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Ukraine's Zelenskyy appears to have used a 'game changer' to manipulate Trump: expert

Donald Trump's abrupt reversal at the United Nations, where he appeared to throw his full support behind Ukraine, while harshly criticizing Russian President Vladimir Putin caught observers by surprise at his sudden change of teams.

Trump, long allied with Putin, called Russia a “paper tiger” when speaking with reporters after his U.N. address and added that he now believes Ukraine can “win” the war Russia started as well as take back occupied territories — far cry from his notorious meeting in the Oval Office with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy where he and Vice President J.D. Vance bullied the Ukrainian leader before reporters.

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'He was ranting and raving': Ex-Trump operative blows up president's new 'sleight of hand'

Donald Trump is pushing "theatrics" on war, but behind the scenes he's ranting about late night TV hosts, according to an ex-operative of the president.

Soviet-born Lev Parnas, who worked closely with Rudy Giuliani during Trump's first administration, was purportedly sent to Ukraine to help Trump and Giuliani make contacts there for the purposes of digging up negative info on Hunter Biden. Parnas was later convicted of campaign finance violations, and today reports on Trump from outside the administration.

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'He's effectively walking away': Analysts skeptical of Trump's 'delusional' Ukraine shift

President Donald Trump's announcement on Tuesday that Ukraine should "take back their Country in its original form" had some analysts skeptical about the president's true intentions.

Trump threw his support behind Ukraine in its war against Russia in a Truth Social post on Tuesday afternoon. He said that Ukraine has shows "Great Spirit" in the war and that the U.S. is prepared to continue supplying Ukraine and NATO with the weapons it needs to fight back against Russia's aggression.

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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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