Tag: Donald Trump

• Friday, June 5th 2020 - 08:14 UTC

  On Tiananmen anniversary US destroyer sailed the sensitive Taiwan Strait

  

  A U.S. warship sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Thursday, the U.S. and Taiwanese militaries said, on the same day as the 31st anniversary of China’s bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in and around Tiananmen Square.

• Friday, June 5th 2020 - 08:03 UTC

  Trump orders tighter accounting practices of China based companies listed in US markets

  

  U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday warned American investors against fraudulent accounting practices at China-based companies and said the Nasdaq’s recent decision to tighten listing rules for such players should be “a model” for all other exchanges around the world.

• Thursday, June 4th 2020 - 18:31 UTC

  Defense Secretary rejects Trump's Insurrection Act do deploy active duty forces to respond to civil unrest

  

  Defense Secretary Mark Esper told reporters at the Pentagon on Wednesday that he does not support invoking the Insurrection Act, a law from 1807 that would allow President Donald Trump to deploy active-duty U.S. troops to respond to civil unrest in cities across the country.

• Thursday, June 4th 2020 - 18:27 UTC

  Ex Pentagon Chief blasts Trump for trying to divide US and failing to provide “mature leadership”

  

  Former Pentagon chief Jim Mattis issued a stinging rebuke of his erstwhile boss Donald Trump on Wednesday accusing the president of trying to “divide” America and failing to provide “mature leadership” as the country reels from days of protests.

• Thursday, June 4th 2020 - 09:29 UTC

  Beijing will allow more foreign carries to fly to China, following a threat from Trump

  

  China said on Thursday it will allow more foreign carriers to fly into the mainland, shortly after Washington barred Chinese passenger carriers from flying to the United States citing Beijing's restrictions on American airlines.

• Wednesday, June 3rd 2020 - 12:20 UTC

  President Trump also manages to infuriate religious leaders

  

  United States religious leaders on Tuesday castigated Donald Trump for posing in front of a church holding a Bible after peaceful protesters were violently cleared from the surrounding area.

• Wednesday, June 3rd 2020 - 08:57 UTC

  US investigating digital services taxes by several countries, which “unfairly target our companies”

  

  The United States is investigating digital services taxes being adopted or considered by Britain, Italy, Brazil, and other countries, the US Trade Representative's office said on Tuesday, a move that could lead to new punitive tariffs and heighten trade tensions.

• Wednesday, June 3rd 2020 - 08:05 UTC

  WHO's Americas branch PAHO calls on US to keep countries in the region combat the pandemic

  

  The World Health Organization's (WHO's) regional director for the Americas urged the United States on Tuesday to keep helping countries in the region to fight the novel coronavirus even as the Trump administration leaves the UN agency.

• Tuesday, June 2nd 2020 - 08:40 UTC

  Trump threatens to deploy thousands of “heavily armed” soldiers

  

  US President Donald Trump on Monday said he was deploying thousands of “heavily armed” soldiers and police to prevent further protests in Washington, where buildings and monuments have been vandalized near the White House.

• Tuesday, June 2nd 2020 - 08:08 UTC

  Facebook staff criticize Zuckerberg for leaving Trump’s most inflammatory verbiage unchallenged

  

  Facebook employees walked away from their work-from-home desks on Monday and took to Twitter to accuse Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg of inadequately policing U.S. President Donald Trump’s posts as strictly as the rival platform has done.