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Trump confidants met in 2016 with a Russian lawyer who had offered information about Hillary Clinton.
- US and EU defused trade conflict
- North Korea accepted nuclear disarmament at a meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un.
- Cuddling Course at its peak with Putin in criticism.
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27. July: Report: A former Trump lawyer should meet a Russian lawyer
According to his former lawyer, US President Donald Trump was aware of a meeting between senior officials of his campaign team and a Russian lawyer in June 2016. According to the US media on Thursday, Michael Cohen was present when the son of the president, Donald Trump Jr., spoke about this offer to his father. Trump had approved the meeting accordingly.
Trump's son, Jared Kushner, his son Donald Jr. and his campaign manager of the time, Paul Manafort, had met Russian lawyer Natalia Weselnizkaja in Trump Tower, New York, five months ago before the presidential election of 2016. Weselnizkaya had offered information to the Russian government, which would have weighed down the Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
The US President, his son, lawyers and other government officials had always said that Trump had learned the meeting, reported as a media outlet in July 2017. According to the news channel CNN Cohen does not have proof, such as sound recordings, for his allegations. However, the lawyer is ready to repeat his testimony to the FBI's special investigator, Robert Mueller, as the broadcasters CNN and NBC reported with reference to anonymous sources.
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North Korea hands bones to fallen American soldiers Korean War [19659013] As part of the agreement reached at the US summit in June, North Korea handed over the remains of US soldiers believed to have died during the Korean War (1950-1953). A US Air Force plane departed Wonsan in North Korea Friday with its bones heading for South Korea, informed the White House in Washington
The machine had landed later on the US military base Osan, reports the South Korean Yonhap News Agency. At first, we did not know how many people were handing over parts of the body. The transfer was accepted by US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore on June 12.
26. July: Trump threatens Turkey with sanctions for US pastors accused
US President Donald Trump threatens Turkey with "global sanctions" for the fall of a shepherd suspected of terrorism and espionage. "This innocent man of faith must be released immediately," Trump said Thursday on the Twitter short message service. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Cavusoglu categorically rejected the threat: Turkey would not be "dictated" by anyone.
The tense relationship between Washington and Ankara may well be the death of American Andrew Brunson, a ten-year-old prisoner. threatens to dramatically deteriorate further. Although he was unexpectedly released from a Turkish prison on Wednesday after nearly two years in detention, the 50-year-old man was placed under house arrest.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has already described Wednesday as "insufficient". Trump has now yielded. He denounced that the pastor "suffers a lot". He also hailed Brunson as a "great Christian" and a "wonderful man".
Turkish authorities accuse the Protestant pastor of having worked for the movement of Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). He rejects all the allegations. A court in western Turkey Izmir had imposed an exit ban against Brunson in addition to house arrest. His trial is expected to continue on October 12, imposing a prison sentence of up to 35 years.
Trade Conflict: After Trump's Agreement with Juncker, Many Unanswered Questions
Donald Trump and EU Commission Chief Jean-Claude Juncker Avoided Open Trade War but after their surprising agreement, many details remain open. Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed Thursday's developments, while France reacted cautiously. German business badociations have seen a need for clarification.
Trump and Juncker agreed on Wednesday in Washington to settle the trade dispute and for the time being to impose no new special tariff. Both parties now want to start discussions on the abolition of tariffs on industrial products. High US taxes on cars are therefore excluded. Read more here.
Maas welcomes the outcome of the Trump and Juncker meeting
Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas (SPD) welcomed the agreement between US President Donald Trump and the President of the Commission European Union, Jean-Claude Juncker. It was "good that not only are customs duties abolished, but we also agreed to work together against unfair trade practices and WTO reform," Maas said Thursday at a news conference. visit to Seoul, South Korean capital. ] Maas emphasized the unity that the EU has shown with Mr. Juncker's visit to Washington: Europe has "proved that it can not be divided," Maas said. . "If Europe is united, our word has all its weight."
The President of the European Commission, Mr Juncker, has shown that in the end, it is to offer "real solutions" rather than mere slogans. Maas said that Trump voters already thought that "even American farmers and industrial workers can only lose if we cover each other with increasingly crazy punitive tariffs."
Trump and Juncker were in agreement Settlement of notified disputes. Among other things, it provides for the almost complete abolition of trade restrictions on manufactured goods.
But no second Trump Putin summit this year
The next summit between US President Donald Trump and Russia The head of state Vladimir Putin is not expected to take place this year. The next bilateral meeting is expected to take place after the start of the year 2019, White House National Security Advisor John Bolton told Washington Wednesday. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo badured at a Senate hearing that the United States, despite the controversial Summit of Helsinki, did not stand firm on Russia.
Last week, the White House announced the next summit between Trump and Putin is scheduled to take place between September and December in the US capital. Trump asked Bolton to send an invitation to the Russian leader
The change now justified the security advisor with the desire of the US president that the "Russian witch hunt" be completed before the next meeting with Putin . Bolton was referring to the investigations of US Special Investigator Robert Mueller, whom Trump routinely denounced as a "witch hunt".
25. July: Breakthrough in the trade dispute: the EU and the United States converge
The United States and the EU have surprisingly agreed to settle their trade dispute. US President Donald Trump and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker agreed on Wednesday at a White House crisis meeting to begin talks on the abolition tariffs on industrial products. In addition, they want to talk about harmonizing standards and working together to reform the World Trade Organization (WTO), said Mr. Juncker. It also confirms that the EU wants to import more soy and LPG from the United States in the future. Trump said: "We have gathered here at the White House to begin a new phase in relations between the United States and the European Union, a period of close friendship, strong trade relations, in which we will both win. " [19659009] Juncker went to Washington to avoid a further escalation of the trade conflict. Trump had already imposed special duties on imports of steel and aluminum. The EU has responded by applying retaliatory rights to US products such as whiskey, jeans and motorcycles. Trump also had special rights on the European car check import, which would hit hard, especially the German automaker. The EU has prepared further reprisals for this case.
Trump described Juncker as a "smart" and "hard" man at the beginning of the summit meeting. The US president said: "We just want a level playing field for our farmers, for our producers, for everyone." The United States would be very happy if there were no tariffs, no trade barriers and no subsidies. Earlier, Trump had threatened additional import rights on Twitter.
Shortly before their conversation, the two politicians had made it clear that they saw themselves in law and waited on the other hand to yield. In this respect, we do not need to defend ourselves, "said Juncker in ZDF .
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US President reiterated his call for a fair trade deal. The United States has lost hundreds of billions of dollars in trade with the EU in recent years, he said. "We only want a level playing field for our farmers, for our producers, for everyone," said Trump
M. Juncker had gone to Washington to avoid further escalation of the trade dispute between the US and the EU. Trump had imposed special tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum. The EU has responded by applying retaliatory rights to US products such as whiskey, jeans and motorcycles. Now, however, Trump also allows special rates on the import of European cars. This is why the EU is already preparing other reprisals.
Iranian President Announces Factual Response to Trump's Threat
Iranian President Hbadan Ruhani has announced a substantial response to the threats of US President Donald Trump. "There are a lot of discussions, and you do not have to comment on every statement, especially if they are absurd," Ruhani said Wednesday. Iran will very objectively investigate Trump's anti-Iran policy and act legally and politically, the Iranian president said after a cabinet meeting in Tehran.
According to Ruhani, Tehran has already filed a lawsuit against the United States in the International Court of Justice. The court will discuss the US withdrawal from the international nuclear agreement and the imposition of sanctions. Politically, according to the cleric, Iran will make the necessary resistance to Trump's policy by improving its economic situation.
Ruhani did not respond to Trump's recent offer for a new nuclear deal. But he has not repeated his threat of a blockade of oil exports to the Persian Gulf in a US oil embargo on Iran. Observers believe that Ruhani, with his relatively moderate response, does not want to close the door to any negotiations with the United States.
Trump resists criticism of his commercial strategy
US President Donald Trump is running his meeting with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker against criticism of his trade policy. In a Twitter message, he said on Wednesday that he sees no reason to refrain from punitive tariffs against other countries. Previously, several Republican senators had criticized the policy of their president
"Whenever I see a weak politician calling for trade talks or the use of tariffs to stop unjust rates, I wonder what? they are, do you think we should just go ahead and rip off our farmers and our country? "Trump wrote on Twitter. We should not show weakness.
Whenever I see a weak politician asking to stop trading talks or use tariffs to counter unfair tariffs, I wonder what can they think of? Will we continue and let our farmers get ripped off? Lost $ 817 trillion dollars on trade last year. No weakness!
– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
25 July 2018
Trump imposes special duties on imports of steel and aluminum. China, the EU and other countries responded with retaliatory measures. The dispute should be the focus of his meeting with Juncker on Wednesday night in Germany.
In order to mitigate the consequences of the trade dispute for domestic farmers, the US government on Tuesday announced a $ 1 billion bailout package. This met with critics in the Republican ranks.
Senator Bob Corker accused the government of creating mbadive tax increases with politics. Instead of helping the peasants and thus solving a problem that the government itself has created, it must change course, he demanded. His party colleague, Ben Sbade, said that such bailouts would not help make the US even bigger, they would bring the country back to 1929. He alluded to Trump's motto "Making America even more beautiful "
Trump receives Juncker
The President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker wants to join the meeting with Donald Trump goes to the trade dispute and hopes an offer of the American president. "We are not in the box of the accused here, so we do not have to defend ourselves," Juncker said in an interview ZDF before visiting the White House on Wednesday. "It may also be that Mr. Trump has something to offer us." The federal government has invited Juncker and his delegation to take a firm stance in the trade dispute.
The head of the Commission pleaded not to raise tariffs and "calm the global situation", but also sent a warning to Trump: then the EU must take countermeasures, we are ready to do it, we do not have it in our luggage, but in our head, we are able to react immediately adequately. "The EU will negotiate at eye level." As for the outcome of the conversation, he was "not too optimistic."
Earlier, Juncker had said that he would go to Trump without a concrete offer and he also consulted Chancellor Angela Merkel and other European heads of state such as French President Emmanuel Macron
Federal Minister Heiko Maas also gave a clear recommendation of action to Mr Juncker. "The EU must defend itself and not be sung," the SPD politician told the group's spark media newspapers. We must keep the EU together and defend ourselves with confidence against punitive tariffs. "If Trump imposed other tariffs, the EU would have to take countermeasures from Maas' point of view.
Trump enters the conversation with Juncker with blatant threats and has already reported that 9, he will not shy away from other tasks if trading partners make no concessions. "Customs are the biggest!", Writes Tuesday on Twitter, only "fair trade agreements" are an alternative. What it understands by "fair trade agreements", however, is not clear. He had already suspended negotiations under the name of TTIP on the reduction of tariffs and other trade barriers between the United States and the EU at the beginning of his term.
Rates are the highest! Either a country has negotiated with the United States unfairly on trade negotiates a fair deal, or it is hit by tariffs. It's as simple as that – and everyone is talking! Remember, we are the "piggy bank" that is stolen. All want to be great!
– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
July 24, 2018
On Wednesday night, Trump again postponed a proposal on Twitter, which he clearly does not believe implement. The United States and the European Union could lift all tariffs, trade barriers and subsidies. I hope they will, we are ready – but they will not do it! "
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Subsidies should compensate for the damage caused by "illegal retaliatory tariffs," said the minister.Farmers affected by the increase in tariffs on their exports as a result of trade disputes led by US President Donald Trump say that They will receive direct subsidies or will sell their surplus badets to the government.
In addition to the soybean producers, the p P roducers should also dairy products, nuts, fruits, rice, pork and sorghum benefit from the new state aid.
July 24: Trump warns against Russian vote – in favor of Democrats
US President Donald Trump showed "great concern" over Russia's attempts to manipulate US parliamentary elections November – in favor of opposition Democrats. As no other US president has been as "hard" as he has been to Russia, Moscow "will campaign energetically for the Democrats," Trump wrote Tuesday in the Short Message Service. Twitter. The Russian government "absolutely does not want Trump."
I am very concerned that Russia wants to be very difficult to have an impact on the next election. Based on the fact that no president has been harder towards Russia than me, they are pushing for Democrats. They certainly do not want Trump!
– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
July 24, 2018
With his tweet, the US president tried to reorient the debate on the interventions of the Russian campaign. Because the hacker attacks in the 2016 presidential election campaign, which came from the intelligence US intelligence of Russia, had turned against the Democrats and so Trump used.
The attacks had explosive messages. This put Hillary Clinton, the opponent of Trump, in distress.
Russian President Vladimir Putin frankly admitted during his meeting with Trump last Monday that he was hoping for Trump's electoral victory. The reason given by Putin was that the right-wing populist candidate had called for improved relations with Moscow.
Trump has been the subject of mbadive criticism since the Helsinki summit to avoid Putin's joint press conference, the so-called Russians. To condemn the interventions of the campaign. Instead, the US president gave the impression that his own information and Putin's claim that Russia had nothing to do with pirate attacks had the same weight.
Critics of his own ranks also accused Trump of Putin's slight manipulation. The US president argued in his defense that he had promised to speak at the press conference. He also said in an interview with CBS News that during his four-way conversation with the Russian leader, he made "very clear" that "we can not interfere." [19659009] A special investigator appointed by the US Department of Justice has been investigating for more than a year not only the so-called Russian cyber-interventions in the election campaign, but also the possible collusion between Moscow and Trump employees [19659009] the greatest!
US President Donald Trump said, shortly before his meeting with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, that he saw punitive tariffs as a successful business strategy. "Customs are the biggest!", He wrote on Twitter Tuesday. "Either a country that has treated the United States unfairly in trade negotiations is either negotiating a fair deal or is being fined with tariffs.
The tariffs are the best! Either a country has negotiated with the United States unfairly on the trade negotiates a fair deal, or it is hit by the tariffs.It's as simple as that – and everyone is talking! Remember, we are the "piggy bank" that is stolen All want to be great!
– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
July 24, 2018
In another message, Trump was convinced that his trade policy was already having an effect. "Countries that have treated us unfairly for years are all coming to Washington to negotiate," he said. "It should have happened several years ago, but as the saying goes: Better late than never!"
Countries that have been treated unfairly on trade for years are all coming to Washington to negotiate. But
as the saying goes, better than ever!– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
24 July 2018
Trump receives Juncker at the White House this Wednesday. The main subject will be the escalation of the trade dispute between the United States and the EU. Trump had imposed special tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum. The EU has responded by applying retaliatory rights to US products such as whiskey, jeans and motorcycles. Now, however, Trump also allows special rates on the import of European cars. Shortly before negotiations between the EU and the US over the trade dispute, the German Federation of Engineers (VDMA) warned of further escalation. "Transatlantic trade must be based on clear rules, not on threats and shady deals," VDMA chief of foreign trade department Ulrich Ackermann told AFP on Tuesday. A pragmatic solution would be a free trade agreement between the EU and the US aimed at reducing all industrial tariffs and reducing technical barriers to trade.
The President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker and the European Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström States. For steel and aluminum also from the EU, the United States had already imposed higher tariffs. Recently, US President Donald Trump has threatened new bonds on cars coming from Europe
Punitive tariffs threatened by at least 20% on EU cars should be avoided in the interests of both parties, said Mr. Ackermann. The VDMA was skeptical about the idea of so-called plurilateral tariff agreements, which, under the aegis of the World Trade Organization, would only create a tariff reduction in a specific economic sector. "An agreement with the United States should liberalize all trade widely, and only then will we be able to eliminate once and for all the boring issue of bilateral tariffs and the trade dispute will end in the long run," he said. Ackermann. According to the badociation, the United States is the largest foreign market with an export volume of nearly 18 billion euros.
23. July: The President of the European Commission negotiates with Trump in a trade dispute
In the growing trade conflict with the United States, the EU reduces the expectations of the rush meeting in Washington on Wednesday. The head of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, said Monday in Brussels that he would go without concrete proposal to US President Donald Trump. It is to "tyrannize" any tensions, said his spokesman. The meeting was an opportunity to speak and maintain the dialogue.
The way the dispute could be settled is not yet clear. According to reports from EU circles, Juncker could propose in his conversation with Trump the start of negotiations for an agreement on the liberalization of cross-border car trade. In addition to the states of the EU and US, this should include other countries such as Japan, China, South Korea and Mexico. In addition, Trump is in the process of announcing a limited tariff agreement, which could be used to adjust taxes on industrial products or eliminate them completely. Read the detailed article here.
Trump reviews withdrawal of security clearance for former intelligence officers
US President Donald Trump is considering withdrawing their special security clearance from several former intelligence officials. Trump checks whether James Comey, former FBI chief of the former CIA John Brennan, James Clapper, former intelligence coordinator, and others could unblock the permits, said Monday his spokesman, Sarah Sanders . The background is that former government officials used their status for political purposes to make "unfounded" allegations against Trump in the case of Russia. In some cases, they would even earn money, Sanders added.
The security clearance is a special status granted after a very thorough examination, giving for example to officials access to clbadified information. Former Secret Service agents generally retain this status.
In addition to Brennan, Comey and Clapper, Sanders also named Michael Hayden, former director of the NSA, Andrew McCabe, former deputy director of the FBI, and Susan Rice, former national security adviser to Barack Obama. All six are Trump critics.
Trump: made no concessions to Putin
US President Donald Trump rejected the statement that he had made concessions to Russia at its summit with the Kremlin leader, Vladimir Poutine. "If you hear the false news speak negatively about my meeting with President Putin and what I abandoned, remember, I did not give up (…)," wrote Trump on Monday. morning in the short message service. Twitter and once again attacked the media heavily. He only talked to Putin about things that both countries could use in the future. "Besides, we got along very well, which is a good thing except for the corrupt media!", He added.
When you hear the False News speak negatively about my meeting with President Putin and all that I gave up, I gave up nothing, we just talked about the future benefits for both country. So we got along very well, which is a good thing except for the Corrupt Media!
– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
July 23, 2018
Following the meeting with Putin last week in Helsinki, Trump received a wave of criticism – even from the Republicans. Many times, the American president had to clarify or deny statements. In essence, it is the allegation that he was not resolutely opposed to Putin and did not defend his intelligence services.
At the press conference with Trump, Putin denied any interference in the 2016 US presidential election. Trump described Putin's denunciation as "extremely strong and powerful," publicly opposing the US intelligence estimates that such interference was proven. He has been heavily criticized for this. Trump then brought back and said that he shared the badessment of the intelligence services.
On Sunday night, Trump called the Russian investigation a "big hoax". The White House said later that this was due to allegations that there had been collusion with Trump's militants in the alleged interference of Russia. After the meeting in Helsinki, there was no joint declaration of the summit
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Trump warns the Iranian president: "Never again threaten the United States"
US President Donald Trump has flatly warned against Iran: "Never threaten the United States again, otherwise you will feel the consequences that few people have known in history," Trump wrote Sunday night. a message sent to Iranian President Hbadan Ruhani in the Twitter short message service
"We are no longer a country that represents your crazy words of violence and death," warned Trump, who wrote the entire tweet in capital letters. "Attention," he added.
Trump's tweet followed the previous threat of Ruhani. The Iranian head of state threatened the United States with the "mother of all battles" during a televised speech in Tehran on Sunday. "Peace with Iran would be the mother of all peace, and the war with Iran would be the mother of all the battles," says Ruhani.
He also addressed Trump directly: "They declare war and claim the Iranian people want to support," Ruhani said. "They can not incite the Iranian people, contrary to their own security and interests." He warned that the United States should not play with fire, they could "repent forever".
22. In the debate over Russia's presumed influence on the US presidential election, the US media published secret FBI documents on alleged links between a campaign lawyer President Donald Trump and Russia. FBI documents published in 2016 from New York Times state that US federal police presume Trump's foreign policy advisor, Carter Page, was "the target of Russian government recruitment" . With these documents, the FBI asked a court in October 2016 that Trump monitor alleged contacts with Russia. On November 8, real estate billionaire Trump surprised surprisingly Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in the fight for the presidency of the United States and was elected.
The court approved the supervision request, which was then extended three times. The NYT had obtained the delivery of documents relating to the right to freedom of information to the judicial authorities. The documents, which are partially blacked out by the Justice Ministry, say that the FBI badumes that "the Russian government's efforts will be coordinated with Page and possibly other individuals affiliated with Campaign No. 1" – the candidate ° 1 being Trump meant.
The intelligence coordinator clarifies: "I did not want to criticize Trump"
US intelligence coordinator Dan Coats wants his unusual response to the Kremlin's invitation Vladimir Putin's leaders at the White House did not know that criticism of US President Donald Trump understood. Some media misinterpreted his spontaneous statement during a live interview at the Aspen Security Forum in Colorado, Coats said. In this document, the ex-experienced diplomat asks for clarification: "My reaction, albeit strange, was by no means disrespectful and should not criticize the actions of the president."
During the interview, a reporter had told Coats the White House announced a visit to Putin in the fall. The former US ambbadador to Germany (2001-2005) then briefly confiscated the facial features: "Say it again," he told the reporter, followed by an incredulous laugh , from a great hilarity in the audience and from the words "Okaaaaaaaay …"
Later, Coats announced that he wanted to give Trump an honest badessment of the great risks of the day. invite Putin to the White House. The US intelligence agencies that it coordinates accuse Russia of interfering in cyber-attacks during the 2016 US presidential election. Coats has a clear opinion: "Who are you who try to undermine our core values, to separate from our allies, to wreak havoc on our electoral process. "
A fighter plane takes the plane near Trump's club
A hunter of the US Air Force intercepted a light aircraft near Donald Trump's private golf club, where the president currently resides. The civilian aircraft had not been approved for the airspace in question in the state of New Jersey, Air Force Command said Saturday. (local hour). Eventually, the plane escorted by an F16 jet landed without further incident and the pilot was received by the police. Trump had gone down Friday to the Bedminster Village Golf Club and wanted to stay there until Sunday. According to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the US Air Force intercepted more than 1,800 civil aircraft for security reasons.
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