Tag: TRUMP

Trump defends Supreme Court pick after sex assault allegation

  by Paul Handley Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump stood firmly by his Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh Monday after allegations that the conservative judge sexually assaulted a woman when they were teenagers threatened to derail the nomination process. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley canceled a vote on Kavanaugh planned for Thursday and said the nominee and his accuser, California university professor Christine Blasey Ford, would both […]

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Trump’s many trade wars: a summary

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump, to the alarm of US trading partners, has kept his course of aggressive trade policy, imposing punitive tariffs on countries he accuses of cheating American workers. His trade war with China escalated on Monday to cover nearly half of all US imports from that country, is by far the largest and broadest of several fights picked by Trump. Here is a summary of the ongoing conflicts: China […]

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Asian markets sink on fears of fresh Trump tariffs on China

HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets sank on Monday following reports that Donald Trump is planning to hit China with another round of tariffs, dealing a blow to hopes for talks between the two economic giants. Traders sent regional equities surging on Thursday and Friday as it emerged that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin had offered to meet officials from Beijing to avert an all-out trade war. However, The Washington Post and Wall Street Journal […]

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Key Woodward sources criticize Trump depiction in book ‘Fear’

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Two apparent key sources for Bob Woodward’s devastating new book on Donald Trump criticized the author’s depiction of the president Tuesday, suggesting he distorted their accounts. Gary Cohn and Rob Porter both issued statements taking some issue with Woodward’s description of Trump’s White House in “Fear,” which was released Tuesday, as a “Crazytown” where aides plot to thwart Trump’s orders and keep him contained. Cohn, the former White House chief […]

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Trump praises N.Korea’s Kim: ‘We will get it done together!’

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump praised North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday for reportedly expressing faith in him. “Kim Jong Un of North Korea proclaims ‘unwavering faith in President Trump.’ Thank you to Chairman Kim. We will get it done together!,” Trump wrote on Twitter. Kim restated his commitment to denuclearizing the Korean peninsula Thursday. South Korean National Security Advisor Chung Eui-yong delivered a letter Wednesday to Kim from […]

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Anonymous official says Trump staff working against ‘amoral’ president

by Paul HANDLEY / Jerome CARTILLIER Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Top members of Donald Trump’s administration are so alarmed by the president’s “erratic” and “amoral” behavior that they are actively working to undermine him, an anonymous senior official wrote in The New York Times Wednesday. Trump immediately slammed as “gutless” the unsigned op-ed — published a day after excerpts from bombshell book claiming that White House staff were constantly battling to […]

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Trump to skip Asian regional summits, Pence to travel instead

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump will not attend regional summits with Asian allies in November but will send Vice President Mike Pence instead, the White House announced Friday. Pence will travel to Singapore to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit and the East Asia Summit, it said. He will then go on to Papua New Guinea for Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings, the White House said. […]

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Trump, under pressure to honor McCain, orders flags to half-staff

by Jerome Cartillier with Robyn Beck in Phoenix Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump bowed to pressure Monday to honor the late John McCain, ordering that flags be lowered to half-staff across the country, as the late senator fired a parting shot at the president in a farewell message to the United States. Trump’s about-face came after he found himself mired in controversy over his rather conspicuous failure to pay tribute […]

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Team Trump warns impeachment would prompt revolt, economic crash

  by Andrew Beatty  Agence France-Presse   WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump and his allies tried to head off mounting talk of his impeachment Thursday, warning it would sink the world’s largest economy and spark a public “revolt.” After Trump was implicated as a co-conspirator in two campaign finance violations, both of them federal felonies, he and his closest advisors offered dire words of caution about the consequences of removing him from […]

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Asian markets mostly up ahead of trade talks, Trump fears ease

Asian markets mostly rose Wednesday before keenly awaited trade talks between China and the United States, while early worries over a double whammy for Donald Trump also eased. While not expecting a major deal when officials from Beijing and Washington meet, investors are hopeful they can find a way out of the months-long row that has seen tariffs imposed on billions of dollars of goods and stock markets tumble. Recent comments from US Commerce Secretary […]

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Bolton: US to act ‘very strongly’ if Syria uses chemical weapons in Idlib

JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) — US President Donald Trump’s national security adviser warned Wednesday that the United States will respond “very strongly” if Syrian President Bashar al-Assad uses chemical weapons in an offensive to retake Idlib province. Speaking at a press conference during a visit to Jerusalem, John Bolton also said that the Trump administration was not seeking to oust Iran’s leadership with its reimposition of sanctions on Tehran. “Regime change in Iran is not American […]

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Two Trump lieutenants found guilty, president implicated

  by Laura Bonilla Cal / with Will Dunlop in Alexandria and Andrew Beatty in Washington Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump stood accused of conspiring to commit campaign finance fraud and two of his closest aides faced jail time Tuesday, after court proceedings delivered a legal and political one-two punch to his embattled presidency. In a drama that played out simultaneously across two US cities, a court found one […]

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