{"id":156786,"date":"2025-07-13T04:06:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T04:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-trump-shocks-eu-and-mexico-with-tariffs-as-he-gives-ice-agents-total-authorization-to-protect-themselves-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2025-07-13T04:06:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T04:06:07","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-trump-shocks-eu-and-mexico-with-tariffs-as-he-gives-ice-agents-total-authorization-to-protect-themselves-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-trump-shocks-eu-and-mexico-with-tariffs-as-he-gives-ice-agents-total-authorization-to-protect-themselves-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: Trump shocks EU and Mexico with tariffs as he gives Ice agents \u2018total authorization\u2019 to protect themselves – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

US president threatens further tariffs if Europe retaliates, and tells federal immigration agents they can use \u2018whatever means\u2019 necessary \u2013 key US politics stories from Saturday 12 July 2025
Donald Trump has said he will impose tariffs of 30% on the European Union and Mexico from 1 August, threatening Europe that it would pay a price if it retaliated and telling Mexico it had not done enough to stop North America from turning into a \u201cNarco-Trafficking Playground\u201d.
\u201cIf for any reason you decide to raise your Tariffs<\/a> and retaliate, then, whatever the number you choose to raise them by, will be added onto the 30% that we charge,\u201d he wrote in a letter to the EU.
EU trade ministers will meet on Monday for a pre-arranged summit and will be under pressure from some countries to show a tough reaction by implementing \u20ac21bn ($24.6bn) in retaliatory measures, which they had paused until midnight the same day.
Here are the key US politics<\/a> stories at a glance:
Donald Trump<\/a> announced on Saturday that goods imported from both the European Union and Mexico will face a 30% US tariff rate starting 1 August, in letters posted on his social media platform, Truth Social.
The tariff assault on the EU came as a shock to European capitals as the European Commission and the US trade representative Jamieson Greer had spent months hammering out a deal they believed was acceptable to both sides.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Donald Trump<\/a> has given \u201ctotal authorization\u201d to federal immigration agents to protect themselves after a series of clashes with protesters, including during enforcement raids on two California cannabis farms.
\u201cI am giving Total Authorization for Ice to protect itself, just like they protect the Public,\u201d Trump posted on Truth Social on Friday, adding that he was directing the homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem<\/a>, and border czar, Tom Homan, to arrest anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) protesters who impede immigration enforcement operations.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Recently departed officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) say the organization is dangerously underresourced and overstretched in the event of further natural catastrophes, as the cleanup continues from this month\u2019s torrential rain storms and flooding in Texas<\/a> that left more than 120 dead.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
FBI director Kash Patel has denied swirling resignation rumors over reported unhappiness at a justice department decision to close the book on Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> after administration officials teased a big reveal earlier in the year.
In a Saturday social media post, the agency director said: \u201cthe conspiracy theories just aren\u2019t true, never have been. It\u2019s an honor to serve the President of the United States \u2013 and I\u2019ll continue to do so for as long as he calls on me.\u201d
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
David Gergen, a veteran of Washington politics and an adviser to four presidents, Republican and Democrat, has died aged 83<\/a>.
As US regulators restrict Covid mRNA vaccines and as independent vaccine advisers re-examine the shots, scientists fear that an unlikely target could be next<\/a>: cancer research.
Catching up? Here\u2019s what happened on Friday 11 July<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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