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Brooke Rollins: Who is Brooke Rollins? Trump’s agri secretary at heart of tariff policy debate

File photo: US agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins (Pictur credit: AP) US agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins, who took up the charge previous month, has stirred fresh debate over the future of US President Donald Trump’s trade tariffs after her recent TV appearance. Rollins was seen dodging direct questions on whether the levies would remain in place.Speaking […]

UK PM Keir Starmer acknowledges Trump’s tariff logic but calls them wrong

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to acknowledge the reasoning behind US President Donald Trump’s latest push for tariffs, even as he maintains that such protectionist measures are the wrong approach, according to The Times.In a speech due to be delivered on Sunday, the Labour leader is set to announce that he recognises why […]

DOGE chief Elon Musk calls for ‘zero tariff situation’ between US and EU

Tech mogul Elon Musk has expressed hopes for a zero-tariff trade zone between the United States and Europe, just days after US President Donald Trump imposed sweeping new tariffs, including a 20 per cent levy on European Union goods.Speaking via videoconference hosted by Italy’s far-right League party in Florence on Saturday, Musk said he hoped […]

US Tariff Elon Musk: Elon Musk breaks silence on Trump tariffs after losing millions, torches key White House adviser Navarro

Elon Musk slams key Trump adviser Peter Navarro amid tariff turmoil. Elon Musk, who lost billions in the market crash triggered by Donald Trump’s tariff, mostly maintained silence on the issue, but on Saturday, he did not mince his words for Trump’s close economic adviser Peter Navarro. Navarro was in favor of strict tariffs though […]

Trump tees off with tariff bogey amid meltdown in US markets

TOI Correspondent from Washington: Pilloried for playing golf while the stock market burned, MAGA supremo Donald Trump tee-d off with claims of an “economic revolution” that has “already” brought in more than $5 trillion investment into the United States.The US President’s tall talk came despite America’s top 500 companies bleeding almost the same amount, $5 […]

‘It won’t be easy’: Trump asks Americans to ‘hang tough’ amid escalating tariff war

US President Donald Trump on Saturday doubled down on his sweeping tariff policies, claiming that China has been hit “much harder” than the United States in the ongoing trade war between the world’s two largest economies. His remarks came a day after US stock markets tumbled, leading to concerns over a potential global recession.Taking to […]

Trump Netanyahu: Netanyahu planning to visit Trump at White House to negotiate 17% tariff: Report

Netanyahu may visit Trump on Monday to negotiate 17 per cent tariff. Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may become the first foreign leader to visit President Donald Trump in person to negotiate on Trump’s tariffs. According to reports, Netanyahu is planning to visit Monday and the two leaders would also discuss the Iran nuclear crisis […]

Dow Jones Today: Donald Trump says ‘only the weak will fail’ amid tariff chaos, Wall Street bloodbath

Donald Trump posted a cryptic message on Truth Social amid tariff chaos. President Donald Trump put out a cryptic message Friday amid global meltdown over his tariffs as he wrote ‘only the weak will fail’. The aftershocks of Donald Trump’s massive tariff moves started with China announced an additional 34 per cent tariff on all […]

‘Stop playing politics!’: Donald Trump urges Fed Chair Jerome Powell to slash rates

‘Stop playing politics!’: Donald Trump urges Fed Chair Jerome Powell to slash rates (Picture credit: AP) US President Donald Trump on Friday called on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to cut interest rates immediately, even as the central bank faces mounting pressure over inflation concerns triggered by his administration’s sweeping new tariffs.“This would be a […]

Donald Trump News: ‘Trump is at the peak of not giving a…’: White House official on what went behind tariff decisions

Donald Trump personally chose the formula based on which the tariffs were decided. A White House official told Washington Post that President Donald Trump is “at the peak of just not giving a f**k anymore”, explaining the rationale behind the reciprocratory tariffs that the president announced on April 2. “Bad news stories? Doesn’t give a […]