Tag: Donald Trump

• Thursday, April 30th 2020 - 07:33 UTC

  Trump orders meat processing plants to remain open to protect the food supply

  

  President Donald Trump ordered meat-processing plants to stay open to protect the food supply in the United States, despite concerns about coronavirus outbreaks, drawing a backlash from unions that said at-risk workers required more protection.

• Wednesday, April 29th 2020 - 07:30 UTC

  Trump again blames China for the pandemic, and is thinking “in ways to hold Beijing accountable”

  

  US President Donald Trump said that China could have stopped the coronavirus before it swept the globe and said his administration was conducting “serious investigations” into what happened.

• Tuesday, April 28th 2020 - 07:17 UTC

  Trump and Putin recall 75th anniversary of the “Spirit of the Elbe”

  

  US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin issued a rare joint statement over the weekend commemorating a 1945 World War Two link-up of US and Soviet troops on their way to defeat Nazi Germany as an example of how their countries can cooperate.

• Thursday, April 23rd 2020 - 09:25 UTC

  Trump signs immigration suspension bill; seasonal labor and health care workers exempted

  

  US President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday he had signed an order partially suspending immigration to the United States, arguing the drastic measure would protect jobs during the coronavirus crisis.

• Thursday, April 23rd 2020 - 08:29 UTC

  Trump allows US Navy to shoot Iranian gunboats “out of the water” if they get too close

  

  US Navy ships will shoot Iranian gunboats that get too close “out of the water,” President Donald Trump said on Wednesday after 11 vessels from Iran's elite fighting force came dangerously close to American ships in the Gulf.

• Wednesday, April 22nd 2020 - 08:56 UTC

  Trump orders a plan to aid US struggling oil companies with massive supply glut

  

  President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered his administration to come up with a plan to aid US oil companies struggling with a massive supply glut and record low crude prices. “We will never let the great U.S. Oil & Gas Industry down,” Trump tweeted.

• Wednesday, April 22nd 2020 - 08:48 UTC

  WHO insists with bats; claims no evidence to suggest coronavirus was manipulated in Chinese lab

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that all available evidence suggests that the novel coronavirus originated in bats in China late last year and it was not manipulated or constructed in a lab.

• Wednesday, April 22nd 2020 - 08:35 UTC

  Immigration green card seekers face 60 days suspension, “to protect US jobs”

  

  President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was suspending immigration for green-card seekers for 60 days, arguing the controversial move would protect US jobs.

• Wednesday, April 22nd 2020 - 07:51 UTC

  Trump wishes North Korea's Kin Jong Un “is doing well”

  

  US President Donald Trump wished North Korea's Kim Jong Un “well” on Tuesday but stopped short of directly commenting on the reclusive leader's health amid reports he underwent surgery.

• Wednesday, April 22nd 2020 - 07:17 UTC

  Missouri state sues China's leadership over COVID-19 seeking billions in compensation

  

  The US state of Missouri on Tuesday Apr 21 sued China's leadership over COVID-19, seeking damages over what it described as deliberate deception and insufficient action to stop the pandemic.