Trump demands coveted raw materials in exchange against Ukraine aids

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Lerato Khumalo

4.30 p.m.: US President Donald Trump apparently shifts the beginning of the tariffs he imposed on the neighboring state of Mexico by one month. This is announced by the Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo. She had a good conversation with Trump and met several agreements, she continues. Accordingly, Mexico immediately supports border protection on the border with the United States with 10,000 other national guards. The United States, in turn, support the fight against the smuggling of high -performance weapons to Mexico.

12.46 p.m.: After the criticism of US Vice President JD Vance to Denmark, the Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen praised her country as one of the “most important and best allies” in the United States. Denmark fights “side by side with the Americans for many, many decades,” says Frederiksen in front of press representatives in Brussels. Previously, Vance Denmark had described a “not a good ally”.

Frederiksen rejects Vance’s accusation and says that she does not want to “describe Denmark as a bad ally”. Denmark will continue to strive for a good relationship with the USA. “Denmark’s answer is to strengthen alliances,” says Frederiksen, emphasizing the transatlantic alliance.

Vice President Vance had underlined the importance of Greenland for the “national security” of the United States in an interview with the right-wing US television broadcaster Fox News last Sunday and at the same time criticized Denmark. “Of course, Denmark, the Greenland controlled, does not do his job and is not a good ally,” Vance told the US broadcaster.

11.45 p.m.: “Trump’s customs policy is harmful to the growth prospects of the global economy and also the USA itself,” says BDI expert Wolfgang Niedermark. “We rely on the fact that corporate representatives in the United States use their influence on the government in Washington to prevent an escalation of the trade conflicts. We are looking for the end of the shoulder with our American partner associations.”