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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President-elect Donald Trump fired a Twitter broadside at China on Sunday, accusing the Asian giant of currency manipulation and military expansionism in the South China Sea. The taunt came two days after Trump risked offending Beijing by accepting a call from the Taiwanese president, and heralded the prospect of a trade battle between the world’s largest economies. China was a frequent target of Trump’s during his presidential campaign and, […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s controversial telephone conversation with the leader of Taiwan was just a “courtesy call,” US Vice President-elect Mike Pence said Sunday. “It was nothing more than taking a courtesy call from a democratically elected leader,” Pence told ABC’s “This Week” program, speaking about the Friday call between Trump and Taiwan’s Tsai Ing-wen, which broke decades of US diplomatic policy and risks creating a serious rift with China. Washington […]
US President-elect Donald Trump told Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte that Manila was conducting its deadly drug war “the right way”, Duterte said Saturday, in stark contrast to the criticism he received from President Barack Obama. The Philippine president called Trump late Friday evening to congratulate him on his election victory with Trump wishing him “success” in his controversial anti-crime crackdown, in which some 4,800 people have been killed since June, according to Duterte. “He […]
by Brian KNOWLTON WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Retired general James “Mad Dog” Mattis — who for years oversaw US war efforts in the Middle East and was tapped Thursday by President-elect Donald Trump as his new defense secretary — did not come by his nickname lightly. Mattis, 66, commanded a Marine battalion during the First Gulf War and a marine division during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. In 2010, the tough-talking native of Washington […]
by Ivan Couronne CINCINNATI, United States (AFP) — For the first event on his post-election “thank you” tour, US President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday drew a crowd of several thousand people to a Cincinnati arena — but perhaps one that lacked the fervor seen at his campaign rallies. The US Bank Arena in the Ohio city has a capacity of more than 17,000, but on Thursday night before the Republican billionaire was due to take […]
by Timothy A. Clary, with Michael Mathes in Washington INDIANAPOLIS, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump launched into a post-election victory lap Thursday by visiting a company where he claimed credit for saving American jobs, as he warned other US firms they will face consequences if relocating abroad. The president-elect, who made guaranteeing jobs for blue-collar American workers a key plank of his campaign, strode triumphantly through an Indiana factory that makes Carrier air conditioners, […]
NEW YORK, United States (Reuters) — President-elect Donald Trump and his chief of staff-designate Reince Priebus dined with former Trump critic 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in New York on Tuesday (November 29) night. During the presidential campaign, Romney called Trump a “phony” and “a fraud” but he paid a visit to Trump earlier this month and then dined with the president-elect. The meetings are fueling speculation that Romney is under consideration as […]
by Jennie MATTHEW NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Experts and elected officials on both sides of the political aisle on Monday dismissed Donald Trump’s claim that “millions” of Americans voted illegally on Election Day, as efforts expanded to organize recounts in swing states. The Republican billionaire’s victory on November 8 saw him clinch the crucial Electoral College count, which determines the presidency, but lose the popular vote to rival Hillary Clinton by more than […]
by Brian KNOWLTON WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President-elect Donald Trump asserted Sunday that he would have won the US popular vote were it not for “millions of illegal” ballots, while dramatically sharpening his criticism of a recount in Wisconsin, calling it “a waste of time.” With the recount threatening to revive debate about the legitimacy of Trump’s victory — his rival Hillary Clinton won far more popular votes, while he carried the all-important Electoral […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President-elect Donald Trump acknowledged that a “long and bruising” presidential campaign had left emotions raw and tensions high Wednesday but urged America to come together on its Thanksgiving holiday. In a video address from his Florida golf resort, the 70-year-old tycoon said: “It is my prayer, that on this Thanksgiving, we begin to heal our divisions and move forward as one country, strengthened by a shared purpose and very, very […]
JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) – by Joe Dyke Israel revived plans on Wednesday to build 500 new homes for Jewish settlers in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, an ominous sign for Palestinians wary of a Donald Trump presidency, an NGO said. “The political significance of this action is that it is the first plan to be promoted since the US elections,” Betty Herschman from the Ir Amim NGO said. The plan for 500 housing units in Ramat Shlomo, […]
PALM BEACH, United States (AFP) – President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he will nominate South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, a Republican critic who once rebuked him for failing to disavow white supremacists, as US ambassador to the United Nations. An Asian-American with little previous foreign policy experience, Haley was the first woman to be picked for Trump’s cabinet, injecting a measure of diversity in a group that until now has consisted solely of white […]
