‘Sheer energy': Trump presidency already ‘great contrast' to Biden's term
This comes as US President Donald Trump has surpassed 200 days in office.
'This is a 78-year-old man who probably has more energy than 99.9 per cent of all Americans,' Mr Wamp told Sky News Australia.
'Just the sheer energy of it all has caught everybody by surprise.'
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ABC News
12 minutes ago
- ABC News
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will meet for peace talks in Alaska. Here's why that's significant
This week will mark the first time Russian President Vladimir Putin has set foot on American soil in almost a decade. Mr Putin is set to meet with US President Donald Trump on Friday, local time, talking a potential peace deal which could see parts of Ukraine handed over to Russia. Mr Trump took to his Truth Social platform to announce the meeting's location — a former Russian territory. The pair will meet in the US state of Alaska, sold by Russia more than 158 years ago. Putin aide Yury Ushakov said the location was logical, stating the interests of both nations 'converged' in the northern state. "So it does make sense if our delegation simply crosses the Bering Strait and if such an important and expected meeting between the two leaders takes place specifically in Alaska," he said. "We expect this process will not be simple, but we will be engaged in it actively and consistently." Russian influence still endures in parts of the remote north-western state, which extends to just a few kilometres from the Russian border. The Russian empire sold the territory to Washington for $US7.2 million ($11.04 million) in 1867 — equal to about $US156.3 million ($239.64 million) in today's currency. One of the most famous statements about the proximity of Alaska and Russia was made in 2008 by Sarah Palin, the state's then-governor and at the time vice presidential nominee. "They're our next-door neighbours, and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska," Ms Palin said. While it is not actually possible to see Russia from the Alaskan mainland, two islands facing each other in the Bering Strait are separated by just 4 kilometres. Russia's Big Diomede island is just west of the American Little Diomede island, where a few dozen people live. Further south, two Russians landed on the remote St. Lawrence island — which is a few dozen miles from the Russian coast — to seek asylum in October 2022. They fled just weeks after Mr Putin ordered an unpopular mobilisation of citizens to boost his invasion of Ukraine. The state is a stronghold for the Russian Orthodox Church, which has more than 35 locations dotted across the coastline. Some Orthodox communities in the region still speak Russian. However Russia is ostensibly not interested in reclaiming the territory it once held, with Mr Putin saying in 2014 that Alaska is "too cold". Following Mr Trump's announcement, the Kremlin also confirmed the August 15 meeting. The summit has been in the works since Mr Trump's return to office seven months ago, and Mr Putin had been given an August 8 deadline to agree to a deal. Asked whether a peace deal would involve Ukraine ceding territory to Russia, Mr Trump said it was "very complicated". "But we're going to get some back, we're going to get some switched," he said. Russia has annexed the Crimean Peninsula for more than a decade, and its forces control much of Ukraine's Donbas region, made up of Donetsk and Luhansk. It also has some military control of Ukrainian regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia. In 2022 it formally annexed all four provinces — Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia — in a move condemned by the international community. The exact location of the Alaska meeting has not been announced. Mr Ushakov noted Russia "would naturally expect" any future meeting between both leaders would be held on Russian territory. He added "an invitation to that effect" had already been made. Mr Trump's announcement made no mention of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and it remains unclear whether he will be invited to peace talks. A White House official said Mr Trump was open to holding a trilateral summit the day after his meeting with Mr Putin. Mr Zelenskyy has since warned any deal without Kyiv at the table would be unable to bring an end to the war. "The answer to the Ukrainian territorial issue is already in the Constitution of Ukraine," he said in a statement. "No one will and cannot deviate from this. Ukrainians will not give their land to the occupier. According to CBS, a senior White House official said it was still possible Mr Zelenskyy could be involved in some capacity for the Friday meeting. ABC/AFP
The Advertiser
26 minutes ago
- The Advertiser
Trump takes over DC police in extraordinary move
US President Donald Trump is deploying 800 National Guard troops to Washington DC, and putting the city's police department under federal control, an extraordinary assertion of presidential power in the nation's capital. Trump's move, which bypassed the city's elected leaders, was emblematic of his approach to his presidency, wielding executive authority in ways that have little precedent in modern US history and in defiance of political norms. The president cast his actions as necessary to "rescue" Washington from what he described as a wave of lawlessness, despite statistics showing that violent crime hit a 30-year low in 2024 and has continued to decline this year. "I'm deploying the National Guard to help re-establish law, order and public safety in Washington, DC," Trump told a news conference at the White House. It is the second time this summer that the Republican president has deployed troops to a Democrat-governed city. Trump sent thousands of National Guard troops to Los Angeles in June over the objections of state and local officials. And Trump signalled at his news conference that another major US city with Democratic leadership could be next - Chicago, where violent crime was down significantly in the first half of the year. "If we need to, we're going to do the same thing in Chicago, which is a disaster," Trump said at the White House, adding, "Hopefully LA is watching." Trump has shown particular interest in taking over Washington, which is under the jurisdiction of Congress but exercises self-governance under a 1973 US law. Hundreds of officers and agents from more than a dozen federal agencies, including the FBI, ICE, DEA and ATF, have fanned out across the city in recent days. Attorney General Pam Bondi will oversee the police force takeover, Trump said. The Democratic mayor of Washington, Muriel Bowser, has pushed back on Trump's claims of unchecked violence, saying the city is "not experiencing a crime spike" and highlighting that violent crime hit its lowest level in more than three decades last year. Violent crime, including murders, spiked in 2023, turning Washington into one of the nation's deadliest cities. Since then, however, violent crime dropped 35 per cent in 2024, according to federal data, and it has fallen an additional 26 per cent in the first seven months of 2025, according to city police. The city's attorney general, Brian Schwalb, called Trump's actions "unprecedented, unnecessary and unlawful" in an X post, and said his office was "considering all of our options". "Donald Trump has no basis to take over the local police department. And zero credibility on the issue of law and order. Get lost," House of Representatives Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries wrote on X. Over the past week, Trump has intensified his messaging, suggesting he might attempt to strip the city of its local autonomy and implement a full federal takeover. The District of Columbia, established in 1790, operates under the Home Rule Act, which gives Congress ultimate authority but allows residents to elect a mayor and city council. Trump said last week that lawyers are examining how to overturn the law, a move that would likely require Congress to revoke it. In taking over the Metropolitan Police Department, Trump invoked a section of the act that allows the president to use force for 30 days when "special conditions of an emergency nature" exist. Trump said he was declaring a "public safety emergency" in the city. Under the statute, presidential control is "designed to be a temporary emergency measure, not a permanent takeover," University of Minnesota law professor Jill Hasday said. US President Donald Trump is deploying 800 National Guard troops to Washington DC, and putting the city's police department under federal control, an extraordinary assertion of presidential power in the nation's capital. Trump's move, which bypassed the city's elected leaders, was emblematic of his approach to his presidency, wielding executive authority in ways that have little precedent in modern US history and in defiance of political norms. The president cast his actions as necessary to "rescue" Washington from what he described as a wave of lawlessness, despite statistics showing that violent crime hit a 30-year low in 2024 and has continued to decline this year. "I'm deploying the National Guard to help re-establish law, order and public safety in Washington, DC," Trump told a news conference at the White House. It is the second time this summer that the Republican president has deployed troops to a Democrat-governed city. Trump sent thousands of National Guard troops to Los Angeles in June over the objections of state and local officials. And Trump signalled at his news conference that another major US city with Democratic leadership could be next - Chicago, where violent crime was down significantly in the first half of the year. "If we need to, we're going to do the same thing in Chicago, which is a disaster," Trump said at the White House, adding, "Hopefully LA is watching." Trump has shown particular interest in taking over Washington, which is under the jurisdiction of Congress but exercises self-governance under a 1973 US law. Hundreds of officers and agents from more than a dozen federal agencies, including the FBI, ICE, DEA and ATF, have fanned out across the city in recent days. Attorney General Pam Bondi will oversee the police force takeover, Trump said. The Democratic mayor of Washington, Muriel Bowser, has pushed back on Trump's claims of unchecked violence, saying the city is "not experiencing a crime spike" and highlighting that violent crime hit its lowest level in more than three decades last year. Violent crime, including murders, spiked in 2023, turning Washington into one of the nation's deadliest cities. Since then, however, violent crime dropped 35 per cent in 2024, according to federal data, and it has fallen an additional 26 per cent in the first seven months of 2025, according to city police. The city's attorney general, Brian Schwalb, called Trump's actions "unprecedented, unnecessary and unlawful" in an X post, and said his office was "considering all of our options". "Donald Trump has no basis to take over the local police department. And zero credibility on the issue of law and order. Get lost," House of Representatives Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries wrote on X. Over the past week, Trump has intensified his messaging, suggesting he might attempt to strip the city of its local autonomy and implement a full federal takeover. The District of Columbia, established in 1790, operates under the Home Rule Act, which gives Congress ultimate authority but allows residents to elect a mayor and city council. Trump said last week that lawyers are examining how to overturn the law, a move that would likely require Congress to revoke it. In taking over the Metropolitan Police Department, Trump invoked a section of the act that allows the president to use force for 30 days when "special conditions of an emergency nature" exist. Trump said he was declaring a "public safety emergency" in the city. Under the statute, presidential control is "designed to be a temporary emergency measure, not a permanent takeover," University of Minnesota law professor Jill Hasday said. US President Donald Trump is deploying 800 National Guard troops to Washington DC, and putting the city's police department under federal control, an extraordinary assertion of presidential power in the nation's capital. Trump's move, which bypassed the city's elected leaders, was emblematic of his approach to his presidency, wielding executive authority in ways that have little precedent in modern US history and in defiance of political norms. The president cast his actions as necessary to "rescue" Washington from what he described as a wave of lawlessness, despite statistics showing that violent crime hit a 30-year low in 2024 and has continued to decline this year. "I'm deploying the National Guard to help re-establish law, order and public safety in Washington, DC," Trump told a news conference at the White House. It is the second time this summer that the Republican president has deployed troops to a Democrat-governed city. Trump sent thousands of National Guard troops to Los Angeles in June over the objections of state and local officials. And Trump signalled at his news conference that another major US city with Democratic leadership could be next - Chicago, where violent crime was down significantly in the first half of the year. "If we need to, we're going to do the same thing in Chicago, which is a disaster," Trump said at the White House, adding, "Hopefully LA is watching." Trump has shown particular interest in taking over Washington, which is under the jurisdiction of Congress but exercises self-governance under a 1973 US law. Hundreds of officers and agents from more than a dozen federal agencies, including the FBI, ICE, DEA and ATF, have fanned out across the city in recent days. Attorney General Pam Bondi will oversee the police force takeover, Trump said. The Democratic mayor of Washington, Muriel Bowser, has pushed back on Trump's claims of unchecked violence, saying the city is "not experiencing a crime spike" and highlighting that violent crime hit its lowest level in more than three decades last year. Violent crime, including murders, spiked in 2023, turning Washington into one of the nation's deadliest cities. Since then, however, violent crime dropped 35 per cent in 2024, according to federal data, and it has fallen an additional 26 per cent in the first seven months of 2025, according to city police. The city's attorney general, Brian Schwalb, called Trump's actions "unprecedented, unnecessary and unlawful" in an X post, and said his office was "considering all of our options". "Donald Trump has no basis to take over the local police department. And zero credibility on the issue of law and order. Get lost," House of Representatives Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries wrote on X. Over the past week, Trump has intensified his messaging, suggesting he might attempt to strip the city of its local autonomy and implement a full federal takeover. The District of Columbia, established in 1790, operates under the Home Rule Act, which gives Congress ultimate authority but allows residents to elect a mayor and city council. Trump said last week that lawyers are examining how to overturn the law, a move that would likely require Congress to revoke it. In taking over the Metropolitan Police Department, Trump invoked a section of the act that allows the president to use force for 30 days when "special conditions of an emergency nature" exist. Trump said he was declaring a "public safety emergency" in the city. Under the statute, presidential control is "designed to be a temporary emergency measure, not a permanent takeover," University of Minnesota law professor Jill Hasday said. US President Donald Trump is deploying 800 National Guard troops to Washington DC, and putting the city's police department under federal control, an extraordinary assertion of presidential power in the nation's capital. Trump's move, which bypassed the city's elected leaders, was emblematic of his approach to his presidency, wielding executive authority in ways that have little precedent in modern US history and in defiance of political norms. The president cast his actions as necessary to "rescue" Washington from what he described as a wave of lawlessness, despite statistics showing that violent crime hit a 30-year low in 2024 and has continued to decline this year. "I'm deploying the National Guard to help re-establish law, order and public safety in Washington, DC," Trump told a news conference at the White House. It is the second time this summer that the Republican president has deployed troops to a Democrat-governed city. Trump sent thousands of National Guard troops to Los Angeles in June over the objections of state and local officials. And Trump signalled at his news conference that another major US city with Democratic leadership could be next - Chicago, where violent crime was down significantly in the first half of the year. "If we need to, we're going to do the same thing in Chicago, which is a disaster," Trump said at the White House, adding, "Hopefully LA is watching." Trump has shown particular interest in taking over Washington, which is under the jurisdiction of Congress but exercises self-governance under a 1973 US law. Hundreds of officers and agents from more than a dozen federal agencies, including the FBI, ICE, DEA and ATF, have fanned out across the city in recent days. Attorney General Pam Bondi will oversee the police force takeover, Trump said. The Democratic mayor of Washington, Muriel Bowser, has pushed back on Trump's claims of unchecked violence, saying the city is "not experiencing a crime spike" and highlighting that violent crime hit its lowest level in more than three decades last year. Violent crime, including murders, spiked in 2023, turning Washington into one of the nation's deadliest cities. Since then, however, violent crime dropped 35 per cent in 2024, according to federal data, and it has fallen an additional 26 per cent in the first seven months of 2025, according to city police. The city's attorney general, Brian Schwalb, called Trump's actions "unprecedented, unnecessary and unlawful" in an X post, and said his office was "considering all of our options". "Donald Trump has no basis to take over the local police department. And zero credibility on the issue of law and order. Get lost," House of Representatives Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries wrote on X. Over the past week, Trump has intensified his messaging, suggesting he might attempt to strip the city of its local autonomy and implement a full federal takeover. The District of Columbia, established in 1790, operates under the Home Rule Act, which gives Congress ultimate authority but allows residents to elect a mayor and city council. Trump said last week that lawyers are examining how to overturn the law, a move that would likely require Congress to revoke it. In taking over the Metropolitan Police Department, Trump invoked a section of the act that allows the president to use force for 30 days when "special conditions of an emergency nature" exist. Trump said he was declaring a "public safety emergency" in the city. Under the statute, presidential control is "designed to be a temporary emergency measure, not a permanent takeover," University of Minnesota law professor Jill Hasday said.
Perth Now
42 minutes ago
- Perth Now
Trump takes over DC police in extraordinary move
US President Donald Trump is deploying 800 National Guard troops to Washington DC, and putting the city's police department under federal control, an extraordinary assertion of presidential power in the nation's capital. Trump's move, which bypassed the city's elected leaders, was emblematic of his approach to his presidency, wielding executive authority in ways that have little precedent in modern US history and in defiance of political norms. The president cast his actions as necessary to "rescue" Washington from what he described as a wave of lawlessness, despite statistics showing that violent crime hit a 30-year low in 2024 and has continued to decline this year. "I'm deploying the National Guard to help re-establish law, order and public safety in Washington, DC," Trump told a news conference at the White House. It is the second time this summer that the Republican president has deployed troops to a Democrat-governed city. Trump sent thousands of National Guard troops to Los Angeles in June over the objections of state and local officials. And Trump signalled at his news conference that another major US city with Democratic leadership could be next - Chicago, where violent crime was down significantly in the first half of the year. "If we need to, we're going to do the same thing in Chicago, which is a disaster," Trump said at the White House, adding, "Hopefully LA is watching." Trump has shown particular interest in taking over Washington, which is under the jurisdiction of Congress but exercises self-governance under a 1973 US law. Hundreds of officers and agents from more than a dozen federal agencies, including the FBI, ICE, DEA and ATF, have fanned out across the city in recent days. Attorney General Pam Bondi will oversee the police force takeover, Trump said. The Democratic mayor of Washington, Muriel Bowser, has pushed back on Trump's claims of unchecked violence, saying the city is "not experiencing a crime spike" and highlighting that violent crime hit its lowest level in more than three decades last year. Violent crime, including murders, spiked in 2023, turning Washington into one of the nation's deadliest cities. Since then, however, violent crime dropped 35 per cent in 2024, according to federal data, and it has fallen an additional 26 per cent in the first seven months of 2025, according to city police. The city's attorney general, Brian Schwalb, called Trump's actions "unprecedented, unnecessary and unlawful" in an X post, and said his office was "considering all of our options". "Donald Trump has no basis to take over the local police department. And zero credibility on the issue of law and order. Get lost," House of Representatives Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries wrote on X. Over the past week, Trump has intensified his messaging, suggesting he might attempt to strip the city of its local autonomy and implement a full federal takeover. The District of Columbia, established in 1790, operates under the Home Rule Act, which gives Congress ultimate authority but allows residents to elect a mayor and city council. Trump said last week that lawyers are examining how to overturn the law, a move that would likely require Congress to revoke it. In taking over the Metropolitan Police Department, Trump invoked a section of the act that allows the president to use force for 30 days when "special conditions of an emergency nature" exist. Trump said he was declaring a "public safety emergency" in the city. Under the statute, presidential control is "designed to be a temporary emergency measure, not a permanent takeover," University of Minnesota law professor Jill Hasday said.
