Tag: Donald Trump

• 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.”

• Thursday, April 6th 2017 - 12:46 UTC

  Trump removes top strategist Steve Bannon from the Security Council

  

  President Donald Trump has removed his senior strategist Steve Bannon from the US National Security Council (NSC). The appointment in January raised fears that the circle of US intelligence chiefs was being politicized.

• Monday, April 3rd 2017 - 13:39 UTC

  Mexico planning to purchase Brazilian rice ahead of a clash with Trump over a Nafta review

  A move announced recently by Mexican diplomats may be a precursor of what could be happening in the coming months with the trading of major commodities involving the country’s trade war talks with the U.S.

• Sunday, April 2nd 2017 - 06:02 UTC

  Trump will host Xi at his Florida resort April 6/7; anticipates “difficult meeting”

  

  United States President Donald Trump will meet with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for the first time on April 6-7 at Trump's Florida resort, China's Foreign Ministry announced, amid a range of pressing issues including trade, North Korea and territorial disputes in the South China Sea.

• Thursday, March 30th 2017 - 10:11 UTC

  Brazil and US in talks for a Temer visit to the White House

  

  Brazilian and U.S. officials are in talks about a White House visit by President Michel Temer to discuss bilateral trade and investment issues, according to Planalto sources. U.S. President Donald Trump invited Temer for a visit during a March 18 phone call, when the two leaders discussed deepening commercial and business ties between the Western Hemisphere's largest economies, the sources said.