Author: David Nakamura
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Trump threatens to end NAFTA if Congress attempts to ‘interfere’
President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to withdraw the United States from the North American Free Trade Agreement, asserting his right to broker a new trade pact that does not include Canada despite opposition from lawmakers and questions over his legal authority to do so. Trump on Friday formally informed Congress of his intent to…
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Trump increasingly takes aim at a new foe: China
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. • After 18 months of treating North Korea as the top national security threat, President Donald Trump has increasingly turned his attention to China, taking a more confrontational approach that experts said shows a risky shift in U.S. policy. From an escalating trade war to a new defense budget that counters Chinese maritime…
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Trump, Pence offer hero’s welcome to three Americans freed by North Korea
Three Americans held captive for more than a year in North Korea arrived at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington well before dawn Thursday to a hero’s welcome featuring President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and first lady Melania Trump. Shortly before 3 a.m., in pitch black skies, a U.S. government plane made its approach…
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Trump boasts that he’s ‘like, really smart’ and a ‘very stable genius’ amid questions over mental fitness
President Donald Trump continues to defend himself in the wake of a new book that suggests top White House aides fear that he is unfit for the job. In a tweetstorm Saturday morning, the president called himself a “very stable genius” and called being “really smart” one of his greatest assets. Trump cited his career…
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The presidential coin undergoes a Trumpian makeover
For two decades, the commander in chief has doled out distinguished-looking coins as personal mementos. Now, the presidential “challenge coin” has undergone a Trumpian transformation. The presidential seal has been replaced by an eagle bearing President Trump’s signature. The eagle’s head faces right, not left, as on the seal. The 13 arrows representing the original…
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In Vietnam, Trump blasts critics on Russia as ‘haters and fools’ and appears to call North Korean leader ‘short and fat’
HANOI — President Trump on Sunday appeared to ridicule North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un as “short and fat,” and he lashed out at critics of his relationship with Russia’s leader, saying they are “haters and fools” who don’t understand the merits of a good relationship with Moscow. The morning tweetstorm came as Trump prepared for bilateral…
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Trump announces new economic sanctions on North Korea over nuclear program
NEW YORK — President Donald Trump on Thursday announced an executive order to grant additional authority to the Treasury Department to enforce economic sanctions on North Korea and countries that do business with the rogue nation in Northeast Asia. The president also said that Chinese President Xi Jinping had ordered Chinese banks to cease conducting…
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Trump administration announces end of immigration protection program for ‘dreamers’
The Trump administration announced Tuesday it would begin to unwind an Obama-era program that allows younger undocumented immigrants to live in the country without fear of deportation, calling the program unconstitutional but offering a partial delay to give Congress a chance to address the issue. The decision, after weeks of intense deliberation between President Trump and…
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Trump recycles discredited Islamic pigs’ blood tale after terrorist attack in Barcelona
Hours after an apparent terrorist attack in Barcelona, President Trump on Thursday recycled a largely discredited Internet tale that he promoted on the campaign trail as a way to call attention to what he has called “radical Islamic terrorism.” In a Twitter message, Trump instructed his 36 million followers to look to the example of …
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Trump retweets — then deletes — image of train running over CNN reporter
President Donald Trump’s war with CNN went off the rails Tuesday morning after he retweeted an image of a Trump train running over a CNN reporter, then quickly deleted it after the meme sparked criticism as inappropriate just days after the Charlottesville violence. Trump was in the middle of a morning tweetstorm when he sent…