FILE - Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference held at Trump Tower,Sept.,6,2024 in New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah,File)

Trump’s erratic behaviour and head-spinning outbursts whip up fears about his mental health

Crazy like a fox … or just plain crazy? Even some former allies and advisers are now questioning whether the US president has grown increasingly unbalanced.

  • Peter Baker

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President Donald Trump accepts a bag of McDonald’s from a delivery worker at the White House.

Trump deletes post of himself as Jesus,claims it showed him ‘as a doctor’

The president accused the media of deliberately misconstruing the “blasphemous” meme while he accepted a lunchtime delivery of McDonald’s at the Oval Office.

  • Michael Koziol
US President Donald Trump and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein (inset) were friends.

Judge dismisses Trump’s lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch over Epstein story

The president said he intended to re-file the lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal over an article that revealed he contributed to a “birthday book” for Jeffrey Epstein in 2003.

  • Michael Koziol
The AI-generated image posted by Trump showing himself as a messianic figure.

Trump tells Pope to ‘get his act together’ – and exposes his own God complex

Minutes after ranting about Leo being “weak on crime” and “terrible for foreign policy”,the US president posted an AI image of himself as Jesus Christ healing the sick.

  • Michael Koziol
Melania Trump delivered a rare public statement from the grand foyer of the White House.

Melania Trump denies any connection with Jeffrey Epstein in rare public address

The US first lady said she was “not Epstein’s victim” and was not introduced to her husband,Donald Trump,through him,as is sometimes claimed.

  • Michael Koziol
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters

Trump says ‘a whole civilisation will die’ if Iran fails to make deal with US

The social media post was the latest escalation in rhetoric from the president ahead of what he said would be a four-hour destructive blitz on Iranian infrastructure such as power plants and bridges.

  • Michael Koziol
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Donald Trump’s “madman theory” of foreign relations is not working when it comes to Iran.

Trump’s desperation shows as he demands Iran ‘open the f---in’ strait’

The US president’s latest outburst speaks to a commander-in-chief who is flailing and does not give the impression of someone with a calm,steady hand on the trigger.

  • Michael Koziol
Pam Bondi.

Trump fires Pam Bondi as US attorney-general

The decision follows a tumultuous year in which she oversaw the release of the so-called Epstein Files and ill-fated attempts to prosecute her boss’s political enemies.

  • Michael Koziol
Donald Trump became the first sitting US president to attend a Supreme Court hearing.

In times of conflict and chaos,the courts still show Trump who’s boss

The president’s beloved White House ballroom has been iced by a local judge,while at the Supreme Court,his attempt to end birthright citizenship met a sceptical reception from justices.

  • Michael Koziol
Protesters rally in St Paul,Minnesota,where the backlash to Trump immigration crackdown has been one of the strongest.

Millions of Americans rally against Trump – even in small town West Virginia

With the war in Iran raging and prices at home surging,some “No Kings” protesters think even the deep-red Republican heartlands are showing signs of Trump fatigue.

  • Michael Koziol