The US President has often spread racist statements and images. But he himself said to journalists on the government plane Air Force One on Friday (local time): “I’m the least racist president you’ve had in a long time.”
US President Donald Trump is canceling punitive tariffs against India, with which he wanted to indirectly weaken Russia’s billion-dollar oil trade. The punitive tariff of 25 percent on goods imported from India to the United States, introduced in August, will no longer be levied from Saturday (US time), according to a decree by the Republican.
Trump justified the move away from the punitive tariffs by saying that the world’s most populous country had taken steps to stop importing Russian oil. India has also agreed to purchase energy products from the USA. There is currently no official confirmation from the Indian government of such an import ban.
The US stock index Dow Jones has reached a record level. It is now over 50,000 points for the first time.
The US President is known for crude and offensive statements. Now a post with a racist depiction of the Obamas is sparking disgust. Read the full article here.
Trump has apparently told Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer that frozen funding for the construction of the Gateway Tunnel between New York and New Jersey would only be released if both Dulles Airport in Washington and Penn Station in New York were named after him. Schumer then stated that it was not in his power to implement these name changes.
The Gateway Tunnel is a billion-dollar infrastructure project that will connect New York and New Jersey with a rail tunnel under the Hudson River. Trump froze federal funds earmarked for the project last year. Many observers believe the move is politically motivated since both New York and New Jersey are governed by Democrats.
If the renaming actually happens, it wouldn’t be the first in Trump’s second term in office. He had the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts renamed the Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the United States Institute of Peace the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace.
