Trump had repeatedly criticized the job of the base since returning to the White House, especially in connection with his criticism of the US troop deduction from Afghanistan under his predecessor Joe Biden. Trump also complained about the growing influence of China in Afghanistan.
When Trump was asked at the White House of Journalists on Saturday whether he was considering sending US soldiers to recapture Bagram to Afghanistan: “We will not talk about that, but we are talking to Afghanistan now and we want to go back, soon, immediately. And if you don’t do it, you will find out what I will do.”
After public pressure on his Justice Minister, US President Donald Trump has appointed a confidante as the new public prosecutor for an important district. Trump announced on Saturday that he had nominated his former lawyer Lindsey Halligan for the post in the eastern district of Virginia. “As Minister of Justice of the United States, Pam Bondi does a great job. (…) But she needs a hard prosecutor in the eastern district of Virginia, like my recommendation Lindsey Halligan, to advance,” wrote Trump on the Truth Social. Halligan had represented Trump after the search of his property Mar-A-Lago in the affair for secret government documents.
Halligan replaces Erik Siebert, who had resigned on Friday after the president had asked for his replacement
According to the White House, the agreement on Tikok’s US business is expected to be signed in the coming days. “We are 100 percent convinced that the deal is now standing, and this deal only has to be signed,” spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt told the TV station Fox News.
The majority of the US business will belong to American investors, said Leavitt. The software giant Oracle will take care of “data and privacy”. According to media reports, the Oracle Group, behind which Trump supporter Larry Ellison is standing, is also said to be among the owners of the U.S. Tikok business. The “Wall Street Journal” recently cited the financial investors Silver Lake and Andreessen Horowitz as another. According to the report, the previous investors should keep around 20 percent of the shares.
In the state of California, stricter rules for civil servants from immigration and other federal authorities will apply. Governor Gavin Newsom-a democrat and loud critic of US President Donald Trump-signed a legislative package in Los Angeles that, among other things, prescribes that emergency services must be clearly identifiable. It is largely prohibited from wearing masks. The step in Washington should be understood as an invitation to another – and possibly also legal – confrontation with the governor.
