U.S. President Donald Trump is reportedly dialing down his rhetoric in order to secure direct talks with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, and a possible trade deal. Bloomberg quoted unnamed White House sources saying Trump is increasingly pursuing purchase agreements that resemble deals he made in his first term and pushing for quick wins, rather than…
US President Donald Trump’s pick for United Nations ambassador, Mike Waltz, told senators on Tuesday that the UN needs urgent reform and that the US must play a stronger role in countering China’s growing influence within the organisation. Waltz, a retired Army Green Beret and former Republican congressman from Florida, appeared before the Senate Foreign…
Topline President Donald Trump attacked the messaging app Signal on Wednesday evening while defending Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s role in reportedly sharing messages—which some Republicans believe contained classified information—with The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief, as his administration attempts to downplay the leak. The Signal encrypted messaging application is seen on a mobile device with an image of…
President Donald Trump is ‘horrified’ by the scenes coming out of Israel following the return of the Bibas children’s bodies on Thursday, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz said Friday morning at the Conservative Political Action Conference. “His heart breaks,” Waltz said of Trump. “My message, President Trump’s message to those families, we are with…
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Donald Trump’s envoy to Ukraine and Russia said on Friday that he had held “extensive and positive discussions” with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy about the three-year war with Russia and praised the Ukrainian leader as an “embattled and courageous leader of a nation at war.” Retired U.S. Lt. Gen. Keith…
WASHINGTON – 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 adversary — China. From the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development to quitting international groups, Trump’s drastic “America First” moves have raised concerns among some…
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Top U.S. and Russian officials had their most extensive high-level engagement since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine almost three years ago, meeting for nearly four hours Tuesday in Saudi Arabia as President Donald Trump sought to advance his goal of ending the fighting in Ukraine and mending ties with Moscow….
Donald Trump (L) and Russia’s Vladimir Putin arrive to attend a joint press conference after a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, on July 16, 2018. Yuri Kadobnov | Afp | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump suggested that Ukraine could lose its sovereignty to Russia, and said he wanted compensation for the aid…
President Donald Trump’s national security adviser said Sunday that top administration officials will meet with European officials this week about how to end the war in Ukraine, nearly three years after Russia launched an all-out invasion. Less than a day earlier, the New York Post reported that Trump had a phone call with Russian leader…
US President Donald Trump on Friday revealed he spoke with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on a phone call in an effort to negotiate an end to the Ukraine war.In an exclusive interview with The New York Post aboard Air Force One, Trump declined to say how many times the two leaders had spoken but insisted…