Tag: Trump

Washington: White House Economic Advisor Larry Kudlow has said that there was a “strong possibility” that US President Donald Trump will meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at the G20 economic summit in Japan next month. Kudlow said during a TV interview on Sunday that the chances of such a meeting “were pretty good”, but added […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump has hosted his second annual iftar dinner at the White House and said it’s “been a very rough time” for Muslims around the world. The dinner, which breaks the daily fast of Ramadan for Muslims around the world, on Monday night was attended by ambassadors and members of the diplomatic corps […]

New Delhi: US President Donald Trump on Thursday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his “big victory” in the general elections, saying “great things” were in store for the partnership between the two countries. “Congratulations to Prime Minister NarendraModi and his BJP party on their big election victory! Great things are in store for the […]

New Delhi: US President Donald Trump on Friday called up Prime Minister Narendra Modi to congratulate him on his election victory and the two leader agreed to meet at the upcoming G-20 summit in Japan. “President Trump congratulated the Prime Minister on the unprecedented electoral victory. The two leaders agreed to meet at the forthcoming […]

Washington: Hundreds of immigrant labourers in the USA who can’t prove their legal status are being forced to quit after their employers received ‘no-match letters’ from the Social Security Administration (SSA), according to media reports. ‘No-match letters’ are sent out when the SSA detects discrepancies between its records and the information provided by employees on […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump on Sunday denied that he called Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, “nasty” and blamed the news media for making up the whole episode. “I never called Meghan Markle ‘nasty.’ Made up by the Fake News Media, and they got caught cold! Will @CNN, @nytimes and others apologize? Doubt it!” […]

London: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday arrived at Portsmouth port city of the UK to join Queen Elizabeth II, outgoing British Prime Minister Theresa May and other world leaders to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings. May will host 15 world leaders to remember the largest combined land, air and naval operation […]

Washington: U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out at The New York Times and The Washington Post, as tensions between the White House and some of the nation’s mainstream media continue to grow. “A poll should be done on which is the more dishonest and deceitful newspaper, the Failing New York Times or the Amazon (lobbyist) […]

Pyongyang: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has received a personal letter from US President Donald Trump, the country’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Sunday. After reading the letter, Kim “said with satisfaction that the letter is of excellent content”. Kim said he would “seriously contemplate the interesting content”, Xinhua reported citing KCNA. […]

Washington: The White House has reportedly ditched Facebook and Twitter for its Social Media Summit slated to be organized on Thursday because President Donald Trump believes both the platforms censor conservative or Republican views, the media reported. The summit is likely to address issues relevant to social media before the 2020 presidential elections, The Hill […]

New Delhi: Indian and US officials were engaged on Thursday in thrashing out a trade impasse in a “problem solving manner”, days after US President Donald Trump tweeted that India’s high tariff regime is not acceptable to the US. A US delegation led by Assistant US Trade Representative (AUSTR) for South and Central Asia, Christopher […]

Washington: The Democratic party, which has a majority in the House of Representatives, introduced a resolution on Monday condemning the tweets of US President Donald Trump against four of their women lawmakers as “racist”. The opposition leaders and the president continued to clash over the issue that has caught the national attention for the past […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump has refused to criticise the Turkish government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan over its purchase of Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missiles and blamed Ankara’s move on his predecessor, former President Barack Obama. Trump on Tuesday told reporters before a White House cabinet meeting that Erdogan wanted to buy the US Patriot missile […]

New Delhi: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed credit for the arrest of Hafiz Saeed by Pakistan government, saying great pressure has been exerted over the last two years to find him even as India is yet to officially react to Islamabad’s action. Terming Saeed as “so-called mastermind” of the Mumbai terror attacks, Trump […]

Washington: Moving swiftly to counter the diplomatic embarrassment caused by President Donald Trump’s flub on Kashmir and assuage an upset New Delhi, the US administration clarified that Kashmir is very much a bilateral issue between India and Pakistan, even as US Democrats apologised to India’s envoy for the US President’s “amateurish claim” about Kashmir. India […]