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Trump at White House for last meeting with Obama

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President-elect Donald Trump arrived at the White House Friday for his final meeting with outgoing leader Barack Obama, before heading to the Capitol for his swearing-in ceremony. Obama and First Lady Michelle greeted the Republican billionaire leader-in-waiting and his wife Melania on the steps of the presidential mansion. “Mr President-elect, how are you?” Obama asked. The two couples headed inside for traditional tea and coffee with their vice presidents […]

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Thousand protests Trump inauguration

QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES – As the formal inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump nears, thousands conduct protest in various places like New York City and Washington D.C. with many celebrities expressing their protest due to Trump’s many antics during his campaign.

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Crowds gather on the National Mall for Trump’s inauguration

WASHINGTON, United States (Reuters) — Under a gentle rain, crowds began to gather on Friday (January 20) at the U.S. Capital and the National Mall for the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States. Trump takes power over a divided country after a savage campaign and setting the country on a new, uncertain path at home and abroad. In a ceremony likely to draw 900,000 people, including protesters, Trump and his […]

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Ivanka Trump asks US to give her dad a chance

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Give Donald Trump a chance, incoming first daughter Ivanka is asking fellow Americans as her father readies to be sworn in as president of a sharply divided country on Friday. Yet in an interview with ABC News, aired on the eve of the inauguration, the businesswoman and mother of three also admitted to urging her father to cut out some of his more controversial tweets. “My father is an […]

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Build bridges not walls, protesters tell Trump in London

LONDON, United Kingdom (Reuters) — A banner reading “Build bridges not walls” was draped across London’s Tower Bridge on Friday (January 20) as part of a series of events across the world aimed at expressing displeasure at the inauguration of Donald Trump as U.S. president. Protesters on the iconic bridge held up pink letters reading “Act now!” soon after sunrise while others unfurled the banner over the railings and a speedboat with a black flag […]

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Trump meets Putin and Merkel… at Paris wax museum

PARIS, France (Reuters) — The Grevin Wax Museum in Paris brought the last touches to U.S. President-Elect Donald Trump’s statue on Thursday (January 19) as the real Trump prepares to take office on the eve of his inauguration. Dressed in a dark blue suit and a red tie, the wax version of Trump stood between the statues of Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The statue, a detailed lookalike, had to be […]

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US stocks, dollar fall ahead of Trump inauguration

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — US stocks retreated and the dollar fell against most currencies Thursday in the final session before the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump. Equities elsewhere were mixed, with Japan’s Nikkei climbing on a weaker yen, while European equities fell modestly after the European Central Bank kept interest rates low and adopted a generally dovish stance on monetary policy. Some analysts described heightened uncertainty about Trump among investors in the US, […]

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Trump’s cabinet picks — a quick guide

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday nominated former Georgia governor Sonny Perdue to be his agriculture secretary, rounding out his cabinet picks. For the first time since Ronald Reagan’s presidency in the 1980s, the cabinet will feature no Hispanics, if all of Trump’s nominees are confirmed. The following is a list of key cabinet and other nominations made by Trump, who takes office on Friday. Cabinet State: Rex Tillerson, 64 […]

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Trump, on inauguration eve, pledges to ‘unify’ Americans

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President-elect Donald Trump told Americans Thursday that he will “unify” the nation after a bruising election campaign, as he prepared for his inauguration the following day at the US Capitol. “We’re going to unify our country,” Trump told a crowd of thousands in front of the Lincoln Memorial after a pre-inauguration concert. “We’re going to do things that haven’t been done for our country for many, many decades,” he added. “It’s […]

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Trump arrives in Washington to lay claim to White House

by Michael Mathes Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump jetted into the US capital Thursday on the eve of the most consequential moment of his life — his inauguration as the nation’s 45th president and the setting of a four-year course of American political reform. The Republican billionaire’s arrival caps an extraordinary and improbable run for the White House that, once he takes the reins from President Barack Obama at noon […]

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The 45th US President

Catch EBC’s special live coverage of the US Presidential inauguration! Catch The 45th President – Inauguration of President Donald Trump https://youtu.be/Pn78a2pCSuA https://youtu.be/Lv_xGHZAZ7s https://youtu.be/cH5Y3BiDhYg https://youtu.be/cZGJ6Eyruzw https://youtu.be/QLqG1Pj4XBw   https://youtu.be/HJB901LoMWk https://youtu.be/MIub8w2c2Xw  

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China says it can resolve trade disputes with new US government

BEIJING, China (AFP) — China and the United States can resolve any trade disputes through talks, the government said on Thursday (January 19), as a Chinese newspaper warned U.S. business could be targets for retaliation in any trade war ushered in by President-elect Donald Trump. Trump, who is sworn into office on Friday (January 20), has criticised China’s trade practices and threatened to impose punitive tariffs on Chinese imports. Billionaire investor Wilbur Ross, Trump’s choice […]

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