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Trump predicts Ukraine will now win war as he taunts Putin as 'paper tiger'

President Donald Trump said that he had taken time to "fully understand the Ukraine/Russia Military and Economic situation" and taunted President Vladimir Putin's military as a "paper tiger."

Following a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday, Trump shared his thoughts on the conflict to Truth Social.

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'This man is stark raving mad': Senior diplomat reacts in real-time to Trump UN speech

A senior diplomat reacted with shock as President Donald Trump was delivering his speech to the United Nations.

While Trump was speaking to the General Assembly on Tuesday, Washington Post correspondent Ishaan Tharoor said he received a text message from a "senior foreign diplomat posted at the UN."

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French leader calls Trump to complain president's motorcade left him stuck in NYC gridlock

A video is going viral of French President Emmanuel Macron stepping out of his car to apparently call Donald Trump as the U.S. president's motorcade left the French leader's car stuck in Manhattan gridlock.

Macron is seen speaking to cops as his vehicle was brought to a standstill on the city streets, apparently on Monday night. The officers told him traffic had been brought to a halt because Trump had arrived in the city, the night before he was due to give his address to the United Nations.

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Trump faces new accusation of blurring 'line between crime and war'

Donald Trump’s decision to allow the Pentagon to target boats in international waters for complete destruction over accusations that they are involved in the drug trade is getting push-back from a surprising source.

In an op-ed for the Washington Post on Tuesday morning, Stanford Law Professor John Yoo, who rose from obscurity under President George W. Bush after he wrote in 2003 what became known as the “Torture Memos” that justified horrific abuse of detainees after the 9/11 attacks, admonished the president.

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'Don’t pay any attention whatsoever': UK's health minister gives Trump epic putdown

Global health experts are aghast that President Donald Trump announced an unproven link between autism and commonly used painkillers and vaccines, and they're warning others to ignore his advice.

The U.S. president, along with his Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., advised pregnant women not to take acetaminophen, which is used in Tylenol and other products and marketed internationally as paracetamol, but health officials in other nations disputed his claims as unscientific and dangerous, reported The Guardian.

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Passengers get off plane after news breaks about Trump $100,000 visa fee

An Emirates flight was about to take off in San Francisco en route to Dubai on Friday when news broke that President Donald Trump would demand a $100,000 application fee for anyone trying to get an H-1B visa. After the announcement, chaos ensued, according to a Bloomberg report published on Monday.

The Emirates pilot announced to the cabin that “due to the current circumstances, obviously they are unprecedented for us here at Emirates, we are aware that a number of passengers do not wish to travel with us and that is perfectly fine."

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Trump issues ominous threat to international foe: 'Bad things are going to happen'

Donald Trump on Saturday issued a vague and ominous threat to Afghanistan.

The president over the weekend took to his own social media site, Truth Social, to target the Middle Eastern nation. Specifically, Trump referenced his prior desire to "get back" Bagram Airfield after it was overtaken by the Taliban.

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‘Destructive and vindictive’ Trump  battered for undermining UN ahead of address

President Donald Trump is set to address the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, though critics are condemning the president for undermining the very intergovernmental organization the United States helped create.

“The Trump administration’s approach to the UN has been destructive and at times vindictive,” said Richard Gowan, who leads the International Crisis Group think tank as its director, speaking with the Wall Street Journal in a report published Saturday. “The administration seems immune to concerns about reputational damage.”

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'He has really let me down': Trump admits he's disappointed Putin is 'killing people'

President Donald Trump admitted Thursday that he feels "let down" by Russian President Vladimir Putin over the ongoing war in Ukraine.

Trump held a press conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in the U.K. following a lavish welcome to the country, including a military ceremony with multiple marching bands, horse-drawn carriages and a state dinner that included Rupert Murdoch and Tim Cook.

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'Makes no economic sense': Trump adviser flips on tariffs five months after praising them

With Donald Trump out of the country, one of his most prominent economic advisers is bashing him for costing America jobs.

The U.S. president is currently in the UK, being feted with banquets and parades, while the effects of his trade war with the world are taking effect and that has alarmed Stephen Moore, long associated with Trump going back to his first stint as president.

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'No banquet lasts forever': NYT's Maggie Haberman pours cold water of Trump's UK visit

Despite unhappiness about Donald Trump’s visit to the United Kingdom outside the castle walls, the New York Times’ Maggie Haberman and Sean McCreesh reported the American president is highly enjoying his respite from the troubles he left behind in the U.S. as he hobnobs with royalty and the wealthy.

But, they noted, that will soon come to a crashing end. Back home, the U.S. is embroiled by Trump’s militarization of cities, a culture war raging over the shooting of far-right commentator Charlie Kirk, ICE agents grabbing immigrants off the streets and a looming government shutdown.

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Trump's immigration crackdown inadvertently creates a boom for major drug kingpin

President Donald Trump pledged to reduce the high cost of drugs, but he likely didn't mean the cost of cocaine.

A Wall Street Journal report on Wednesday revealed that Trump's mass deportation operations have removed important agents from those in U.S. Customs and Border Protection stationed at the U.S.-Mexico border.

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UK 'revealed something' with 'made up' ceremony to appease Trump's 'king' fantasy: report

The United Kingdom is "desperate" to appease President Donald Trump, "shamelessly" giving him a made up ceremony and indulging in his "king fantasy" during his second state visit to Britain on Wednesday, according to media reports.

"Trump demands spectacle, and Britain provides it. He wants to be king, and, for a day, Britain is letting him," Tom Sykes, European Editor At Large for the Daily Beast wrote. "It made up the entire ceremony from scratch from the elements of other royal spectacles."

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