Donald Trump reveals phase one trade agreement with China October 12, 2019 The US and China have come to an agreement on the first phase of negotiations, President Donald Trump confirmed on Friday. The “substantial” trade deal covers intellectual property, financial services and large agricultural purchases. Read more: Trump turns against Fox News after latest impeachment poll Following talks with China’s Vice Premier Liu He, Trump told [...]
Donald Trump turns against longtime ally Fox News, saying impeachment poll ‘sucks’ October 10, 2019 President Donald Trump may have to expand his definition of the “lamestream media” after falling out with his longtime favourite news station, Fox News. The broadcaster published a poll today showing a majority of US voters want the President to be impeached. Read more: Trump says Fed reserve ‘don’t have a clue’ But Trump did [...]
US diplomat’s wife will not return to UK over crash death, Trump note reveals October 10, 2019 The US diplomat’s wife involved in a car crash that killed a British teenager will not return to the UK to face justice, according to a note accidentally shown by President Donald Trump. Anne Sacoolas claimed diplomatic immunity and fled the country following a head-on collision near a military base that killed 19-year-old motorcyclist Harry [...]
Donald Trump says the Federal Reserve “don’t have a clue” October 9, 2019 Donald Trump has upped his attacks on the US Federal Reserve, saying they “don’t have a clue”. The President was responding on social media to comments made by Fox News presenter Maria Bartiromo saying the Fed was “behind the curve” on cutting interest rates. Read more: Trump threatens to obliterate Turkish economy if it defies [...]
Trump’s troop withdrawal will put Syrian Kurds in danger October 9, 2019 Not many people would cite President Donald Trump as an example of reasoned and level-headed foreign policy making. With fingers permanently hovering over his Twitter interface, the leader of the free world has at times been closer to initiating global conflict through his incendiary language than pouring oil over troubled waters. Despite this – or [...]
Trump threatens to ‘obliterate’ Turkish economy if it defies his ‘unmatched wisdom’ October 7, 2019 Donald Trump has issued a stark threat to “totally destroy” Turkey’s economy if it does anything he considers off-limits in Syria. The US President said the country should not do anything to contradict his “great and unmatched wisdom” in the region. Read more: Turkish lira rallies as President Erdogan’s AK Party concedes Istanbul defeat He [...]
US pulls troops back in Syria, opening door for Turkish offensive October 7, 2019 The US has begun pulling troops back from the northeastern border of Syria, clearing the way for a Turkish strike on Kurdish-led forces long allied to Washington. It has been slammed as a “stab in the back” by the Kurdish-led forces who are longstanding allies of the US in fighting the so-called Islamic State (IS) [...]
Democrats subpoena White House documents in Trump impeachment inquiry October 5, 2019 US House Democrats on Friday demanded that the White House turn over documents as part of their impeachment investigation into President Donald Trump. The documents are related to a call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on 25 July and have been subpoenaed. Read more: US economy adds 136,000 jobs in September as unemployment [...]
Trump says he wants Ukraine and China to investigate the Bidens October 3, 2019 US president Donald Trump has said he wants Ukraine and China to investigate former vice president Joe Biden and his son. Speaking on a lawn outside the White House, Trump said he would “recommend” that Ukraine opens an investigation into the Bidens, and later added he thought China should do the same too. Read more: [...]
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo subpoenaed by Democrats over Trump-Ukraine scandal September 28, 2019 The US Secretary of State has been subpoenaed by the House Democrats as the impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump escalate. Mike Pompeo has been ordered to turn over documents relating to Trump’s dealings with Ukraine. The heads of three House committees have formerly written to Pompeo to demand he produce the documents within a week. [...]