Tag: Donald Trump

• 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.

• Sunday, November 8th 2020 - 10:00 UTC

  Biden's victory speech: time for healing, “let's lower the temperature and listen to each other again”

  

  President-elect Joe Biden declared it was “time to heal” America in his first speech after prevailing on Saturday in a bitter election, even as President Donald Trump refused to concede. Biden made his speech to the Nation from HQ in Wilmington, Delaware, the state he represented in Congress since first elected at age 27.

• Saturday, November 7th 2020 - 18:45 UTC

  Biden defeats Trump and will become President of the United States

  

  The Democratic Party candidate, Joe Biden, was elected on Saturday the 46th President of the United States elections after taking definitive lead in the key state of Pennsylvania, making him the new president-elect of the United States. However, the current president and defeated candidate, Donald Trump, refuses to acknowledge defeat by Biden.

• Saturday, November 7th 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  Biden makes a conciliatory speech, but no victory celebration as vote counting continues

  

  Democrat Joe Biden said on Friday that he was going to win the U.S. presidency as his lead grew over President Donald Trump in battleground states, although television networks held off from declaring him the victor as officials continued to count votes.

• Friday, November 6th 2020 - 08:26 UTC

  Markets confident US Senate will remain under Republican control

  

  United States stocks jumped on Thursday as investors bet Republicans would hold onto the Senate and prevent changes under a possible Joe Biden White House that would crimp corporate profits.

• Thursday, November 5th 2020 - 09:54 UTC

  US Supreme Court unwilling to be the arbiter of the election, constitutional experts said

  

  While President Donald Trump wants the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on a presidential race that is still too close to call, it may not be the final arbiter in this election, legal experts said.

• Thursday, November 5th 2020 - 09:50 UTC

  US officially becomes first nation to quit the Paris climate accord; if Biden wins the measure will be reversed

  

  The U.S. has officially become the first nation to quit the Paris climate agreement, even as the outcome of the country’s presidential race remains undetermined. President Donald Trump, who’s fighting for re-election, moved to withdraw from the landmark environmental accord exactly one year ago, abandoning a global effort to curb carbon emissions and slow global warming. The U.S. exit formally took effect Wednesday, the day after the vote.