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'I never get credit,' says Trump amid claims of Israel-Iran peace efforts
US President Donald Trump on Sunday said he has never received credit for mediating peace between warring nations, even as he spoke of securing a peace deal between Israel and Iran. 'I do a lot, and never get credit for anything, but that's OK, the PEOPLE understand,' Trump said in a post on social media platform, Truth Social. To justify his role in past de-escalations, Trump cited his intervention between India and Pakistan, where he claimed to have used trade diplomacy to bring about calm: '...just like I got India and Pakistan to make [a deal], in that case by using trade with the United States to bring reason, cohesion, and sanity into the talks with two excellent leaders who were able to quickly make a decision and stop.' Tying that to the current Middle East crisis, he said, 'There is peace, at least for now, because of my intervention, and it will stay that way! Likewise, we will have PEACE, soon, between Israel and Iran! Many calls and meetings now taking place.' As the conflict between Israel and Iran intensifies, Trump's claim underscores his diplomatic efforts that went unacknowledged. 'MAKE THE MIDDLE EAST GREAT AGAIN!' he said. Trump also cited examples of conflict-ridden countries in his first term and said, 'Serbia and Kosovo were going at it hot and heavy, as they have for many decades, and this long time conflict was ready to break out into WAR. I stopped it (Biden has hurt the longer term prospects with some very stupid decisions, but I will fix it, again!). Another case is Egypt and Ethiopia, and their fight over a massive dam that is having an effect on the magnificent Nile River.' Israel-Iran conflict escalates after attack Israel, on Friday, launched an attack on the nuclear sites in Iran's capital, Tehran, as tensions escalated over its rapidly advancing nuclear programme. Following the attack, Iran retaliated, resulting in casualties on both sides. On Sunday (local time), Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Fox New s that Iran wants Trump dead and thinks of him as their number one enemy. Netanyahu made this claim as US officials told Reuters that Trump blocked Israel's plan to kill Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, after killing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' officer, including its chief Hossein Salami India rejects Trump's claim of ceasefire deal It wasn't the first time Trump has claimed to broker a deal between India and Pakistan after tensions escalated between the two nuclear-armed neighbours last month. Indian armed forces carried out coordinated missile strikes on terrorist infrastructure at nine locations in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), under the code name ' Operation Sindoor '. The attack was in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, which claimed the lives of 26 people, mostly tourists. India's Ministry of External Affairs and Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, on several occasions, rejected Trump's claim of brokering a ceasefire deal between the two, after four days of cross border firing and drone strikes. The cross-border strikes paused on May 10, after both nations reached an understanding to stop all military actions.
Ya Libnan
15-05-2025
- Business
- Ya Libnan
Trump doesn't want Apple to make iPhones in India for sale in US market
President Donald Trump said he had a 'little problem' this week with Apple CEO Tim Cook and the tech giant using facilities in India to make iPhones for sale in the U.S. The president recounted what he told Cook while giving remarks at an event in Qatar on Thursday during his ongoing trip to the Middle East. 'I had a little problem with Tim Cook yesterday,' Trump said. 'I said to him, 'Tim, you're my friend, I've treated you very good. You're coming in with $500 billion, but now I hear you're building all over India. I don't want you building in India. You can build in India if you want to take care of India, because India is one of the highest-tariff nations in the world,'' Trump said. 'But I said to Tim, I said, 'Tim, look we've treated you really good. We put up with all the plants that you build in China for years. Now you got to build us. We're not interested in you building in India, India can take care of themselves, they're doing very well. We want you to build here.'' Apple has been turning to India for more future production of phones destined for the American market to try to reduce its dependence on China for manufacturing and deal with tariffs, according to Bloomberg . During Apple's second-quarter earnings call at the beginning of the month, Cook told analysts and investors that Apple anticipated the 'majority' of iPhones sold in the U.S. 'will have India as their country of origin' in the third-quarter. As for iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Airpods sold in the U.S., 'almost all' of those will have Vietnam as their country of origin, according to the Apple CEO. 'China would continue to be the country of origin for the vast majority of total product sales outside the U.S.,' he added. Trump said Thursday that Apple was 'going to be upping their production in the United States.' 'Apple's already in for $500 billion but they're going to be upping their production so it'll be great,' he said. In February, Apple pledged $500 billion in funds over four years that the tech giant said would build on its 'long history of investing in American innovation and advanced high-skilled manufacturing.' That investment, the company said, will involve Apple and its partners establishing a new 'advanced manufacturing' facility in Houston for servers geared toward Apple Artificial Intelligence . Apple generated nearly $95.36 billion in net sales in the second-quarter, with roughly $46.84 billion of that coming from iPhones . Its quarterly net income was $24.78 billion. Fox New
Fox News
15-05-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Supreme Court hears challenge to Trump's birthright citizenship order in major case
Print Close By Breanne Deppisch, Shannon Bream, Bill Mears Published May 15, 2025 The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Thursday on a challenge to President Donald Trump's effort to end birthright citizenship, and crucially, whether lower courts that have blocked Trump's policies from taking force nationwide have acted beyond their authority. Any decision from the 6–3 conservative majority could have sweeping implications for Trump's presidency as his lawyers spar against an onslaught of lawsuits in federal courts nationwide. The Supreme Court arguments are expected to focus on lower court judges in Maryland, Massachusetts and Washington state who issued "universal" injunctions against Trump's birthright citizenship executive order earlier this year. The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court in March to intervene and limit the scope of three lower court rulings to cover only individuals directly impacted by the relevant courts (or potentially, the 22 states that challenged Trump's executive order). But that's unlikely to be the primary theme at the center of Thursday's high-profile debate. 100 DAYS OF INJUNCTIONS, TRIALS AND 'TEFLON DON': TRUMP SECOND TERM MEETS ITS BIGGEST TESTS IN COURT Rather, justices are expected to use the oral arguments to weigh the authority of lower courts to issue nationwide, or "universal" injunctions blocking presidential policies — teeing up a high-stakes showdown that pits Trump's Article II powers against Article III courts. The hearing comes as Trump and his allies have railed against so-called "activist" judges, whom they have accused of overstepping their powers and acting politically to block Trump's policies. The president even suggested that a federal judge in Washington, D.C., be impeached for his ruling earlier this year, which prompted a rare public rebuke from Chief Justice John Roberts. 'ACTIVIST' JUDGES KEEP TRYING TO CURB TRUMP'S AGENDA — HERE'S HOW HE COULD PUSH BACK Trump has signed more than 150 executive orders in his second term, inviting a seemingly unrelenting wave of challenges in court. Many of these orders have been blocked by federal judges across the country, who have restricted Trump's use of a 1798 wartime immigration law to deport certain migrants, ordered the administration to reinstate certain government personnel and sought to impose limits on Elon Musk's government efficiency organization, DOGE, among other orders. While Trump allies accuse these judges of political bias and overreach, others critical of the administration say the courts have not gone far enough to rein in Trump's attempts to expand the executive branch's powers. "The second Trump administration has taken the guardrails off of the norms that historically governed the rule of law, and is undertaking steps to enhance the perceived power of the executive branch to the detriment of the two other co-equal branches," Mark Zaid, a D.C.-based attorney who has sued Trump in several high-profile cases, told Fox News Digitial in an interview to mark his first 100 days in office. FEDERAL JUDGES IN NEW YORK AND TEXAS BLOCK TRUMP DEPORTATIONS AFTER SCOTUS RULING Justices on the Supreme Court will consider a trio of consolidated cases involving nationwide injunctions handed down by federal judges in Maryland, Massachusetts and Washington state that blocked Trump's ban on birthright citizenship from taking force. CLICK TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP But the policy remains widely unpopular. More than 22 U.S. states and immigrants' rights groups have sued the Trump administration to block the change to birthright citizenship, arguing in court filings that the executive order is both unconstitutional and "unprecedented." And to date, no court has sided with the Trump administration's executive order seeking to ban birthright citizenship, though multiple district courts have blocked it from taking effect. Print Close URL
Yahoo
24-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Pentagon leadership vacuum overwhelms Hegseth's office: 'It's a free-for-all'
The circle of top advisers in Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's orbit has shrunk in recent days to little more than his wife, lawyer, and two lower-level officials — leaving the Pentagon's lead office without longtime expertise or clear direction. Hegseth's decision to fire three senior aides last week and reassign his chief of staff has blown a hole in his leadership team, severing essential lines of communication across the department and leading to fears about dangerous slip-ups such as weapons program delays. The wholesale turnover just 100 days into Hegseth's tenure has been remarkable for its speed. And it has left the first-time government official without trusted staff who understand Washington — just as he faces fallout from a series of scandals that have led to rampant speculation inside the building about how long he'll keep his job. 'It's a free-for-all,' said one person familiar with the office dynamics, who was granted anonymity to talk candidly about the situation. Memos and actions that would have been routine in the past are getting delayed, the person said. Hegseth's office is 'up to its eyes' in what it can handle, with a parade of people flowing through the Pentagon chief's third floor suite and no control over who is coming and going. Hegseth's closest advisers — beyond his wife Jennifer, a former Fox New producer, and his personal lawyer, Tim Parlatore, who he has commissioned as a Navy commander — are his old platoon sergeant from an Iraq deployment, Eric Geressy, and his former junior military adviser, Col. Ricky Buria. Hegseth's brother Phil, a Department of Homeland Security liaison to the Defense Department, sits in an office nearby. 'Everyone has been jockeying for position,' said a second person familiar with the office dynamics, who was granted anonymity like others to discuss a sensitive issue. The staff infighting and firings have led to a slowdown in paperwork moving through the system, the person said, including critical decisions on the Golden Dome, President Donald Trump's signature effort to build a national missile defense system. The turmoil could also affect the rollout of the Pentagon budget next month, which is expected to rise to a record $1 trillion and include a major restructuring of the military's procurement programs. The staff instead is focused on building an aura around Hegseth by pushing out videos of his memo signings and early morning workouts, causing fears from current and former defense officials that some of the less photo-worthy events could face delays. 'The longer these positions sit vacant, the longer the department will be rudderless and without leaders who can provide cohesive direction,' said Chris Meagher, who served as the Pentagon's assistant secretary for public affairs in the Biden administration. The Pentagon did not respond to a request for comment. Senior staff usually guide and prepare the secretary for meetings. They also supervise the dozens of special assistants and other advisers, and handle issues that rise to the attention of the office but might not warrant Hegseth's involvement. 'They will do lots of pre-meetings and scope all the meetings in such a way that the main events don't waste the secretary's time,' said a former defense official who has served in similar roles. 'They develop clear agendas and have some purpose to them. They write the secretary's talking points and essentially enable he or she to run the meeting.' In the past week, five top officials have left the Pentagon. Hegseth fired senior adviser Dan Caldwell, deputy chief of staff Darin Selnick, and the deputy secretary's chief of staff, Colin Carroll, after a rivalry with the Defense secretary's chief of staff, Joe Kasper, exploded into the open. Kasper said in a Thursday interview that he was leaving the Pentagon immediately. John Ullyot, a former Pentagon spokesperson who had been sidelined in recent months, resigned from the agency last week. The purge of officials has also hit Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg's office, which is still getting organized after he was confirmed by the Senate in mid-March. Hegseth's decision to fire Carroll was not shared with Feinberg first, according to a defense official. Bryn Woollacott MacDonnell, currently serving as the Pentagon's comptroller/chief financial officer, has moved over to become Feinberg's new chief of staff and will do both jobs until a replacement is identified. The comptroller's office is one of the few in the Pentagon that has no nominee waiting in the wings, as the White House has had trouble finding a suitable person to do the job, according to a person familiar with the issue. Feinberg is working to build out the rest of his staff and is expected to bring in at least one person from Cerberus Capital Management, the venture capital firm he founded and led until joining the Pentagon this year. The uncertainty is adding to an already difficult atmosphere for career civilian and military officials. 'T]he uniformed military — from junior enlisted to four star generals — see right through these clowns, from their backstabbing and their inexperience to their cavalier treatment of highly classified information and their bungling policy rollouts,' said Alex Wagner, the former assistant Air Force secretary for manpower and reserve affairs during the Biden administration. 'I can't imagine how I would be able to get anything enduring accomplished alongside the uniformed military if my colleagues saw me and my fellow appointees, including the secretary, as a punchline.' The Joint Chiefs of Staff are one possible counterweight to the disruption, said a former Pentagon official. 'They don't want the department to fail, so they're working in overdrive." The departures, the person said, leave 'a vast hole.'
Politico
24-04-2025
- Politics
- Politico
Pentagon leadership vacuum overwhelms Hegseth's office: ‘It's a free-for-all'
The circle of top advisers in Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's orbit has shrunk in recent days to little more than his wife, lawyer, and two lower-level officials — leaving the Pentagon's lead office without longtime expertise or clear direction. Hegseth's decision to fire three senior aides last week and reassign his chief of staff has blown a hole in his leadership team, severing essential lines of communication across the department and leading to fears about dangerous slip-ups such as weapons program delays. The wholesale turnover just 100 days into Hegseth's tenure has been remarkable for its speed. And it has left the first-time government official without trusted staff who understand Washington — just as he faces fallout from a series of scandals that have led to rampant speculation inside the building about how long he'll keep his job. 'It's a free-for-all,' said one person familiar with the office dynamics, who was granted anonymity to talk candidly about the situation. Memos and actions that would have been routine in the past are getting delayed, the person said. Hegseth's office is 'up to its eyes' in what it can handle, with a parade of people flowing through the Pentagon chief's third floor suite and no control over who is coming and going. Hegseth's closest advisers — beyond his wife Jennifer, a former Fox New producer, and his personal lawyer, Tim Parlatore, who he has commissioned as a Navy commander — are his old platoon sergeant from an Iraq deployment, Eric Geressy, and his former junior military adviser, Col. Ricky Buria. Hegseth's brother Phil, a Department of Homeland Security liaison to the Defense Department, sits in an office nearby. 'Everyone has been jockeying for position,' said a second person familiar with the office dynamics, who was granted anonymity like others to discuss a sensitive issue. The staff infighting and firings have led to a slowdown in paperwork moving through the system, the person said, including critical decisions on the Golden Dome, President Donald Trump's signature effort to build a national missile defense system. The turmoil could also affect the rollout of the Pentagon budget next month, which is expected to rise to a record $1 trillion and include a major restructuring of the military's procurement programs. The staff instead is focused on building an aura around Hegseth by pushing out videos of his memo signings and early morning workouts, causing fears from current and former defense officials that some of the less photo-worthy events could face delays. 'The longer these positions sit vacant, the longer the department will be rudderless and without leaders who can provide cohesive direction,' said Chris Meagher, who served as the Pentagon's assistant secretary for public affairs in the Biden administration. The Pentagon did not respond to a request for comment. Senior staff usually guide and prepare the secretary for meetings. They also supervise the dozens of special assistants and other advisers, and handle issues that rise to the attention of the office but might not warrant Hegseth's involvement. 'They will do lots of pre-meetings and scope all the meetings in such a way that the main events don't waste the secretary's time,' said a former defense official who has served in similar roles. 'They develop clear agendas and have some purpose to them. They write the secretary's talking points and essentially enable he or she to run the meeting.' In the past week, five top officials have left the Pentagon. Hegseth fired senior adviser Dan Caldwell, deputy chief of staff Darin Selnick, and the deputy secretary's chief of staff, Colin Carroll, after a rivalry with the Defense secretary's chief of staff, Joe Kasper, exploded into the open. Kasper said in a Thursday interview that he was leaving the Pentagon immediately. John Ullyot, a former Pentagon spokesperson who had been sidelined in recent months, resigned from the agency last week. The purge of officials has also hit Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg's office, which is still getting organized after he was confirmed by the Senate in mid-March. Hegseth's decision to fire Carroll was not shared with Feinberg first, according to a defense official. Bryn Woollacott MacDonnell, currently serving as the Pentagon's comptroller/chief financial officer, has moved over to become Feinberg's new chief of staff and will do both jobs until a replacement is identified. The comptroller's office is one of the few in the Pentagon that has no nominee waiting in the wings, as the White House has had trouble finding a suitable person to do the job, according to a person familiar with the issue. Feinberg is working to build out the rest of his staff and is expected to bring in at least one person from Cerberus Capital Management, the venture capital firm he founded and led until joining the Pentagon this year. The uncertainty is adding to an already difficult atmosphere for career civilian and military officials. 'T]he uniformed military — from junior enlisted to four star generals — see right through these clowns, from their backstabbing and their inexperience to their cavalier treatment of highly classified information and their bungling policy rollouts,' said Alex Wagner, the former assistant Air Force secretary for manpower and reserve affairs during the Biden administration. 'I can't imagine how I would be able to get anything enduring accomplished alongside the uniformed military if my colleagues saw me and my fellow appointees, including the secretary, as a punchline.' The Joint Chiefs of Staff are one possible counterweight to the disruption, said a former Pentagon official. 'They don't want the department to fail, so they're working in overdrive.' The departures, the person said, leave 'a vast hole.'
