Now, months into her second term, there is a different phrase that will likely dominate her tenure: Whereâs Melania? Also Read: Dani Rodrik: Mercantilism isnât always bad but Trumpâs trade policy is This is progress. In not showing up as expected, Melania Trump, 55, has both freed herself and continued to transform the role. Few…
Market crashes around the world in response to the US presidentâs harsh levies, it seems, have been the trigger. Also Read: Mint Quick Edit | Mondayâs market mayhem was no surprise Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, Republican Senator Ted Cruz and even Elon Musk are among those who have expressed qualms over what the…
At the World Bank, he installed David Malpass but otherwise left the institution untouched. He kept David Lipton, an advisor to Democrats, in place as the IMFâs number two official, an appointment that is traditionally the prerogative of US presidents. Also Read: Data at threat: The Trump administrationâs war on statistics wonât end we Trumpâs…
Among the fastest to achieve celebrity status in Americaâs new administration is Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, fielded by President Donald Trump to handle the media. Aged 27, she is the youngest ever to hold this job. To her credit, she already seems to have made the briefing room âgreat again.â At least…
In any word association test, âDiegoâ would cue the name of football legend Maradona. But for elderly Indians, it recalls Diego Garcia, a geopolitical bugbear of the Cold War era, when India wanted the US to withdraw its forces from an air-base on a small island by that name in the Indian Ocean. About 2,000km…
US President Donald Trump and his vice-president, J.D. Vance, are spinning Fridayâs Oval Office clash with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as a show of American strength towards an ungrateful supplicant. However, their joint dressing down of Zelensky will go down in history and live in infamy as a shameful moment of American betrayal. Trump and…
Bluntly speaking, power is defined as the ability to bend others to oneâs will. The limits of Americaâs are being tested, as evident in Fridayâs showdown at the White House between Ukraineâs Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump (along with Vice-President J.D. Vance). It was a global spectacle. Also Read: Mint Quick Edit |…
President Donald Trump during the meeting with meets with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left, at the White House, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025 | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump signaled to Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday (February 27, 2025) that he is willing to back the British deal to hand back the…
U.S. President Donald Trump meets British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 27, 2025 | Photo Credit: Reuters King Charles III has invited U.S. President Donald Trump for an âunprecedentedâ second state visit to Britain, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said while visiting the…
(Bloomberg) — The White House said that it was taking control of picking and choosing the group of reporters able to cover President Donald Trump in limited environments like the Oval Office and Air Force One. The decision, announced at a press briefing Tuesday, came a day after a federal court hearing in which the…
