China, elections and Iran: the takeaways from Trump’s White House address

In a fiery prime-time address to the nation, US President Donald Trump delivered an unprecedented broadside against China, accusing Beijing of orchestrating the “largest compromise of election data in history” and declaring an end to complacency in the face of “Chinese interference”. The speech, which blended escalating tensions over Iran with sharp domestic warnings ahead of this year’s midterm elections, is one of the most confrontational White House addresses of his second term, directly...