Tag: Donald Trump

• Saturday, August 26th 2017 - 08:17 UTC

  Maduro reacts to Trump's sanctions: “we will sell our oil to other markets”

  

  Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro has said that a preliminary analysis shows that new financial sanctions imposed by the United States will lead to a halt in oil exports to the US. President Trump's order bans trade in Venezuelan debt and blocks its state oil firm from selling bonds in the US.

• Thursday, August 24th 2017 - 11:41 UTC

  Populist strategist and Breitbart news criticize Trump's Afghanistan policy

  

  Minutes after President Donald Trump concluded his Afghanistan policy speech Monday night, the conservative site Breitbart news took an aggressive, critical approach to the address and Trump’s new policy. A banner headline blasted the president’s decision to extend the U.S. military commitment in Afghanistan as a “flip-flop” that “reverses course.”

• Tuesday, August 22nd 2017 - 06:10 UTC

  Trump announces greater involvement in Afghanistan; Taliban pledge to fight on

  

  President Donald Trump announced on Monday night his administration’s plans to continue the engagement of the United States military in Afghanistan, a strategy meant to combat the influence of the Taliban and the ISIS affiliate in the country that will for go a formal timetable and instead rely upon “conditions on the ground” to guide U.S. activities.

• Saturday, August 19th 2017 - 07:21 UTC

  Trump's advisor and top electoral strategist Steve Bannon, abandons White House

  

  Steve Bannon is set to return to his previous position at Breitbart News after he was forced to resign from his post Friday as White House chief strategist, the news outlet announced late Friday. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said the departure, effective Friday, was “mutually agreed” to by Bannon and Chief of Staff John Kelly. “We are grateful for his service and wish him the best,” Sanders added in a statement.

• Friday, August 18th 2017 - 20:54 UTC

  General Lee statues controversy: Trump drops plan for an advisory group on infrastructure

  

  United States president Trump is dropping plans to create an advisory group on infrastructure, a day after two other business panels were dissolved. The president has faced a backlash from business leaders over his remarks this week on white supremacists.

• Thursday, August 17th 2017 - 07:22 UTC

  Business leaders step down from White House council over Trump's comments of Virginia violent clashes

  

  President Trump has said he is scrapping two business councils after more bosses quit over his handling of violent clashes in Virginia. Business leaders left the White House manufacturing council after the backlash against how he reacted to the far-right rally last weekend.

• Thursday, August 17th 2017 - 07:01 UTC

  UK political system criticize Trump for not clearly condemning racism and fascist views

  

  United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May has said it is important to condemn far-right views “wherever we hear them” as she was asked about Donald Trump's response to clashes in the United States. The PM said: “I see no equivalence between those who propound fascist views and those who oppose them.”

• Saturday, August 12th 2017 - 08:14 UTC

  Trump´s military threat “an act of craziness”, says Venezuela´s defense minister

  

  U.S. President Donald Trump's threat of military intervention in Venezuela was “an act of craziness,” the country's Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino said on Friday. Venezuela's foreign ministry was expected to issue a statement on Saturday responding to Trump's comment that “a possible military option” was under consideration for the crisis-racked nation.

• Friday, August 4th 2017 - 06:45 UTC

  Transcripts show Trump admonishing Peña Nieto for saying publicly Mexico will not pay for the border wall

  

  United States president Donald Trump urged the Mexican president to stop publicly saying he would not pay for a proposed border wall, according to transcripts. Mr. Trump admonished Enrique Peña Nieto for publicly denouncing the wall during a 27 January phone call, transcripts obtained by the Washington Post show.

• Thursday, August 3rd 2017 - 07:32 UTC

  Russia accuses US of imposing a “full scale trade war”; Trump claims Congress is infringing his powers

  

  United States president Donald Trump grudgingly signed into law new sanctions against Russia on Wednesday, a move Moscow said amounted to a full-scale trade war and an end to hopes for better ties with the Trump administration. Congress overwhelmingly approved the legislation last week, passing a measure that conflict with the Republican president's desire to improve relations with Moscow.