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Jacqueline Maley Columnist and senior journalist Updated November 9, 2025 — 11.20am first published at 5.00am

Former US Vice President Dick Cheney died this week at the age of 84. He was once a titanic figure of the Republican Party, controversial and influential; the svengali behind the United States’ “war on terrorism”, which hit its apotheosis (or nadir) with ill-fated military invasions in the Middle East.

But Cheney’s death was barely acknowledged by the Trump administration . At time of writing, President Donald Trump had not said a word about the passing of this once-legendary conservative figure. Neither had Vice President JD Vance.

The White House lowered its flags to half-mast following Cheney’s death, but Trump’s press

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