Donald Trump says he had a “good call” with Jeff Bezos – following a spat between the White House and Amazon over tariffs. On his 100th day in office, Trump will speak at a Michigan rally later – after joking about wanting to be the next pope. Listen to Trump 100 as you scroll.
Tuesday 29 April 2025 21:17, UK
Donald Trump has landed in Michigan, where he will later hold a rally marking his first 100 days as president.
There’s already a large group of supporters filing into the venue in Warren, many wearing MAGA merchandise.
The president is due to begin his speech, which will focus on the economy, at around 11pm. We’ll be bringing you text updates on this live page.
By Mark Stone, US correspondent
From the White House these past 100 days, I’ve chronicled the whirlwind that’s reshaping America.
Getting beyond the West Wing and out of Washington has been harder. The volume of news has necessitated a near-constant presence in the US capital.
Every single day there has been something. Of course, this has been entirely intentional for the president and his team of proud disrupters.
They pledged to govern differently, and on that promise, they have more than delivered.
To fix America, Donald Trump first had to convince people that it is broken. Many didn’t need convincing. Look for decline here and you’ll easily find it; communities left behind.
Look for bureaucracy and waste – you’ll find that too. Common sense silenced by wokeism? Many can relate to that. Immigration out of control? Politicians have been struggling with that for decades.
In just 100 days, Trump has harnessed all of that into a package of change that feels like nothing short of a revolution.
Marco Rubio says the time has come for concrete proposals from Moscow and Kyiv to end the war in Ukraine and that the US will step back as mediator if no progress is made.
Tammy Bruce, spokeswoman for the US State Department, read out a statement from Rubio during an earlier news briefing.
“We are now at a time where concrete proposals need to be delivered by the two parties on how to end this conflict. How we proceed from here is a decision that belongs now to the president. If there is not progress, we will step back as mediators in this process.”
Tammy Bruce, citing Marco Rubio statement
Donald Trump’s administration has reached one trade deal already and is waiting for approvals from that country before announcing it, trade secretary Howard Lutnick says.
“I have a deal done… but I need to wait for their prime minister and their parliament to give its approval,” Lutnick told CNBC.
Earlier, Treasury secretary Scott Bessent said the US could be closing in on a trade deal with India, and that negotiations with the country “are moving well”.
The White House has also had “substantial talks” with Japan over a possible trade deal and “the contours of a deal” with South Korea could be coming together, Bessent said.
Speaking ahead of his trip to Michigan today, Trump said a trade deal with India is “coming along great” and that he believes the US “will have a deal” on tariffs with New Delhi.
Donald Trump is now onboard Air Force One and heading for Michigan.
The president is visiting Selfridge Air National Guard Base before he takes to the stage at Macomb Community College, in the north of Detroit, for a rally.
It’ll be his first visit to the battleground state since he won the election back in November.
Among the questions put to Donald Trump outside the White House just now was who he thought should be the new pope.
Cardinals will meet next week in a secret conclave to elect the new head of the Catholic Church following the death of Pope Francis.
Smiling as he heard the question, Trump responded: “As pope? I’d like to be pope. That would be my number one choice.”
He went on to say he didn’t have a preference for who should be the new pontiff but suggested Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York, might be a good choice.
“I don’t know. I don’t have a preference,” he said. “But I must say we have a cardinal out of a place called New York who is very good, so we’ll see what happens.”
We’re just hearing from Donald Trump as he leaves Washington on his way to Michigan.
The president said he had a “good call” with Amazon’s “very nice” chief Jeff Bezos this morning, a conversation we reported on earlier (see 5.35pm post).
The call follows reports that Trump complained to Bezos about a report that Amazon planned to display prices that showed the impact of tariffs, which the online shopping giant denied.
“He solved the problem very quickly and he did the right thing,” Trump added.
After speaking to reporters, Trump boarded Marine One, headed for Joint Base Andrews and Air Force One, which will take him to Michigan.
Perhaps the most jaw-dropping moment from Donald Trump’s return to the White House came when Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited in February.
The Ukrainian president was expected to sign a long-awaited minerals deal, signalling a reset in relations with the US, but his visit was spectacularly cut short.
In scenes that shocked the world, Trump told Zelenskyy “you’re gambling with World War Three”, while vice president JD Vance accused Ukraine’s president of not being thankful to the US.
Watch the full exchange in the video below.
The pair’s relationship continues to generate headlines, with the media anxiously reporting their phone calls, and the two Trump has had with Russia’s Vladimir Putin as the US president seeks to boast of ending the war in Ukraine.
In more positive scenes, Trump and Zelenskyy found time to sit down for an intense-looking chat at the funeral of Pope Francis on 26 April, which seemed to create an atmosphere for talking of peace.
Trump followed that by posting on Truth Social, wondering whether Putin has been playing him along.
But whatever happens next, it seems likely that Trump-Zelenskyy showdown in the Oval Office will be remembered for a long time.
Donald Trump’s return to the White House has provided no shortage of landmark moments which have caused shockwaves around the world.
Our correspondents have been reporting from the US, Asia, Africa and the Middle East to give their perspectives on the worldwide impact of Trump’s return to office…
Shoppers in Denmark are boycotting Coca-Cola in a backlash against Donald Trump’s erratic foreign and trade policies, according to the Danish brewer Carlsberg.
Carlsberg, which bottles Coca-Cola in Denmark, said it had seen Coke’s sales volumes decline while rival drinks gain market share.
Jacob Aarup-Andersen, Carlsberg chief executive, said: “There is a level of consumer boycott around the US brands… and it’s the only market where we’re seeing that to a large extent.”
Trump has sparked particular anger in Denmark by making repeated threats to take control of Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory.
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