Trump claims he has stopped six wars round world
Donald Trump simply claimed he’s stopped six wars. “I’m averaging a few battle a month,” he boasted.
He refers to India and Pakistan, and Congo and Rwanda, nevertheless it’t not clear what the opposite wars he supposedly ended are.
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Speaking and negotiation ‘top’ choice for securing hostages in Gaza, says Trump
Requested what the “numerous plans” are that he earlier referred to for securing the remaining hostages, which he mentioned he had been discussing with Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump mentioned “there are a few alternate options, a few of them are very robust”.
“Essentially the most smart various is speaking and negotiation,” he mentioned.
He then added that speaking can be harder now as there weren’t as many hostages left as a result of Hamas had been utilizing them as a protect.
I mentioned … the quantity’s going to be at a degree the place you’re not going to have the ability to get them again, until you’re going to be very energetic, or to place it a special approach, until you’re going to be very ruthless, violent.
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Donald Trump continues his criticism of Fed chair Jerome Powell, saying, “a wise particular person would lower [interest rates]”.
“You realize he leaves very quickly,” he added of Powell. “I’ll miss him vastly.” (Powell’s tenure as chair is because of finish in Could 2026, the president has mused many occasions about wanting him gone earlier than that.)
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Requested if he thought Vladimir Putin had lied to him about his dedication to a ceasefire in Ukraine, Donald Trump mentioned he wouldn’t say “lie” however there have been occasions after they had had an excellent speak, and he thought Putin would possibly conform to a ceasefire, however then nothing occurred. He mentioned this had occurred too typically, and he didn’t prefer it.
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Trump says the US will arrange ‘meals centres’ in Gaza
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Trump mentioned the US will arrange “meals centres” in Gaza, with out elaborating on what this could truly imply in observe. He did acknowledge that hunger throughout the territory is actual. Addressing the media alongside Keir Starmer in Scotland, the US president mentioned:
We’re going to arrange meals centres and we’re going to do it along with some excellent individuals and provide funds and we simply took in trillions of {dollars}.
We’ve obtained some huge cash and we’re going to spend a bit cash on some meals and different nations are becoming a member of us, I do know your nation’s becoming a member of us, and we’ve all the European nations becoming a member of us.
Trump has described the humanitarian state of affairs in Gaza as “horrible” and has blamed Hamas for the “mess” within the territory and for the failed ceasefire talks.
However he hardly ever brazenly criticises his shut ally, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose battle he fuels by offering him with cash and sheltering Israel on the diplomatic stage.
He mentioned earlier that he was talking to Netanyahu about getting again the remaining hostages, and mentioned they’re speaking about “numerous plans”.
Earlier, when he was saying a lot the identical on the doorstep with Starmer, he mentioned:
I advised Bibi that you just’re going to need to now possibly do it a special approach.
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Starmer says UK’s On-line Security Act is not going to censor Trump’s Fact Social social media firm
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Requested if he’s nervous the UK’s On-line Security Act goes to censor Fact Social, Trump jokes that he doesn’t assume that’s doubtless.
Starmer says the act just isn’t about censoring websites. He says the UK is dedicated to free speech. However kids ought to be protected against issues like suicide websites.
Trump says Congress handed comparable laws, supported by his spouse. He goes on:
I can’t think about him censoring Fact Social … I solely say good issues about him and his nation.
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Trump says new deadline for Russia over its battle in Ukraine is ’10 or 12 days’
Donald Trump mentioned his new deadline for Russia over its battle in Ukraine can be “about 10 or 12 days from right this moment”.
“There’s no purpose in ready,” he mentioned. “I wish to be beneficiant however we simply don’t see any progress being made.”
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Trump claims he has stopped six wars round world
Donald Trump simply claimed he’s stopped six wars. “I’m averaging a few battle a month,” he boasted.
He refers to India and Pakistan, and Congo and Rwanda, nevertheless it’t not clear what the opposite wars he supposedly ended are.
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The British prime minister Keir Starmer and Donald Trump are talking once more now at Turnberry golf course.
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Additional to my earlier put up, Donald Trump the primary precedence in Gaza was getting individuals fed, as a result of “you will have a variety of ravenous individuals”, including that he was not going to take a place on Palestinian statehood for the time being.
Talking alongside British prime minister Keir Starmer at his golf resort in Turnberry, Scotland, mentioned america had supplied $60m for humanitarian support, and different nations must step up.
He mentioned he mentioned the difficulty with European Fee president Ursula von der Leyen yesterday, and he or she advised him European international locations would step up their help very considerably. He mentioned he additionally deliberate to debate the humanitarian state of affairs with Starmer throughout right this moment’s go to.
Trump mentioned he wouldn’t touch upon a push by French president Emmanuel Macron to again Palestinian statehood.
Trump additionally criticized the Hamas militant group for not agreeing to launch extra hostages, residing and lifeless, and mentioned he had advised Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel’s strategy would in all probability have to vary.
“I advised Bibi that it’s important to possibly do it a special approach,” Trump mentioned, echoing comparable feedback made on Sunday.
Requested if a ceasefire was nonetheless potential, Trump mentioned: “Yeah, a ceasefire is feasible, however it’s important to get it, it’s important to finish it.” He didn’t elaborate on what he meant.
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Donald Trump additionally mentioned he was lowering the 50-day deadline he gave Russia over its battle in Ukraine, saying he was disenchanted in Vladimir Putin.
“I’m disenchanted in President Putin,” he mentioned. “I’m going to cut back that fifty days that I gave him to a lesser quantity.” He didn’t give a brand new deadline.
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Donald Trump has mentioned that the European Union goes to ship extra support to assist Gaza and that he plans to ask British prime minister Keir Starmer to assist.
Trump, talking alongside Starmer in Scotland, additionally mentioned he had advised Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu that his battle in Gaza towards Hamas must be totally different after talks on a ceasefire and hostage launch fell aside final week.
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