Many assume this Trump tough talk is his signature bluster, which he uses to threaten allies to do what he wants. When he suggested renaming the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America,” Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum trolled Trump with a 17th-century map labeling the United States “America Mexicana.”
In a lengthy post on his social media platform Truth Social, US President Donald Trump threatened to impose " high levels of Taxes, Tariffs, and Sanctions" on Russia if President Putin doesn't make a deal to end the war in Ukraine.
McKinley, who was inaugurated in 1897, presided over the negotiations that created the Panama Canal. He loved tariffs, both as a way to fund the government and to protect domestic industry. And he courted, and was courted by, robber barons of the Gilded Age.
The Panama Canal, meanwhile ... Trump has watched Russian President Vladimir Putin gobble up territory in Ukraine while China’s Xi Jinping lays the groundwork to take Taiwan.
Trump wants to take Greenland from Denmark, make Canada the 51st state and retake the Panama Canal, threats reflecting his view that might makes right.
As to possible revision of US policy under Trump on the war in Ukraine, Meloni said ... He also criticized the high tariffs for Panama Canal transit and argued that the 1999 transfer of ...
President Donald Trump has addressed Russia's invasion of Ukraine for the first time since his inauguration, calling on Vladimir Putin to end the war or face further sanctions. DW has more.
"All previously scheduled travel of refugees to the US is being cancelled," a State Department memo says, following an executive order from President Trump.
Russian TV has already been promoting video of Trump's news conference threat to use force against Greenland or Panama as proof that their Ukraine intervention was justified. (And Russia insists ...
Putin also wants a summit with Trump, which appears to be on track to happen this year. A meeting with the U.S. president would signal an end to the period of international isolation Russia entered after it invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
Donald Trump is remaking the traditional boundaries of Washington, unleashing unprecedented executive orders and daring anyone to stop him. Here's the latest: Top Trump adviser Stephen Miller talks deportations and more at a Senate GOP lunch Miller told GOP senators at their closed door luncheon at the Capitol about next steps — including the