Tag: Donald Trump

• Thursday, April 27th 2017 - 09:21 UTC

  Trump announces plan to lower taxes; Wall Street cautious, Democrats call it a handout to the wealthy

  

  President Donald Trump administration on Wednesday presented a sweeping plan to lower tax rates for individuals and businesses, saying it would create the biggest tax cut in United States history. However US markets slid at the close after the Trump administration outlined the tax cut plan and Democrats described it as a handout to the wealthy that would expand the deficit.

• Wednesday, April 26th 2017 - 09:13 UTC

  US Judge blocks Trump's executive order punishing “sanctuary cities”

  

  A US judge on Tuesday blocked an executive order by President Donald Trump that could deny billions of dollars to so-called sanctuary cities as punishment for harboring illegal immigrants.

• Monday, April 24th 2017 - 14:36 UTC

  Trump receives Argentine president Macri at the White House on Thursday

  

  Argentine and United States presidents Mauricio Macri and Donald Trump will be addressing bilateral trade, the Venezuelan situation, combating drugs and declassification of documents from the last dictatorship when they meet next Thursday at the While House, according to Chargé d'Affaires Thomas Cooney currently running the US embassy in Buenos Aires.

• Friday, April 21st 2017 - 10:00 UTC

  Venezuela donated US$ 500.000 to the inauguration of President Donald Trump

  

  Venezuela has donated US$500,000 to US President Donald Trump's inauguration, newly released records show. Citgo Petroleum, a US-based subsidiary of the Venezuelan state-owned oil company, is named in papers filed with the Federal Election Commission.

• Wednesday, April 19th 2017 - 05:58 UTC

  Special by election turned into a challenge to Trump ends in a June runoff

  

  The special election for United States Georgia’s 6th Congressional District will go to a runoff in June, CNN projects, as no candidate secured 50% or more of the vote. Democrat Jon Ossoff and Republican Karen Handel will face off, following a race that had 18 candidates.

• Monday, April 17th 2017 - 08:28 UTC

  The era of strategic patience with Pyongyang is over, warns vice-president Pence in Korea

  

  United States Vice President Mike Pence has stared across the demilitarized border between North and South Korea, a day after North Korea's failed missile launch, reiterating that the US “era of strategic patience” with Pyongyang is over. Pence is on the first stop of a four-nation Asia tour intended to show America's allies, and remind its adversaries, that the Trump administration is not turning its back on the increasingly volatile region.

• Saturday, April 15th 2017 - 09:37 UTC

  Trump backtracks: China is not a currency manipulator, and praises Janet Yellen

  

  President Donald Trump has said his administration will not label China a currency manipulator, rowing back on a campaign promise. The US president also left open the possibility of re-nominating Janet Yellen as the head of the Federal Reserve, despite having criticized her.

• Monday, April 10th 2017 - 08:12 UTC

  Trump will host Argentina's Macri at the White House on April 27

  

  Argentine president Mauricio Macri confirmed that a date has been officially established for his meeting with Donald Trump at the White House, April 27. The date was revealed by the president Macri during an interview with Bloomberg.

• Saturday, April 8th 2017 - 10:07 UTC

  Trump describes “tremendous progress” in talks with Xi; state visit to China later this year

  

  President Donald Trump has accepted his counterpart Xi Jinping's invitation to make a visit to China, said Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Mr. Trump is hosting the Chinese president for a two-day visit at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.

• Friday, April 7th 2017 - 10:31 UTC

  “I have gotten nothing” from Xi, but a strong friendship has developed, Trump admits

  

  United States President Donald Trump said to light laughter at a Thursday evening dinner he hosted for Chinese President Xi Jinping that after a long discussion, “I have gotten nothing, absolutely nothing” from his guest. But Trump added that the two leaders, who chatted earlier at the president’s Florida resort, had quickly “developed a friendship,” and he predicted that “long term we’re going to have a very, very great relationship and I look very much forward to it.”