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Global News
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- Global News
‘Dark day': French PM says EU's Trump trade deal is a ‘submission'
The European Union's trade deal with the United States is 'submission' to U.S. President Donald Trump and marks a 'dark day' in the history of the bloc, French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou said on Monday. Trump announced a trade deal between the U.S. and the EU on Sunday after meeting with European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen in Scotland. Bayrou took to social media to criticize the deal, which would see an across the board 15 per cent tariff on most goods from Europe. 'Von der Leyen-Trump Agreement: it is a dark day when an alliance of free peoples, united to affirm their values and defend their interests, resolves to submission,' Bayrou posted in French on the social media platform X. 2:04 What Trump's EU trade deal reveals about talks with Canada The response from French government officials stands in contrast to some other European nations. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz welcomed the deal. Story continues below advertisement 'We have been able to safeguard our core interests,' Merz said in a statement on Monday. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Sign up for daily National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy On the other hand, French President Emmanuel Macron has not reacted to the announcement of a trade deal, while other senior French officials have been cautious in their reactions. 'The trade agreement negotiated by the European Commission with the United States will bring temporary stability to economic actors threatened by the escalation of American tariffs, but it is unbalanced,' French deputy minister for European Affairs Benjamin Haddad said in a statement on X. 'The current situation is not satisfactory and cannot be sustainable. The free trade that has brought shared prosperity to both sides of the Atlantic since the end of the Second World War is now rejected by the United States, which is choosing economic coercion and complete disregard for WTO rules,' Haddad added. The private meeting between Trump and von der Leyen culminated months of bargaining, with the White House deadline Friday nearing for imposing punishing tariffs on the 27-member EU. 'It was a very interesting negotiation. I think it's going to be great for both parties,' Trump said. The agreement, he said, was 'a good deal for everybody' and 'a giant deal with lots of countries.' Von der Leyen said the deal 'will bring stability, it will bring predictability that's very important for our businesses on both sides of the Atlantic.' Story continues below advertisement Trump said the EU had agreed to buy some $750 billion worth of U.S. energy and invest $600 billion more than it already is in America, as well as making a major purchase of military equipment. 'We are agreeing that the tariff straight across for automobiles and everything else will be a straight across tariff of 15 per cent,' Trump said. 'We have a tariff of 15 per cent. We have the opening up of all of the European countries.' Von der Leyen said the 15 per cent tariffs were 'across the board, all inclusive' and that 'indeed, basically the European market is open.' — With files from Associated Press
Canada News.Net
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- Canada News.Net
"Donald ka muh band karao, ya phir Hindustan mein McDonald's ko band karao": Congress MP Deepender Hooda in LS
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): Congress MP Deepender Singh Hooda on Monday slammed the government over US President Donald Trump's repeated claims that he brokered the cessation of hostilities between India and Pakistan following Operation Sindoor. Speaking at the Lok Sabha during a discussion on Operation Sindoor, Hooda said, 'Our leader of the nation never condemned US (Trump) ko chup karao, Donald ka muh band karao, ya phir Hindustan mein McDonald's ko band karao...' Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi also targeted the government over US President Donald Trump's repeated claims that he brokered the cessation of hostilities between India and Pakistan following Operation Sindoor and asked if Islamabad was ready to kneel down, 'Why did you stop, and to whom did you surrender?' Participating in the debate on 'India's strong, successful and decisive Operation Sindoor in response to the terrorist attack in Pahalgam' in Lok Sabha, Gogoi slammed the government for stopping Operation Sindoor after Pakistan capitulated and asked why it did not go further and reclaim the territory illegally occupied by the neighbouring country. 'The entire country, and the Opposition, were supporting PM Modi. Suddenly, on 10th May, we got to know that there had been a ceasefire. Why? We wanted to know from PM Modi that if Pakistan was ready to kneel down, then why did you stop, and to whom did you surrender? The US President has said 26 times that he forced India and Pakistan to announce a ceasefire,' Gogoi said. Earlier today, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh initiated the long-awaited discussion on Operation Sindoor on the floor of the lower house of Parliament. Labelling the military operation that was launched by the Indian armed forces as 'historic,' Singh paid tribute to the soldiers who always remain ready to sacrifice their lives for the nation. 'The Parliament is ready to discuss Operation Sindoor. First of all, I would like to extend my gratitude on behalf of the Parliament towards brave jawans who have sacrificed for the country whenever required,' Singh said in his address to Lok Sabha. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar addressed the House on Operation Sindoor, where he clarified that trade was not involved at any stage during conversations with the United States. 'I would like to inform the House that on May 9, U.S. Vice President JD Vance called the Prime Minister, warning of a massive Pakistani attack in the next few hours. The Prime Minister made it very clear that if such an attack occurred, it would receive an appropriate response from our side,' Jaishankar said. He further added, 'I want to make two things very clear. First, at no point during our conversations with the United States was trade linked to the ongoing situation. Second, there was no call between the Prime Minister and President Trump from April 22--when Trump called to convey his sympathy--until June 17, when he contacted the Prime Minister in Canada to explain why he could not meet.' (ANI)
National Post
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- National Post
Donald Trump roasted after golf ‘cheat' video goes viral from Scotland
Article content In a third video, Trump is at it again. This time, on a different hole, he appears to drag the ball away from the face of a bunker to make an easier shot onto the green. Article content Notice at 00:36 how he drags the ball away from the face of the bunker so he can get it out. That's wildly illegal. Then he gives himself an 8-foot putt. Trump cheats at golf like a 4-year-old cheats at solitaire. #CommanderInCheat — Rick Reilly (@ReillyRick) July 28, 2025 Users on social media site X, quickly took aim at Trump as the phrase 'commander in cheat' began trending. Article content 'For the morons that think Trump doesn't cheat at golf and wins all those club championships fair and square….watch his caddie here,' one user wrote. Article content 'It's hilarious that people are shocked to see that trump cheats at golf, when folks were telling us long before he was elected,' another user wrote. 'Wait until you find out he cheated on ALL 3 of his wives, or how he buried one on his golf course and forgot about her.' Article content Another user compared Trump's athletic antics to those of North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un, who once claimed to have shot 11 holes-in-one during the first round of golf in his life at the 7,700-yard championship course at Pyongyang. Article content 'The video of Trump's caddy doing an Oddjob Slazenger drop isn't a big deal; cheating at golf isn't nearly the worst thing about Trump,' The Atlantic 's Tom Nichols wrote. 'But watching the cult of personality try to explain it away is really some creepy North Korean level stuff.' Article content Trump's alleged cheating — which has always been denied – was the subject of Rick Reilly's 2019 book, Commander in Cheat. Article content 'At Winged Foot, where Trump is a member, the caddies got so used to seeing him kick his ball back onto the fairway they came up with a nickname for him: Pele,' Reilly wrote in the book. Article content The U.S. president also has faced a long list of cheating accusations from previous playing partners, ranging from actor Samuel L. Jackson to LPGA player Suzann Pettersen. Article content
