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President also says that reciprocal ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs will impact ‘all countries’ as global stocks slide
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Donald Trump claimed that serving as president again in 2028 would be a fourth term just hours after stating that he was not “not joking” about considering another four years in the White House.
During an interview with NBC News Sunday, Trump told Kristen Welker “there are methods” that could enable him to stay in office for an unconstitutional third term.
While heading back to Washington, DC on board Air Force One on Sunday evening, the president stated that it would actually be “sort of a fourth term” claiming that the 2020 election – which he lost to Joe Biden – was “rigged.”
Trump also told Welker that he was “p***** off” with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the lack of a ceasefire in Ukraine and threatened to bomb Iran if there was no new nuclear deal. He also accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksy of trying to back out of a potential new minerals deal.
Stocks tumbled around the globe on Monday ahead of Trump’s promised “Liberation Day” Wednesday when he is expected to impose reciprocal tariffs on “all countries” that levy duties on U.S. goods.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday that the U.S. military deported 17 gang members from MS-13 (Mara Salvatrucha) and Tren de Aragua to El Salvador.
Donald Trump designated the two criminal groups as Foreign Terrorist Organizations in an executive order signed last month.
Rubio thanks Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele for the “unparalleled partnership” shared between the two nations.
President Donald Trump thanked British Prime Minister Kier Starmer after a man was charged in connection to the vandalism that occurred at his Scottish golf course, Turnberry.
The president labeled the suspect a “terrorist” on Truth Social and said he hopes they are treated “very harshly” after red paint was sprayed on the clubhouse at the 800-acre resort in South Ayrshire earlier this month.
“I was just informed by Prime Minister Starmer of the United Kingdom, that they caught the terrorists who attacked the beautiful Turnberry, in Scotland. They did serious damage, and will hopefully be treated harshly,” Trump wrote Sunday.
“The three people who did this are in prison. You cannot let things like this attack happen, and I greatly appreciate the work of Prime Minister Starmer, and UK Law Enforcement.”
A 33-year-old man had been charged in connection with the incident, while a 75-year-old man and a 66-year-old woman previously arrested as part of the investigation had been released pending further inquiries, according to Police Scotland.
After repeated calls for Canada to be the 51st U.S. state and lobbying the nation’s prime minister to consider taking a demotion to governor, Trump says that the U.S. doesn’t need anything from its northern neighbor after all.
“We don’t need energy from Canada. We don’t need lumber from Canada. We don’t need anything from Canada,” Trump said on board Air Force One on Sunday evening. “I believe this will be the golden age of America.”
Watch Trump’s response below:
Nebraska Representative Don Bacon penned a New York Times op-ed Monday to urge the Trump administration to resist capitulating to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
After claiming that he welcomes Donald Trump’s attempts to end the conflict in Ukraine, the lawmaker stated that the president – and his administration – are handling Putin with “velvet gloves.”
Bacon, who endorsed Trump in both the 2020 and 2024 elections, wrote: “In recent weeks, too many of my fellow Republicans – including Mr. Trump – have treated Russia with velvet gloves, shying away from calling out Mr. Putin’s flatly illegal war and even blaming Ukraine for starting it.
Bacon said that acknowledgment of the “origins of the present conflict” is the first step in supporting Ukraine and combatting Putin’s “expansionism.” U.S. support for Ukraine would send a message to authoritarian leaders that they cannot violently conquer a weaker nation, he argued.
“The administration must be crystal clear that we are aligned with democracy, free markets and the rule of law. If we stray from these values, we risk losing what makes America a great nation,” Bacon wrote.
Elon Musk was heckled on stage at his Wisconsin town hall on Sunday which saw him hand out two $1 million checks to backers of the conservative candidate in the upcoming state Supreme Court election.
The world’s richest man was interrupted as he spoke about threats against him since leading the Trump administration’s attempts to gut the federal government through his Department of Government Efficiency.
Musk responded by taking a swipe at Democratic megadonor George Soros, who has funneled money into liberal Supreme Court candidate Susan Crawford.
“It was inevitable at least a few Soros operatives would be in the audience,” he said. “Give my regards to George. Say ‘hi’ to George for me.”
Watch the full clip below:
Shares across Asia slumped on Monday after President Donald Trump threatened a global trade war with tariffs for all nations.
Stocks tumbled from Japan to Hong Kong, with the Nikkei 225 down by 4 percent, falling to its lowest level in over six months, and the Hang Seng in Hong Kong sinking by 1.3 percent.
China’s Shanghai Composite index edged down by 0.5 percent, and South Korea’s Kospi saw a steep decline of 2.6 percent.
Shweta Sharma has the full story.
Hours after telling NBC News that there may be “methods” that could enable him to serve an unconstitutional third term, Trump stated that it would be “sort of a fourth term” because, he claimed, the 2020 election was “rigged.”
The president was probed about running for a third term on board Air Force One on Sunday, which is barred by the 22nd Amendment of the U.S. Consitution.
“I’m not looking at that, but I’ll tell you, I have had more people ask me to have a third term, which in a way is a fourth term because the other election — the 2020 election — was totally rigged,” the president said.
“So it’s actually sort of a fourth term.”
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