Trump reveals new details of bunker-like ballroom with drone base
- 20-May-2026
WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday revealed previously undisclosed details about his new bunker-like White House ballroom, saying it would have a drone base on the roof and a military hospital as part of a six-story subterranean complex. Amid the bang and clang of construction, Trump took a group of reporters on a tour […]
‘Target destroyed’ Trump shares set of AI-generated alien posts
- 19-May-2026
President Donald Trump spent the weekend sharing several AI-generated images on his official Truth Social account, depicting him as the leader of the Space Force and an image showing him walking beside a towering alien in handcuffs. Trump shared the photos on May 17, just one week after the Department of War released UFO —or […]
Trump warns ‘won’t be anything left’ of Iran unless it agrees to deal
- 17-May-2026
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Sunday warned Iran “there won’t be anything left of them” if Tehran does not quickly agree to a peace deal with the United States. Washington, locked in conflict with Tehran since US and Israeli forces launched major strikes on the Islamic republic beginning February 28, has struggled to break an […]
Federal funding for Trump’s ballroom in jeopardy after Senate ruling
- 17-May-2026
A U.S. Senate official on Saturday removed security funding that could be used for President Donald Trump’s planned $400 million White House ballroom from a massive spending package, Democratic lawmakers said, imperiling Republican efforts to devote taxpayer money to the contentious project. The decision by the Senate’s parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, deals a blow to Trump […]
Trump says ISIS second-in-command Abu-Bilal al-Minuki killed by US and Nigerian forces
- 16-May-2026
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, second in command of ISIS globally, was killed in an operation conducted by U.S. and Nigerian forces. “Tonight, at my direction, brave American forces and the Armed Forces of Nigeria flawlessly executed a meticulously planned and very complex mission to eliminate the most active terrorist […]
Trump says he is losing patience with Iran, did not ask China for any favours
- 15-May-2026
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE/DUBAI: U.S. President Donald Trump said his patience with Iran was running out and that Chinese President Xi Jinping had agreed that Tehran must reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but China gave no indication it would weigh in. As he flew back from Beijing on Friday after two days of talks with […]
Trump leaves China with few wins but warm words for Xi
- 15-May-2026
BEIJING: U.S. President Donald Trump left China on Friday with no major breakthroughs on trade or tangible help from Beijing to end his Iran war, despite two days spent heaping praise on his host, Xi Jinping. Trump’s visit to America’s main strategic and economic rival, the first by a U.S. president since his last trip […]
Trump says made ‘fantastic trade deals’ with Xi Jinping
- 15-May-2026
BEIJING: President Donald Trump said he had made “fantastic trade deals” with China’s Xi Jinping, as the pair met on Friday at final talks of a superpower summit that according to the US leader has also reaped a Chinese offer to help open the Strait of Hormuz. Trump had arrived in Beijing seeking to seal […]
Trump goes on social media conspiracy posting spree
- 13-May-2026
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump went on an extraordinary social media spree into the early hours of Tuesday, posting dozens of conspiracy theories and crude memes attacking his opponents. The intense outburst on Truth Social came amid growing public scrutiny of the 79-year-old Republican’s health. As Trump deals with the economically damaging impasse of the […]
Trump threatens more Iran strikes if deal not signed ‘fast!’
- 08-May-2026
Washington: President Donald Trump said on Thursday that US forces dealt “great damage” to Iranian targets after three American naval destroyers came under fire, but was nonetheless still open to a deal with Tehran. “There was no damage done to the three Destroyers, but great damage done to the Iranian attackers,” he said on his […]