Tag: Donald Trump

• Tuesday, February 28th 2017 - 17:53 UTC

  UN says that action to curb climate change is unstoppable, despite Trump

  

  The UN’s new climate chief admits she’s worried about President Donald Trump – but is confident that action to curb climate change is unstoppable. President Trump said he’d withdraw from the UN climate deal and stop funding the UN’s clean energy program. But former Mexican diplomat Patricia Espinosa said that the delay in any firm announcement suggests the issue is still unresolved.

• Sunday, February 26th 2017 - 14:18 UTC

  A Latino, ex-Obama Labor secretary elected chairman of the Democrats

  

  Former Labor Secretary Tom Perez on Saturday was elected chairman of the United States Democratic National Committee, defeating top-rival Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison, in their respective bids to chart the direction of the national party. Perez was elected after two rounds of balloting in Atlanta at the party’s annual winter meeting. He received 235 votes, crossing the threshold of 218 ballots.

• Sunday, February 26th 2017 - 14:04 UTC

  “I prefer bridges to walls”, Kuczynski tells Trump at the White House

  

  The first Latin American leader to visit U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House said that he told Trump he prefers bridges to walls and favors the free movement of people across borders. However, Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski declined to comment specifically on Trump's proposal to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border to curb illegal immigration and drug trafficking in a press conference following the meeting.

• Wednesday, February 22nd 2017 - 18:36 UTC

  Trump toughens immigration policy: millions could be targeted for deportation

  

  Millions of people living in the United States illegally could be targeted for deportation — including people simply arrested for traffic violations — under a sweeping rewrite of immigration enforcement policies announced Tuesday by the Trump administration.

• Friday, February 17th 2017 - 09:58 UTC

  Trump nominates first Hispanic (anb traditional Republican) as Secretary of Labor

  

  President Donald Trump on Thursday nominated former National Labor Relations Board member R. Alexander Acosta to serve as U.S. secretary of labor, one day after Trump's original choice withdrew. Acosta is dean of the Florida International University College of Law in Miami and is Trump’s first Hispanic nominee.

• Thursday, February 16th 2017 - 11:54 UTC

  Trump calls for the immediate liberation of Venezuela's Leopoldo López

  

  US President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on Venezuela to free jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez “immediately,” posting a picture of himself and Vice President Mike Pence with Lopez's wife at the White House.

• Thursday, February 16th 2017 - 11:31 UTC

  Trump on the phone with Macri; invitation to the White House

  

  United States president Donald Trump was on the phone on Wednesday afternoon to speak with his Argentine peer Mauricio Macri. The five minute talk, according to Argentine sources, addressed the bilateral agenda, the Venezuela situation and an invitation for Macri to visit US sometime in April/June.

• Tuesday, February 14th 2017 - 10:34 UTC

  Former Goldman Sachs executive and “foreclosure expert”, confirmed as US Treasury Secretary

  

  A bitterly divided Senate on Monday confirmed Steven Mnuchin as United States treasury secretary despite strong objections by Democrats that the former banker ran a “foreclosure machine” when he headed OneWest Bank. Republicans said Mnuchin's long tenure in finance makes him qualified to run the department, which will play a major role in developing economic policy under President Donald Trump.

• Monday, February 13th 2017 - 10:14 UTC

  Vice-president Pence: Trump looks forward to speaking with president Macri

  

  Argentine president Mauricio Macri and US vice-president Mike Pence spoke last Friday on the phone and agreed that the two countries need to redouble their efforts to enhance job creation and economic growth. The vice-president also noted that president Donald Trump looks forward to speaking with president Macri.

• Saturday, February 11th 2017 - 10:40 UTC

  Malcorra hopes to meet Tillerson and arrange a Trump/Macri summit

  

  Argentine foreign minister Susana Malcorra said that she will be meeting Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and expects to advance in arranging a meeting between presidents Donald Trump and Mauricio Macri, as had been agreed when the two spoke on the phone in late November.