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President Trump held off on imposing tougher sanctions on Chinese officials blamed for a crackdown on China’s Uighur Muslim minority because of concern such measures would have interfered with trade negotiations, he said in an interview published on Sunday. “Well, we were in the middle of a major trade deal. And I made a great […] More
Trade adviser also claims without foundation that the virus ‘was a product of the Chinese Communist party’ Donald Trump speaks at the BOK Center in Tulsa. Photograph: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images White House adviser Peter Navarro claimed Donald Trump was being “tongue in cheek” when he claimed to have asked public health officials to slow down […] More
Donald Trump’s campaign manager, Brad Parscale, was under pressure on Sunday, after claiming hundreds of thousands of people had applied for tickets to the president’s return to the campaign trail in Tulsa, only for the rally to attract an underwhelming crowd. At the BOK Center in the Oklahoma city on Saturday night, as the president […] More
Attorney General fires New York attorney after bizarre standoff Judiciary chair says he will cut $50m from ‘personal budget’ Opinion: SDNY disaster suggests Barr is not so smart after all William Barr looks on as Donald Trump makes remarks in the Cabinet Room of the White House. Photograph: Doug Mills/EPA Attorney general William Barr “certainly […] More
John Bolton Judge allows publication of tell-all but slams author’s behaviour Aide: ‘That guy should turn in his seersucker suit for a jumpsuit’ The Room Where It Happened: a broadside to sink Trump? John Bolton – wearing a seersucker suit – waits in the Oval Office in July 2019. Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA White House […] More
Peter Navarro: Covid-19 ‘was product of Chinese Communist party’ President returns to campaign trail at muted Oklahoma event Trump says he ordered coronavirus testing to ‘slow down’ US attorney behind inquiries into Trump allies resigns John Bolton: judge declines to block tell-all Trump book LIVE Updated Trade adviser Peter Navarro: ‘We know that virus was […] More
Trump’s Berman-SDNY disaster suggests William Barr is not so smart after all Lloyd Green The attorney general lied about the US attorney from New York, had to fire him, and landed the president with a big problem William Barr listens to Donald Trump in the Rose Garden of the White House. Photograph: Stefani Reynolds/EPA Maybe […] More
The Room Where It Happened review: John Bolton fires broadside that could sink Trump The ex-national security adviser is no hero or martyr and certainly no prose stylist either. What counts is how damaging his memoir will be Donald Trump speaks as John Bolton, national security adviser, listens in August 2019. Photograph: Andrew Harrer/EPA John […] More
