Tag: Donald Trump

• Friday, May 9th 2025 - 11:20 UTC

  Trump congratulates Prevost on becoming the first US-born Pope

  

  US President Donald Trump congratulated Robert Francis Prevost Martinez on being the first American-born pope, who chose to be known as Leo XIV. Prevost, a 69-year-old Chicago native, was praised by Trump on Truth Social as a great honor for the country.

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• Thursday, May 8th 2025 - 17:54 UTC

  US, UK reach trade deal marking Washington's openness to business

  

  President Donald Trump announced a new trade deal between the United States and Britain, which he described as the first major such agreement of his second term. The announcement, made from the Oval Office with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on speakerphone, highlighted the accord's benefits for both nations.

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• Wednesday, May 7th 2025 - 10:32 UTC

  Trump wants movies produced in the US

  

  US President Donald Trump announced plans to impose a 100% tariff on foreign films, citing national security concerns and the decline of the American film industry. The measure aims to counter incentives offered by other countries, like Canada and the UK, which attract US filmmakers and studios, leading to reduced production in Hollywood. “We want movies made in the United States!” he insisted.

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• Tuesday, May 6th 2025 - 20:16 UTC

  Carney tells Trump Canada not for sale

  

  Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney met US President Donald Trump Tuesday in Washington to discuss bilateral ties amid a trade war sparked by tariffs on Canadian goods. Carney firmly told Trump his country was “not for sale,” but the Republican leader replied it was wiser to “never say never.” He insisted that Canada joining the Union as its 51st State would be a “wonderful marriage” with benefits like lower taxes and military protection for Canadians.

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• Monday, May 5th 2025 - 10:24 UTC

  Trump wants Alcatraz reopened as a prison, not a tourist attraction

  

  US President Donald Trump announced this weekend plans to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the former maximum-security prison on an island near San Francisco, which closed in 1963. The Republican leader intends to use the facility to house America’s “most violent” criminals, including repeat offenders and potentially undocumented immigrants with alleged criminal records. He directed the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, and FBI to execute this plan, emphasizing it as a symbol of “Law, Order, and Justice.”

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• Friday, May 2nd 2025 - 10:15 UTC

  Trump sacks Security Adviser but proposes him for UN diplomatic job

  

  US President Donald Trump fired National Security Adviser Mike Waltz Thursday following a scandal involving a Signal group chat that mistakenly included a journalist and revealed sensitive military plans against Houthi targets in Yemen. The March 15 incident exposed operational details, including strike timings and targets, and implicated Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Waltz's explanations were deemed inadequate, and he was criticized for poor staff vetting and ineffective foreign policy coordination.

• Thursday, May 1st 2025 - 10:09 UTC

  US, Ukraine strike strategic minerals deal

  

  The United States was granted access Wednesday to Ukraine’s rare earth minerals, critical for electronics, clean energy, and weapons, in exchange for establishing a joint investment fund. The economic partnership agreement signed in Washington after tense negotiations ensures Ukraine's full ownership of its resources while both nations contribute equally to and manage the fund.

• Wednesday, April 23rd 2025 - 10:59 UTC

  IMF revises region's growth downwards amid US tariff war

  

  The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) April 2025 Global Economic Outlook, released Tuesday in Washington, revised global and regional economic forecasts downward due to the US-initiated trade war and associated uncertainties.

• Wednesday, April 16th 2025 - 22:27 UTC

  China comparing Trump with an Empress who is 1900 succumbed to foreign powers and ended the empire

  

  By Wang Wen for South China Morning Post (*) - A viral political cartoon circulating in China shows US President Donald Trump dressed in the imperial robes of the Qing dynasty. He is likened to Empress Dowager Cixi, who in 1900 effectively declared war on the Western powers in China, a disastrous move that helped accelerate the collapse of imperial China

• Tuesday, April 15th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

  Milei's Argentina closes ranks with Trump's US

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei met with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent at Casa Rosada to discuss strengthening bilateral ties, focusing on a potential trade agreement aligned with US President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs proposal.