WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Friday (Aug 30) released a photograph of an apparently failed Iranian rocket launch and said that the United States had nothing to do with it.Tehran has made no official comment on the indications from aerial photos that a rocket exploded Thursday on the launch pad at the Semnan Space Center in northern Iran.But Trump tweeted a high-resolution picture of the location, with annotations pointing to damaged vehicles and the launch gantry, saying it involved Iran's Safir satellite rocket.The incident comes after months of tensions between Iran and Washington. Trump last year unilaterally withdrew from the landmark 2015 international deal that placed limits on Tehran's nuclear activities in exchange for the lifting of sanctions, and he reimposed crippling financial penalties."The United States of America was not involved in the catastrophic accident during final launch preparations for the Safir SLV Launch at Semnan Launch Site One in Iran," Trump … [Read more...] about Trump says US ‘not involved’ in Iranian rocket failure
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Trump says US, China plan to have ‘a talk’ on trade
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) - President Donald Trump said Thursday (Aug 29) that the US and China are scheduled to have a conversation about trade without giving details. Trump's comments followed signs from China that it wouldn't immediately retaliate against the latest US tariff increase and wanted to focus on removing new tariffs, to prevent a further escalation of the trade war. "There is a talk scheduled for today at a different level," Trump said when asked in a Fox News radio interview if September talks with China are still on. "I promise I'm not going to give up" on the tariff war with China, he added, when asked about concerns expressed by Republican senators and others that uncertainty on trade was contributing to a US economic slowdown. A report earlier Thursday showed US economic growth decelerated in the second quarter by more than initially reported, suggesting the president's trade actions are weighing more heavily on the pace of expansion. Stocks across Asia pared losses … [Read more...] about Trump says US, China plan to have ‘a talk’ on trade
Fossil fuels? Plastic? Trump says more is better
US President Donald Trump tells workers building a new Shell petrochemical facility that America is now the world's top energy producer MONACA (UNITED STATES) - President Donald Trump has seen the future and it is oil. And plastic.Where most environmental scientists and most US allies fear that overuse of fossil fuels is driving the planet into crisis, the US president spies only opportunity.In a speech on Tuesday to hundreds of workers building a new Shell petrochemical factory near Pittsburgh, Trump did not bother paying even lip service to environmental concerns. He just wanted to make clear that America is winning."We're the number one energy producer and I'm so proud of that," he said.Already, the United States has won "independence" from the former Middle Eastern guardians of the oil spigots, Trump said.Next up? "Dominance." Trump said that his priority on entering office had been to halt "the war on energy."Ending "the far left's energy nightmare" is at the core of … [Read more...] about Fossil fuels? Plastic? Trump says more is better
Trump says he called off deadly strike against Iran
Gen Amir Ali Hajizadeh, head of the Revolutionary Guards aerospace division, looks at debris from what the division describes as the US drone that was shot down on Thursday, in Teheran on Friday. (AP Photo) WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump says he aborted a military strike on Iran because such a response to Teheran’s downing of a US surveillance drone would have caused a disproportionate loss of life.In a series of early morning tweets on Friday, Trump said US economic sanctions against Iran were having an impact and more were imposed late on Thursday following the destruction of the US drone by an Iranian surface-to-air missile. Trump said the plan was to hit three different sites in response to the downing of the drone, and that he was told 150 people would have died. “Ten minutes before the strike I stopped it, not proportionate to shooting down an unmanned drone. I am in no hurry, our military is rebuilt, new, and ready to go, by far the best in the … [Read more...] about Trump says he called off deadly strike against Iran
Trump says he wants asylum seekers to pay a fee to apply
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By Jill Colvin The Associated Press Tues., April 30, 2019 WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is proposing charging asylum seekers a fee to process their applications as he continues to try to crack down on the surge of Central American migrants seeking to cross into the U.S. In a presidential memorandum signed Monday, Trump directed his attorney general and acting homeland security secretary to take additional measures to overhaul the asylum system, which he insists “is in crisis” and plagued by “rampant abuse.” The changes are just the latest in a series of proposals from an administration that is struggling to cope with a surge of migrant families arriving at the southern border that has overwhelmed federal resources and complicated Trump’s efforts to claim victory at the border as he runs for re-election. Most of those arriving say they are fleeing violence and poverty, and many request asylum under U.S. and international law. As part … [Read more...] about Trump says he wants asylum seekers to pay a fee to apply