Tag: Donald Trump

• Saturday, August 17th 2019 - 07:40 UTC

  Trump's attempt to purchase Greenland, puts the Arctic in the geostrategic global map

  

  President Donald Trump's reported wish to buy Greenland may have been rejected by Denmark, but it underscores the rapidly rising value of the massive, ice-covered island due to global warming and to China's drive for an Arctic presence.

• Saturday, August 17th 2019 - 07:00 UTC

  Trump reveals “productive” trade talks with Beijing and anticipates a “fairly short war”

  

  US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that U.S. and Chinese negotiators were holding “productive” trade talks and expected them to meet in September despite U.S. tariffs on over US$125 billion worth of Chinese imports taking effect Sept 1.

• Thursday, August 15th 2019 - 12:31 UTC

  Trump praises Xi and says the Chinese leader can “humanely” resolve the Hong Kong situation

  

  US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said Xi Jinping can “humanely” resolve the violent standoff with protesters in Hong Kong and appeared to suggest meeting the Chinese leader.

• Wednesday, August 14th 2019 - 09:39 UTC

  Trump threatens to pull the US out of WTO: “they have been screwing us for years”

  

  President Donald Trump threatened on Tuesday to pull the United States out of the World Trade Organization (WTO) if conditions are not improved. “We will leave if we have to,” Trump told a cheering audience of workers at a Shell chemical plant in Pennsylvania.

• Tuesday, August 13th 2019 - 07:26 UTC

  Trump latest: “wealth test” rule for immigrants could deny visas and residency to thousands of poor applicants

  

  U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration unveiled a sweeping rule on Monday that some experts say could cut legal immigration in half by denying visas and permanent residency to hundreds of thousands of people for being too poor.

• Monday, August 12th 2019 - 07:07 UTC

  US identifies 17 Latin American countries as major drug transit and producing areas

  

  President Donald Trump has warned he may take action against Mexico if it doesn't do more against drug trafficking. México is among the 22 major drug transit and drug-producing countries identified in a presidential memorandum released Thursday night by the White House.

• Saturday, August 10th 2019 - 07:25 UTC

  Markets sharply lower as Trump says he's “not ready for a trade deal with China”

  

  President Donald Trump cast more doubt on chances for a trade deal with Beijing on Friday, signalling he might cancel talks set for September amid an intensifying US-China trade war.

• Thursday, August 8th 2019 - 09:30 UTC

  Thousands march in support of Maduro chanting “Yankee go home”

  

  Thousands of supporters of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro marched through the capital Caracas on Wednesday in protest against attempts by US President Donald Trump to asphyxiate the ruling regime.

• Thursday, August 8th 2019 - 09:22 UTC

  Trump consoled victims in Ohio and Texas but also faced protestors demanding gun control

  

  President Donald Trump consoled victims of mass shootings in Ohio and Texas on Wednesday but faced protesters demanding gun control and denouncing what they say is his extremist rhetoric on race and immigration.

• Wednesday, August 7th 2019 - 09:33 UTC

  Trump vows to protect US farmers against China and promises further aid

  

  US President Donald Trump on Tuesday vowed to protect US farmers against China by signaling to provide further aid if needed, a day after Chinese firms stopped agricultural purchases and Beijing threatened more tariffs on US farm products.