In a whirlwind of announcements, former President Trump declared his intention to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico, withdraw the US from the World Health Organization (WHO), and pause US foreign development assistance. He also signaled his openness to aiding in the reconstruction of Gaza, describing it as a 'phenomenal location'.
Trump took a whistlestop world tour from his Oval Office desk, touching on topics including imposing tariffs, rebuilding Gaza and withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement and the WHO The offhand remarks came as Trump signed a flurry of executive orders on domestic and international politics, including a decision toThe US was withdrawing from the organisation, the order said, due to “the organization’s mishandling of the Covid-19 pandemic that arose out of Wuhan, China, and other global...
“We are thinking in terms of 25% on Mexico and Canada because they’re allowing vast numbers of people … to come in, and fentanyl to come in,” Trump said. “I think we’ll do it Feb 1.” Asked about the war in Ukraine, Trump said he would meet Putin “very soon” and said that his Russian counterpart was “destroying Russia” by refusing to negotiate a ceasefire with Ukraine.
But asked whether he could maintain the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, he said he was “not confident. That’s not our war, that’s their war.”
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