TAIPEI: Taiwan’s cabinet announced on Thursday a planned special budget of up to NT$410 billion ($12.6 billion) to boost security and the economy against the impact of new US tariffs.Taipei said it held its first tariff discussions with the United States this month as President Lai Ching-te seeks to shield Taiwan’s exporters from a proposed […]
For international leaders, visiting the White House these days is an unpredictable undertaking that comes with a risk of being embarrassed, or worse, berated, by President Trump. For Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy, Thursday’s meeting in the Oval Office was largely a smooth affair, with Mr. Trump covering her in hyperbolic praise and making […]
‘Stock market did a Jesus’: SNL roasts Donald Trump’s tariff chaos in Easter special In a cheeky start to its Easter episode, Saturday Night Live turned its lens on US President Donald Trump’s handling of the US economy, using biblical imagery to mock Trump’s erratic tariff decisions. The sketch began with a reimagining of the […]
