Author: Christian Datoc, Washington Examiner
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Trump calls on Republicans to replace Senate parliamentarian
President Donald Trump called on Republicans to replace Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough on Wednesday after she blocked an effort to include funding for his White House ballroom in an appropriations bill. Earlier this week, reports indicated that Trump called Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and demanded MacDonough be fired, though Thune resisted. The White…
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Vance can’t say if Iran is negotiating in good faith
Vice President JD Vance voiced some doubts Tuesday that negotiations with Iran would yield a diplomatic end to the war. Vance stepped in for White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who is on maternity leave, and fielded questions Tuesday about the situation in Iran. “Iran is a very complicated country. It’s a country that I…
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Trump leaves China without making a ‘determination’ on Taiwan arms sale
President Donald Trump has yet to make a determination on the delayed American arms sale to Taiwan, an issue that Chinese President Xi Jinping raised during their closed-door talks. Trump left Beijing on Friday following the two-day summit, and he spoke with reporters for roughly a half-hour en route to Air Force One’s refueling stop…
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Xi gifts Trump Chinese rose seeds, on top of new ammo for White House ballroom
President Donald Trump departed Beijing, China, with two gifts: a promise of rose seeds from Chinese President Xi Jinping and an additional argument for the construction of his White House ballroom project. Trump wrapped his whirlwind, two-day bilateral summit with a stop at Zhongnanhai, the Chinese government’s central leadership compound located next to the Forbidden…
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Vance: Maine the ‘bronze medalist’ of fraud, behind California and Minnesota
Vice President JD Vance traveled to Maine on Thursday to campaign for a Republican congressional candidate and expand the Trump administration’s campaign to root out fraud schemes across the country. Vance appeared alongside former Gov. Paul LePage, who is seeking election in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, in Bangor, where he picked up on themes he…
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China rolls out the red carpet, American flags, and military honor guard for Trump’s arrival in Beijing
The People’s Republic of China rolled out the literal red carpet for President Donald Trump‘s arrival in Beijing on Wednesday. Air Force One landed at Beijing Capital International Airport just before 8 pm local time (8 am Eastern Standard Time) on Wednesday. According to the traveling press pool, Trump was greeted by Chinese Vice President…
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Allies say Xi has no shot at convincing Trump to change Taiwan policy
Despite President Donald Trump’s resistance to greenlighting another American arms sale to Taiwan before his highly anticipated trip to Beijing, he will not alter existing American policy regarding the island nation, according to senior administration officials and China policy experts. A bipartisan group of senators urged the president earlier this week to sign off on…
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Trump says he doesn’t need help from China to end Iran war
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he doesn’t need Chinese President Xi Jinping to intervene in the war in Iran. Trump spoke to reporters before departing the White House for a multiday summit with Xi in Beijing. The president voiced confidence that the conflict would soon come to a conclusion, but said the two…
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Trump says he’s ‘seriously considering’ making Venezuela the 51st state
President Donald Trump said Monday that he’s considering making Venezuela the 51st American state, months after removing former dictator Nicolas Maduro from power. Trump spoke to Fox News on Monday, stating that he was “seriously considering” the proposition. The president has previously floated annexing Canada and Greenland. The foreign policy of Trump’s second term, influenced…
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Trump’s meeting with Brazilian president Lula goes dark
President Donald Trump hosted Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at the White House on Thursday, a highly anticipated bilateral meeting to which the press had no access. Trump has previously hosted foreign leaders without making them available to the press, often at the request of the visiting dignitaries. But the original schedule for Lula’s…