Nato’s secretary-general Mark Rutte appeared to approve of the language previously used by the US president about Israel and Iran. During a press briefing in the Netherlands, Rutte and Trump discussed the conflict between the two countries. Referencing Trump’s use of an expletive on Tuesday, Rutte said: “And then daddy has to sometimes use strong...
US President Donald Trump was seemingly on the fence about getting involved in the Iran-Israel conflict – and then he suddenly took a gamble and carried out strikes against three of Iran’s nuclear facilities. His involvement and his pressure to ensure a ceasefire have been unpredictable and unprecedented. The BBC’s Bernd Debusmann lays out the...
Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit and independently funded by readers like you? If you value what we do, please support our work with a donation. Before all the images of smoldering cities, of hooded men tortured and beaten, and of bloodied bodies lying in the dust, there was Colin Powell holding up...
The White House via Getty Images US President Donald Trump took a gamble by inserting the US into the worsening conflict between Israel and Iran, but it may have paid off – at least for now. Trump announced on Tuesday evening that the two countries had agreed to a ceasefire that he said could lead...
Billions of dollars for ICE and border patrol in Trump’s budget bill would supercharge the chaotic crackdown. Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. Polls show the so-called “big, beautiful” budget bill championed by President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress is becoming deeply unpopular...
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Bernd Debusmann & Max Matza BBC News Getty Images The dilemma of whether the US should join Israel in attacking Iran, or stay out of the offensive altogether, has exposed divisions among US President Donald Trump’s supporters. The Republican president reportedly is considering helping target the Islamic Republic’s nuclear facilities, following a meeting with his...
BBC Martina Navratilova, left, tells Amol Rajan, right, that she feels the US has become “totalitarian” Fifty years ago, Martina Navratilova left everything she knew in communist Czechoslovakia to start a new life in the US. Then an 18-year-old high school pupil, she was one of the Cold War’s most high-profile defectors – and she...
Azadeh Moshiri and Fiona Nimoni BBC Pakistan correspondent Social media A picture of a Tehran resident’s home posted on social media Many Iranians have reacted with fear and dismay at Donald Trump’s instruction to “immediately evacuate Tehran”. The capital’s almost 10 million residents have now been left to decide whether to shelter in their homes...
US President Donald Trump has cut short his trip to attend the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, citing the Middle East conflict. The summit, being hosted by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, includes leaders from France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, United States, Japan, and the European Union. Trump is not expected...
Tom Bateman State Department correspondent Getty Images President Trump’s comments on the Israel-Iran conflict have veered from full throated support for Israel’s strikes to strongly distancing himself from them, and back again. His ambiguity has added to the sense of uncertainty as the fighting itself escalates. Meanwhile the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said...
Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. More than 5 million people joined No Kings Day protests Saturday in the largest day of action against President Trump since his return to office. Protests were held in over 2,100 cities and towns across the country. The...
Getty Images US President Donald Trump may have called tariffs his favourite word in the dictionary. But when it comes to obsessions, business investment has got to be close. As of last month, he said more than $12 trillion (£8.8tn) had been “practically committed” on his watch. “Nobody’s ever seen numbers like we have,” he...