Tag: Donald Trump

Tuesday, November 24th 2020 - 09:38 UTC
Trump gives go-ahead to presidential transition, but continues with legal challenges

President Donald Trump on Monday said he had given Emily Murphy, the head of the General Services Administration, the go-ahead to proceed with a transition for President-elect Joe Biden’s administration despite plans to continue with legal challenges.
Thursday, November 19th 2020 - 09:01 UTC
“US politicians are behaving like children,” JP Morgan Chase CEO

U.S. politicians are behaving like children by not passing a new stimulus bill that could help Americans whose income has been wiped out by the coronavirus pandemic, JPMorgan Chase & Co Chief Executive Jamie Dimon said on Wednesday at a New York Times conference.
Thursday, November 19th 2020 - 08:26 UTC
Trump administration tightens the noose on Cuba: bans charter flights with alleged humanitarian cargo

The U.S. Transportation Department said on Wednesday it is denying exemptions for two charter flight companies to deliver humanitarian cargo to Cuba, the latest crackdown by the Trump administration.
Wednesday, November 18th 2020 - 09:13 UTC
Trump considered attacking Iran's main nuclear site, but finally desisted on counsel from advisors

President Donald Trump asked senior advisers last Thursday about potential options for attacking Iran's main nuclear site, US media report. The advisers warned him that military action could spark a broader conflict, officials were cited as saying.
Friday, November 13th 2020 - 09:23 UTC
For Bolsonaro, US elections are not over, “Have they really finished?”

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a close ally of Republican President Donald Trump and one of the few prominent world leaders still not to have congratulated Democratic President-elect Joe Biden on his election win, asked on Thursday whether the vote in the U.S. was really over.
Tuesday, November 10th 2020 - 09:38 UTC
EU extols Biden's victory, “we will work with a president who does not consider us a foe”

The European Union's foreign policy chief on Monday extolled Joe Biden's victory in the U.S. election and, in a swipe at outgoing President Donald Trump, welcomed “the chance to work once again with a U.S. president who doesn't consider us a foe.”
Tuesday, November 10th 2020 - 09:23 UTC
Biden pleads US folks to wear masks and names Covid-19 scientific task force

President-elect Joe Biden on Monday made an urgent plea for Americans to wear masks to slow the spread of the coronavirus, declaring that “a mask is not a political statement” as he vowed to make defeating the pandemic his No. 1 priority when he replaces President Donald Trump on Jan 20.
Tuesday, November 10th 2020 - 09:22 UTC
Trump sacks Defense Secretary by tweeter; Esper was against using active military to suppress street protests

US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he had “terminated” Defense Secretary Mark Esper, signaling he may use his final months in office after defeat at the polls to settle scores within his administration.
Monday, November 9th 2020 - 09:40 UTC
Brazil and Mexico, close friends of Trump, have yet to congratulate Joe Biden

There were two notable holdouts among the world leaders who rushed to congratulate Joe Biden on his victory in the U.S. elections: the leaders of Latin America’s two largest countries, both of whom have been seen as friendly to President Donald Trump in different ways.
Monday, November 9th 2020 - 09:26 UTC
Beijing's message to Biden, “Drop illusions over China-US relations, but don’t give up efforts”

Even when the Chinese government and chairman Xi Jinping have still to congratulate president elect Joe Biden on his victory, Global Times, the Chinese Communist Party English language newspaper published on Sunday a set of suggestions and warnings on the future relations with a new US Democrat administration in Washington, but also ”popping some of the bubble’s from the rough times with president Trump.