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘜𝘚 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘋𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘥 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘎𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘢 𝘔𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘪 𝘩𝘢𝘥 “𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘥” 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘎7 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵. Analysis:  Aaron Blake for  CNN . I talian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni could have denied Trump's claim that she begged him to take a photo together and left it at that.  Instead, she went much further. She posted a video on X that made a show of standing up to Trump and linked the episode to his ill treatment of allies.  "I can only say that it's a shame he doesn't have the same determination with the enemies of the West, with the enemies of the United States, with leaderships with which he instead appears much more accommodating," Mel...

National Party's Anti-Labour Rants Scream Desperation. 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭'𝘴 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘓𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦. Analysis: Bruce Alpine. N ational’s high-ranking MPs have turned media stand-ups into reflexive anti-Labour rants, exposing a glaring inability to articulate and sell their own vision for New Zealand’s future. Finance Minister Nicola Willis and campaign chair Simeon Brown exemplify this habit.  Rather than confidently outlining progress on “fixing the basics” or painting an optimistic path forward, their appearances devolve into scripted attacks, dossiers, and soundbites that dominate airtime but betray insecurity.  In a recent Sunday press conference , Willis brandished “Labour’s Hidden Bill”—a glossy document claiming a $18.2 billion shortfall between Labour’s spending promises - pay equity restoration, reversing cuts, transport caps, and their capital gains tax revenue.  She challenge...