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Tokyo snubs Washington: Japan pulls plug on 2+2 security talks with US; defence budget demand sparks row

Japanese PM Shigeru Ishiba (left) and US President Donald Trump (PTI) Japan has cancelled a high-level meeting with its closest ally United States, after the Trump administration abruptly demanded Tokyo to spend more on defence, reported The Financial Times on Friday.US secretary of state Marco Rubio and defence secretary Pete Hegseth were expected to meet […]

A tariff-ic century? 100 key decisions Trump took since coming back to the White House

File photo of US President Donald Trump (Pic credit: AP) President Donald Trump’s return to the Oval Office this January has felt more like a seismic event than a simple transition of power. In just 100 days, he has dismantled core pillars of the New Deal and Great Society, upended decades of free-trade commitments, and […]

Semiconductor tariffs coming, may be this week, hints US president

US President Donald Trump President Donald Trump has signalled that he will announce further tariffs this week on semiconductors. The move would raise the cost of importing chips, which are a vital component in electronics, cars, toys and other goods. Speaking Sunday night from Air Force One, the president said tariffs on electronics would “be […]

Donald Trump’s approval rating after tariff: Majority blaming him more than Biden for economic chaos in this poll

Donald Trump’s approval rating reaches the lowest of his second term. A new CBS poll brings bad news for President Donald Trump as 75 per cent of 2,410 US adults said that Trump’s new tariffs would increase prices in the short term. Trump has paused the Liberation Day tariffs for all countries except China but […]

Trump Tariff: Yippy or depression? Which word caused Donald Trump’s tariff U-turn

Donald Trump said people were turning ‘yippy’ but insiders claimed he was turning ‘yippy’. As President Donald Trump walked back on tariffs, he said people were getting yippy and afraid as he announced that the reciprocal tariffs would take into effect after 90 days post the ongoing negotiation with the countries. Except for China. No […]

‘I’m President who stands up for Main Street, not Wall Street’: Donald Trump amid tariff war

US President Donald Trump (Pic credit: AP) Amid mounting criticism over plunging markets and global economic unease, US President Donald Trump has defended his aggressive tariff policy, insisting he “stands up for Main Street, not Wall Street.” “I’m proud to be the President for the workers, not the outsourcers; the President who stands up for […]

Trump’s crypto czar’s 5-word verdict on tariff as stock market looks up

As US stocks looked up Tuesday after days of bloodbath, President Donald Trump’s crypto czar David Sacks posted a five-word verdict that ‘Black Monday hoax is over’ — taking a swipe at experts and naysayers who predicted doom for the markets as a result of Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs. US stocks were higher Tuesday, setting […]

Trump Tariff: Russian state TV ‘mocks’ Trump, says he should be given a medal for destroying trust in economy

Russian state TV reveled that Trump destroyed trust in the economy. Russian state TV cheered for Donald Trump as the president imposed reciprocal tariffs across the world, leading to a global economic meltdown. Russia has been kept out of the list and political scientist Dmitry Kulikov said on a TV program that Trump’s tariffs look […]

Trump’s approval rating today: Majority of Americans consider tariff as ‘largest peacetime tax hike’

Donald Trump faces challenge as his tariffs hit global economy. As America grapples with volatile markets triggered by Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs to countries, a new YouGov Survey revealed that a majority pf American adults are deeply skeptical about the policy and more than half of those polled said they regard the policy as the […]

Trump Netanyahu Live: Trump-Netanyahu press conference cancelled amid tariff backlash?

Netanyahu became the first leader to meet Trump in the White House to negotiate tariffs. The White House Monday cancelled a scheduled press conference of Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu amid a major backlash over tariffs as the markets kept on bleeding for the third day in response to Trump’s Liberation Day […]