The Star · September 2026

• US actions reported transactionally (tariff cuts, IPO filings, court rulings) without evaluative framing
• Trump quoted via neutral attribution verbs ('says', 'told') rather than distancing verbs
• Selection skews to US tech/AI and diplomacy news, not US conduct critique
• Occasional friction items (UN refugee standoff, Pentagon blacklisting) reported straight, not editorialised

Bundle is dominated by corporate/tech and diplomatic wire-style items where the US is a setting or actor rather than the object of evaluation; no consistent evaluative vocabulary toward the US as an entity. Headlines 9 and 24 imply friction but are reported neutrally. Stance is best read as neutral/mixed rather than favourable.