Tag: John Bolton US security advisor

• Saturday, May 4th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Trump and Putin discuss Guaidó/Maduro situation: “both leaders stand with the Venezuelan people”

  

  US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Friday discussed the crisis in oil-rich Venezuela, where Washington has thrown its weight behind a campaign to oust the Moscow-backed socialist president.

• Tuesday, April 9th 2019 - 05:06 UTC

  Trump designates Iran's Guards a terrorist organization; Teheran does the same with US troops in Middle East

  

  United States President Donald Trump has designated Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a foreign terrorist organization. It is the first time the US has labelled another nation's military as a terrorist organization. Iran retaliated by declaring US forces in the Middle East as a terrorist organization, Iran state news reported.

• Tuesday, December 18th 2018 - 07:04 UTC

  Pompeo will lead US delegation to Brazilian president Bolsonaro's inauguration

  

  United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will lead a delegation to the January first presidential inauguration of Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro, president Donald Trump announced on Monday.

• Saturday, November 3rd 2018 - 06:30 UTC

  Havana reacts to new Trump sanctions: “they will not break the will of Cubans”

  

  Cuba on Friday said new sanctions planned by the United States were a futile attempt to change its policies and would only further isolate Washington internationally.

• Friday, March 23rd 2018 - 07:46 UTC

  Trump names hard line hawk as national security advisor

  

  John Bolton, chosen by President Donald Trump late Thursday to replace H.R. McMaster as national security adviser, is a career lawyer and diplomat who has long been on the president's short list to join the administration. The lifelong conservative has taken hawkish public stances on such issues as North Korea's nuclear program.