Tag: Melania Trump

• Friday, October 2nd 2020 - 09:57 UTC

  Trump and Melania on quarantine after testing positive for Covid-19

  

  U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for COVID-19 after a top aide he spent substantial time with this week tested positive for the coronavirus.

• Thursday, September 12th 2019 - 07:08 UTC

  Trump pledges to hit the Taliban harder on 18th anniversary of 9/11 attacks

  

  President Donald Trump pledged to hit the Taliban “harder” than ever as America on Wednesday marked the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that led the country into war in Afghanistan.

• Monday, August 27th 2018 - 08:30 UTC

  Obama and Bush will speak at McCain's funeral; Trump not invited

  

  Tributes from former US presidents and across the political spectrum have poured in for Republican Senator John McCain, who has died aged 81. Barack Obama, who beat him to the White House in 2008, said they had shared a “fidelity to something higher”. George W Bush described him as “a patriot of the highest order”.

• Friday, November 11th 2016 - 08:17 UTC

  Obama and Trump praise each other and agree on a smooth transition, but tension was evident

  

  After savaging President Barack Obama before and during his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump met him in person for the first time on Thursday and said he had “great respect” for him. President Barack Obama called his conversation with President-elect Trump excellent.

• Thursday, November 10th 2016 - 11:40 UTC

  Obama will host Trump at the White House and promises a smooth transition

  

  President Barack Obama will host on Thursday a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump at the White House, in their first public step toward a peaceful transition of power after the Republican businessman's surprise election victory. The two men have had almost no one-on-one contact previously. Trump led the “birther” movement that questioned Obama's U.S. citizenship and has pledged to overturn the Democratic president's signature policy achievements after he takes office on Jan. 20