Tag: Donald Trump
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Ukrainians wake up to Trump’s pause on all military aid
Ukrainians woke up yesterday to news that the Trump administration has paused military aid for their fight against Russia’s invasion, days after a disastrous Oval Office ... -
European leaders pledge to stand by Ukraine after confrontational Oval Office meeting with Trump
European leaders pledged late Friday to stand by Ukraine in the wake of the contentious Oval Office meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump, Vice President JD ... -
China to step in?
If US attempts World Bank retreat, the China-led AIIB could be poised to step in – and provide a model of global cooperation Donald Trump’s animosity ... -
Macau included in US list of ‘foreign adversaries’
A memorandum signed by President Donald Trump on the “America First Investment Policy” notes that the Macau Special Administrative Region (Macau SAR) has been officially included ... -
‘Dark MAGA’ spreads as conservatives embrace Musk’s influence on Trump
At an annual gathering of conservative activists, the signature red “ Make America Great Again “ hats popularized by President Donald Trump were interspersed with a ... -
Trump’s freeze on foreign aid could give China an opening on the world stage
President Donald Trump’s restrictions on foreign aid and targeting of a key agency funding programs around the world may be offering an opening to America’s biggest ... -
Trump backs idea to send some DOGE savings to American citizens
President Donald Trump said that he likes the idea of giving some of the savings from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency back to U.S. citizens ... -
Mike Pence emerges as one of the few Republicans willing to challenge Trump 2.0
His group spent nearly $1 million on ads opposing Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Donald Trump's pick to lead the nation's health agencies. He's delivering speeches urging ... -
Trump wants denuclearization talks with Russia and China, hopes for defense spending cuts
President Donald Trump said late last week that he wants to restart nuclear arms control talks with Russia and China and that eventually he hopes all ... -
Tech TikTok returns to Apple and Google app stores in the US
TikTok has returned to the app stores of Apple and Google in the U.S., after President Donald Trump delayed the enforcement of a TikTok ban. TikTok, ... -
Trump says he and Putin have agreed to begin talks on ending the war
President Donald Trump upended three years of U.S. policy toward Ukraine yesterday [Macau time], saying that he and Russian leader Vladimir Putin had agreed to begin ... -
A joke petition seeks to help Denmark buy California as Trump eyes Greenland
Is California for sale? A lighthearted petition to buy the state of California for Denmark prompted more than 200,000 signatures by Wednesday in response to President ... -
Inflation is heating up again, putting pressure on Trump to cool it on tariffs
Inflation figures released on Feb. 12, 2025, will come as a disappointment to Americans who hoped President Donald Trump would be true to his word on ... -
Ukraine’s rare earth elements could help keep US military aid flowing
Ukraine has offered to strike a deal with U.S. President Donald Trump for continued American military aid in exchange for developing Ukraine’s mineral industry, which could ... -
Trump signs order for plastic straws as he declares paper ones ‘don’t work’
President Donald Trump said yesterday [Macau time] he is banning federal use of paper straws, saying they “don’t work” and don’t last very long. Instead he ... -
US officials are bound for Europe for top-level talks on Ukraine
President Donald Trump’s national security adviser said yesterday [Macau time] that top administration officials will meet with European officials this week about how to end the ... -
Trump’s AI ambition and China’s DeepSeek overshadow an AI summit in Paris
The geopolitics of artificial intelligence will be in focus at a major summit in France where world leaders, executives and experts will hammer out pledges on ... -
Trump’s suggestion the US ‘take over’ the Gaza Strip rejected by friends and foes
President Donald Trump’s proposal that the United States “take over” the Gaza Strip and permanently resettle its Palestinian residents was swiftly rejected and denounced yesterday by ... -
Trump will sign an executive order barring transgender female athletes from competing
President Donald Trump will sign an executive order today [Macau time] designed to prevent people who were biologically assigned male at birth from participating in women’s ... -
Trump sings in Chinese and wins cheers in Hong Kong
A traditional Hong Kong theater came alive with an untraditional twist: Donald Trump singing in Chinese. On Monday night, the Cantonese opera production “Trump on Show” ... -
Trump fills his cabinet with billionaires after running on a working-class message
President Donald Trump’s brash populism has always involved incongruence: the billionaire businessman-politician stirring the passions of millions who, regardless of the U.S. economy’s trajectory, could never ... -
Trump signs order that likely sets in motion a future ban on transgender troops
President Donald Trump signed an executive order yesterday [Macau time] directing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to revise the Pentagon’s policy on transgender troops, likely setting in ... -
Trump wants Jordan and Egypt to accept more Palestinian refugees and floats plan to ‘clean out’ Gaza
President Donald Trump said Saturday he would like to see Jordan, Egypt and other Arab nations increase the number of Palestinian refugees they are accepting from ... -
Better trajectory for Sino-US relations requires actions in line with direction indicated by talks
In a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi expressed Beijing’s hope and expectation that China and ... -
Mapmakers grapple with Trump’s geographic renaming plans
What’s in a name change, after all? The water bordered by the Southern United States, Mexico and Cuba will be critical to shipping lanes and vacationers ... -
Saudi crown prince says kingdom intends to invest $600 billion in US during call with Trump
Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said yesterday the kingdom wants to invest $600 billion in the United States over the next four years, comments that came after ... -
Trump highlights partnership investing $500 billion in AI
President Donald Trump yesterday [Macau time] talked up a joint venture investing up to $500 billion for infrastructure tied to artificial intelligence by a new partnership ... -
Fact check: false and misleading claims Trump made at inaugural events
In his first address after being sworn in yesterday [Macau time], President Donald Trump repeated several false and misleading statements that he made during his campaign. ... -
Panama, familiar with US intervention, bristles at Trump’s comments on canal
U.S. President Donald Trump’s insistence yesterday [Macau time] that he wants to have the Panama Canal back under U.S. control fed nationalist sentiment and worry in ... -
A guide to who stood where at Trump’s inauguration
The crowded dais in the Capitol Rotunda on Inauguration Day featured four of the world’s five wealthiest men, five U.S. presidents, tech titans and business moguls, ... -
Trump mistakes Spain for a member of the BRICS bloc and repeats the threat of massive tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump has apparently confused Spain for a member of the BRICS bloc of developing economies, causing some head-scratching and jitters over possible tariffs in Madrid. Spain ... -
TikTok tests US earnestness for cooperation
TikTok “temporarily” suspended its services in the United States on Saturday, following the Supreme Court’s ruling that a law requiring the app to sever ties with ... -
Inauguration Day: Trump promises a ‘golden age of America’
Donald Trump, who overcame impeachments, criminal indictments and a pair of assassination attempts to win another term in the White House, was sworn in early today ... -
Big Tech CEOs, Carrie Underwood and foreign leaders
Donald Trump’s inauguration as the country’s 47th president was expected to be an extravagant break from tradition — before it got moved indoors due to cold ... -
Xi and Trump talk about trade, fentanyl and TikTok
President-elect Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping discussed trade, fentanyl and TikTok in a phone call this weekend, just days before Trump heads back to ...
