{"id":206148,"date":"2026-04-01T21:37:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T21:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-president-lashes-out-at-european-allies-as-war-on-iran-frays-relations-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T21:37:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T21:37:42","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-president-lashes-out-at-european-allies-as-war-on-iran-frays-relations-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-president-lashes-out-at-european-allies-as-war-on-iran-frays-relations-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: president lashes out at European allies as war on Iran frays relations &#8211; The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trump taunts allies to \u2018go get your own oil\u2019 as some nations dig in heels to oppose conflict and global destabilization \u2013 key US politics stories from Tuesday 31 March at a glance<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/middle-east-live\/live\/2026\/apr\/01\/iran-live-updates-trump-claims-war-will-end-rubio-nato-relationship\" data-link-name=\"in standfirst link\">Middle East crisis \u2013 live updates<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Donald Trump<\/a> launched a fresh tirade on Tuesday against European countries that refused to join his war against Iran, calling out the UK and France, as transatlantic relations soured from the spiralling conflict that has wreaked havoc on the global economy.<br \/>On his Truth Social website, the US president told governments worried about fuel prices to \u201cgo get your own oil\u201d by force from the Gulf, comments that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/live\/2026\/mar\/31\/uk-house-prices-economic-growth-iran-outlook-business-news\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">sent oil prices<\/a> even higher.<br \/>In a tentative sign of a more proactive European pushback to the war, it was revealed on Tuesday that France had blocked Israeli planes from flying weapons through its airspace while Italy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/mar\/31\/italy-denies-sicily-airbase-us-planes-carrying-weapons-iran-war\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">refused last-minute permission<\/a> for US bombers to land in Sicily.<br \/>Global frustration with the economic fallout is growing. The Irish taoiseach, Miche\u00e1l Martin, said on Tuesday that the oil supply shock caused by the US-Israeli attack on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/iran\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Iran<\/a> was \u201cprobably the worst ever\u201d.<br \/>Spain has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/mar\/30\/spain-closes-airspace-to-us-military-over-iran-war-widening-rift-with-us\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">denied the US use of its bases and airspace<\/a> for the war, and on Tuesday Madrid\u2019s defence minister said the country would not \u201caccept lectures from anyone\u201d. The UK, meanwhile, has allowed the US to use its bases for a war its <a href=\"https:\/\/hansard.parliament.uk\/commons\/2026-03-02\/debates\/C3BE6001-08B4-4DF8-8193-A4BFF0C57E9B\/MiddleEast\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">government says is illegal<\/a>, but has nonetheless <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/mar\/03\/trump-starmer-uk-refusal-back-iran-strikes\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">received public admonishment from Trump<\/a>.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/feb\/19\/trump-backlash-social-media-king\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><br \/>The executive order directs the Department of Homeland Security to work with the Social Security Administration to compile a list of verified US citizens who can vote in every state. It also directs the United States Postal Service (USPS) to begin rule-making on a process that would require states to notify the agency of voters who intend to receive a mail-in ballot and prohibit them from receiving one unless they are on a USPS-approved list of eligible voters.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/mar\/31\/trump-executive-order-restrict-mail-in-ballots\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><br \/>US district judge Richard Leon in Washington granted a request for a preliminary injunction by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, a non-profit organization that brought a lawsuit alleging that Trump had exceeded his authority by razing the East Wing and beginning construction without approval from Congress. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/trump-administration\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Trump administration<\/a> immediately appealed against the order.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/mar\/31\/judge-blocks-trump-white-house-ballroom-plan\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><br \/>In a city of respected art deco buildings, ridicule is being heaped on the latest structure proposed for Miami\u2019s skyline: the Donald J Trump presidential library, unveiled in ambitious plans <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/erictrump\/status\/2038773279788331022?s=46\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">posted to social media<\/a> on Monday night.<br \/>A 1 minute 40 second video tour of the proposed gargantuan structure revealed it will be decked, almost inevitably, in Trump\u2019s trademark gold, including a giant statue of him, and will feature Air Force One, the $400m Boeing \u201cflying palace\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jan\/22\/boeing-jet-trump-qatari-royal-family-delivery\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">gifted to him<\/a> by Qatar, in its cavernous lobby.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/mar\/31\/trump-presidential-library-plans-miami-ridicule\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><br \/>Average US fuel prices have crossed $4 a gallon for the first time in four years, piling pressure on drivers as Donald Trump\u2019s war on Iran continues to boost oil markets.<br \/>The nationwide average climbed to almost $4.02 on Tuesday, according to AAA data, capping an extraordinary rise from $2.98 just a month ago. The fuel price last reached this high in August 2022.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2026\/mar\/31\/us-average-fuel-prices-iran-war\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><br \/>Three former FBI agents filed <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.dcd.290982\/gov.uscourts.dcd.290982.1.0.pdf\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">a class-action lawsuit <\/a>against the bureau and justice department on Tuesday, along with the FBI director, Kash Patel, and attorney general, Pam Bondi, claiming they had been wrongfully terminated for working on the criminal cases related to Donald Trump.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/mar\/31\/ex-fbi-agents-trump-cases-lawsuit-firings\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><br \/>The United States is almost certainly not going to have a military draft to fight Iran. That hasn\u2019t stopped the chatter, and anxiety, across the country.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/mar\/31\/us-military-draft-fears-trump-iran-war\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><br \/>Defense secretary Pete Hegseth said the crews of two US army AH-64 Apache helicopters that hovered next to the singer Kid Rock\u2019s swimming pool while he clapped and saluted on Saturday <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/mar\/31\/hegseth-kid-rock-army-helicopter-video\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">are no longer suspended<\/a><\/strong>.<br \/>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/us-supreme-court\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">US supreme court<\/a> on Tuesday <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/mar\/31\/supreme-court-colorado-ban-conversion-therapy-ruling\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">ruled against a law banning \u201cconversion therapy\u201d for LGBTQ+ children in Colorado<\/a><\/strong>, one of about two dozen states that ban the discredited practice.<br \/>An American journalist <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/apr\/01\/shelly-kittleson-us-american-journalist-kidnapped-iraq\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">has been kidnapped in Baghdad by a suspected Iranian-backed Iraqi armed group<\/a><\/strong>, the US said, as regional security deteriorates after the US-Israeli attack on Iran.<br \/>Citing the first amendment, a federal judge on Tuesday <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/mar\/31\/judge-blocks-trump-npr-pbs-funding-cut\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">agreed to permanently block the Trump administration from implementing a presidential directive to end federal funding for National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)<\/a><\/strong>, two media entities that the White House has said are counterproductive to American priorities.<br \/>Chad Bianco, the Riverside county sheriff, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/mar\/30\/california-republican-sheriff-halts-inquiry-prop-50-election\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">has halted a contentious investigation into alleged voter fraud<\/a><\/strong> that has drawn opposition from the state\u2019s attorney general.<br \/>The celebrity tabloid empire, TMZ, \u2013 better known for staking out actors and artists outside restaurants, gas stations, courthouses and their palatial estates \u2013 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/mar\/31\/tmz-lawmakers-vacationing-partial-government-shutdown\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">has turned its paparazzi prowess on a new and maybe equally chaotic subject: the US Congress.<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/mar\/31\/tmz-lawmakers-vacationing-partial-government-shutdown\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"> <\/a>And America\u2019s lawmakers may find themselves uniquely ill-equipped for the Hollywood experience.<br \/>Catching up?<em> Here\u2019s what happened <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/mar\/30\/trump-news-at-a-glance-latest-updates-today\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Monday 30 March<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilgFBVV95cUxPT1lscDZFanAzckpwakNLUTliOVpRWHF6Vk9JYmxodmNmT21tRGtVMjdHU1RzRVFvT19WZ2RuYWR2MmFwclVqQldyRzMtVDZwR1FobnV2T2M1NHNKTWRaOTllMTFEamo3cVFRZFF0dVVMRG14RS1mQy1RbG4tay1HMWxFMkJGRThmTTFDQldFbDBMQV9xV2c?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump taunts allies to \u2018go get your own oil\u2019 as some nations dig in heels to oppose conflict and global destabilization \u2013 key US politics stories from Tuesday 31 March at a glanceMiddle East crisis \u2013 live updatesDonald Trump launched a fresh tirade on Tuesday against European countries that refused to 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