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US President Donald Trump suggested on Friday it would be premature to give Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, saying as he hosted Volodymyr Zelensky that he hoped to secure peace with Russia first. “Hopefully, they won’t need it. Hopefully we’ll be able to get the war over with without thinking about Tomahawks,” Trump told journalists, including an AFP reporter, as the two leaders met at the White House. Trump added that he was confident of getting Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the invasion he launched in 2022, following a phone call with the Kremlin chief a day earlier. The US and Russian presidents agreed on Thursday to a new summit in the Hungarian capital, Budapest, which would be their first since an August meeting in Alaska that failed to produce any kind of peace deal. “I think that President Putin wants to end the war,” Trump said. But Zelensky, who wore a dark suit for his third meeting with Trump in Washington since the US president’s return to power, demurred, saying that Putin was “not ready...

US President Donald Trump said he expected an expansion of the Abraham Accords soon and hopes Saudi Arabia will join the pact that normalised diplomatic relations between Israel and some Arab states. “I hope to see Saudi Arabia go in, and I hope to see others go in. I think when Saudi Arabia goes in, everybody goes in,” Trump said in an interview broadcast on Friday on Fox Business Network. Trump said he had “some very good conversations” as recently as Wednesday with states that have indicated their willingness to join the accords. “I think that they’re going to all go in very soon,” Trump said in the interview, which was recorded on Thursday. The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed the accords in 2020 during Trump’s first term in the White House, breaking a longstanding taboo to become the first Arab states to recognise Israel in a quarter century. Morocco and Sudan followed suit. Trump, who convened Muslim and European leaders in Egypt to discuss the future of the Gaza Strip on Monday, has presented hi...

De president beloofde ivf-leverancier Merck vrijstelling van importheffingen. Het akkoord komt volgens hoogleraar Britta van Beers voort uit ‘pronatalisme’: Trump wil dat Amerikanen meer kinderen krijgen.

Representatives from Gemini, Ripple and Coinbase were reportedly in attendance at the fundraising dinner at the White House on Wednesday evening. US President Donald Trump hosted a dinner for companies pledging funds to build a new ballroom in the White House, with attendees reportedly including Gemini co-founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, and executives from Coinbase and Ripple. According to a Wednesday Wall Street Journal report, among the donors and attendees of the dinner at the White House were the Winklevosses and representatives from Coinbase Global and Ripple Labs. The dinner was reported to be aimed at funding for the White House ballroom proposed by Trump in July, which was estimated to cost $250 million. The ballroom is projected to add about 90,000 square feet — 8,361 square meters — to the White House. Cointelegraph reached out to Coinbase, Ripple, Gemini and the White House for comment on the amount of the donations, but had not received a response at the time of publication. Read more

United States President Donald Trump said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday agreed to another summit to discuss ending the war in Ukraine, a day before the US president was due to speak with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky. Trump said he and Putin would soon meet in Budapest after a more than two-hour-long phone call he described as productive. The Kremlin did not immediately comment. The surprise development came as Zelensky was headed to the White House on Friday to push for more military support, including potential long-range offensive missiles. Yet the positive tone following the US-Russia call appeared to leave in question the possibility of such support in the near term. Energy systems targeted Kyiv and Moscow have been escalating their war with massive attacks on energy infrastructure while Nato struggles to respond to a spate of Russian air incursions. The Trump-Putin meeting will follow lower-level talks between Moscow and Washington next week, Trump said. No date was...

The trade war that once rattled global markets has returned, and Bitcoin is part of the battlefield this time. On Oct. 15, President Donald Trump declared that the United States was now in a trade war with China, saying: “We’re in a [trade war] now. We have 100% tariffs. If we didn’t have tariffs, we […] The post Bitcoin risks falling under $100,000 as Trump confirms US-China tradewar appeared first on CryptoSlate.

De Amerikaanse president Donald Trump zal „binnen ongeveer twee weken” een nieuwe ontmoeting hebben met zijn Russische ambtgenoot Vladimir Poetin. Trump meldt dat het gesprek zal plaatsvinden in de Hongaarse hoofdstad Boedapest. Volg alle ontwikkelingen over de oorlog in Oekraïne in ons liveblog.

India said on Thursday that its energy priority was the interest of its citizens, after United States President Donald Trump said New Delhi had promised it will stop buying Russian oil. New Delhi neither confirmed nor denied it was shifting policy towards Russia. “It has been our consistent priority to safeguard the interests of the Indian consumer in a volatile energy scenario,” Indian Foreign Ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal said in a statement. “Our import policies are guided entirely by this objective.” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has previously defended buying oil from Russia, a historic partner of India, despite Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Trump in August raised tariffs on Indian exports to the US to 50 per cent, with Trump’s aides accusing India of fueling Russia’s war in Ukraine. “Ensuring stable energy prices and secured supplies have been the twin goals of our energy policy,” Jaiswal added. “This includes broad-basing our energy sourcing and diversifying as appropriate to meet market con...

The Trump family’s crypto ventures have generated over $1 billion in profit, led by World Liberty Financial and memecoins including TRUMP and MELANIA. US President Donald Trump’s second term in office has coincided with an extraordinary increase in his personal wealth, much of it linked to a sprawling cryptocurrency empire built by the president and his family. According to a Financial Times investigation, Trump’s crypto ventures have generated more than $1 billion in pre-tax profit over the past year. Trump’s son, Eric, confirmed to the outlet that the family’s actual profits were “probably more.” At the center of this new fortune is World Liberty Financial, a crypto company founded by Trump’s sons and allies, which has sold billions of dollars in tokens and stablecoins. The project, whose website identifies President Donald Trump as “co-founder emeritus,” launched last year with plans for a crypto-lending app.  Read more

US President Donald Trump confirmed on Wednesday that he authorised the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to conduct covert operations in Venezuela, marking a sharp escalation in US efforts to pressure President Nicolas Maduro’s government. The New York Times first reported the classified directive, citing US officials familiar with the decision, saying the Trump administration’s Venezuela strategy aims to remove Maduro from power. The administration has offered $50 million for information leading to Maduro’s arrest and conviction on drug trafficking charges. The new authority would allow the CIA to carry out lethal operations in Venezuela and conduct a range of operations in the Caribbean, the Times reported. Asked why he authorised the CIA to operate in Venezuela, Trump told reporters his reasons were migration of Venezuelans to the United States and drug trafficking. “I authorised for two reasons really,” Trump said. “Number one, they have emptied their prisons into the United States of America…they came i...

Asked by reporters whether the US is preparing for a trade war with China, US President Donald Trump responded: “Well, we’re in one now.” Update Oct 15, 10:55pm: This article has been updated to include comments from US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and the impact of tariffs on the Bitcoin mining industry. US President Donald Trump has confirmed the US is in an active trade war with China after threatening a 100% tariff on all Chinese imports last week. “Well, we’re in one now,” Trump said after being asked by White House reporters whether the US is preparing for a “sustained trade war with China.” ”If we didn’t have tariffs, we would be exposed as being a nothing, we would have no defense,” Trump explained, calling the tariffs an important measure for America’s national security. Read more

De CIA heeft van president Donald Trump toestemming gekregen om in het geheim operaties uit te voeren in Venezuela tegen drugskartels. Trump noemt als reden voor dat besluit de grote hoeveelheid drugs die volgens hem via Venezuela de VS zou binnenkomen, evenals de gevangenen die het land zou vrijlaten en die richting de VS zouden komen. Volg alle ontwikkelingen in ons liveblog.

Experta în relații internaționale Ioana Nelia Bercean explică de ce depinde îndeplinirea celor 20 de puncte din planul de pace al lui Trump în Orientul Mijlociu și care sunt avantajele pe care acesta le are pentru a reuși unde predecesorii lui au eșuat.

The bill, if passed, would codify US President Donald Trump's executive order allowing retirement plans to include "alternative assets," including cryptocurrencies. A lawmaker in the US House of Representatives has reportedly introduced a bill that would codify — make into law — an executive order by President Donald Trump allowing alternative assets such as cryptocurrencies to be included in 401(k) retirement accounts. Republican Representative Troy Downing introduced a draft bill in the House Financial Services Committee that would give Executive Order 14330 the force of law, Politico reported on Tuesday. The order, which Trump issued on Aug. 7, says every American preparing for retirement should have access to funds that include “alternative assets” when deemed appropriate by a plan fiduciary. Read more

At a London conference this week, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage cast himself as “your champion” for digital assets and sketched a platform that includes a flat 10% capital gains tax on crypto, creation of a roughly £5 billion state Bitcoin reserve anchored in seized coins, a halt to the Bank of England’s digital pound […] The post UK politics attempts to copy £5B Trump crypto script, without his levers or power appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Trump was asked whether he had personally spoken with Hamas, which he later denied, following reports that his envoys, Witkoff and Kushner, negotiated directly with the group to reach a cease-fire deal. He said the talks occurred 'through my people, at the highest level, and were meant for me'

Netanyahu and his ministers still believe Trump will lose interest and allow Israel to resume the war in Gaza. This is wishful thinking, as dozens of world leaders committed to Trump's peace plan on Monday, and all Netanyahu received in return was the U.S. president's support for a criminal trial pardon

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday reiterated his praise for United States President Donald Trump, stating that Pakistan would continue to “express admiration” for the American leader’s “unique contribution” to peace. The statement comes a day after Trump and the leaders of Egypt, Qatar and Turkiye had signed a declaration meant to cement a ceasefire in Gaza, hours after Israel and Hamas exchanged hostages and prisoners. PM Shehbaz had also attended the ceremony held at the Egyptian beach resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. At a later press conference, the US president had especially mentioned the premier and the army chief. In a post on X, the premier said: “As I board the plane to return home after the Gaza peace summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, I want to share some reflections on the potentially transformational nature of what took place and why Pakistan has been so deeply involved.” He stated that Pakistan’s biggest priority was the “immediate cessation of the genocidal campaign imposed on Gaza”, which he said he ...

Iran on Tuesday denounced “baseless claims” made by United States President Donald Trump, calling Washington “the largest sponsor of terrorism”. Addressing Israel’s Knesset on Monday ahead of joining an international peace summit in Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh, Trump said that Iran wants to reach a peace deal with the US “even if they said, ‘We don’t want to make a deal,’”. In a statement carried by the state news agency IRNA, the foreign ministry said: “The US, as the world’s largest generator of terrorism and supporter of the terrorist and genocidal Zionist (Israeli) regime, has no moral authority to level accusations against others.” “The repetition of false claims regarding Iran’s peaceful nuclear programme can in no way justify the joint crimes of the US and the Zionist regime” in violating Iran’s soil, the ministry said. Israel launched a surprise attack on Tehran on June 13, targeting military, nuclear, and civilian sites as well as senior military commanders and nuclear scientists. Tehran launched retalia...

Bitcoin price prediction: BTC nears $115K as Strategy buys $27M, Trump joins Bitcoin billionaires, and BlackRock’s $94B ETF fuels bullish momentum. The post Bitcoin Price Prediction: Trump, BlackRock, and Strategy Fuel Renewed Optimism as Bulls Target $122K appeared first on Cryptonews.