Former President Donald Trump is leading the Republican presidential nominee race by a substantial margin, according to a new survey from Rasmussen Reports.
A total of 62 percent of likely Republican voters told Rasmussen that they would vote for Trump in the primaries, compared to the 17 percent who would choose the Governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis.
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The news comes as the DeSantis campaign staffs up, leaving the Florida governor’s office with a third-choice team, and in the hands of Lt. Gov Jeanette Nunez, while DeSantis hits the campaign trail. Nunez has referred to former President Trump as a KKK supporter, and a “con man”.
And while DeSantis is expected to make his announcement in the coming few days, all other Republican candidates in the Rasmussen poll show single-digit support.
Former Vice President Mike Pence received six percent, the former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley five percent, former Governor of Arkansas Asa Hutchinson three percent, and Vivek Ramaswamy two percent.
Furthermore, 65 percent of all likely U.S. voters surveyed by Rasmussen suggested that it is “somewhat likely” that they will vote in the Republican primaries next year. More than half – 52 percent – say that it’s “very likely” that they will vote.
Of those who suggest that they “very likely” will vote, 53 percent say they will vote for Trump. Ron DeSantis’ share increased among very likely voters by one point, to 18 percent.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Two key U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division staffers have been fired after pressure from corporate interests and lobbyists aiming to undermine President Donald J. Trump’s efforts to rein in business monopolies.
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👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The DOJ Antitrust Division, Assistant Attorney General Gail Slater, Roger Alford, Bill Rinner, Attorney General Pam Bondi, DOJ Chief of Staff Chad Mizelle, investigative journalist Laura Loomer, The National Pulse Editor-in-Chief Raheem Kassam, lobbyists, and major corporations.
📍WHEN & WHERE: The DOJ Antitrust Division firings were confirmed on Monday, July 28, 2025.
💬KEY QUOTE: “What if I told you this was happening because greedy, fake-MAGA world grifters and lobbyists are upset that the antitrust team was actually doing their job instead of taking cash from big corporates to turn a blind eye to monopolistic practices?” — Raheem Kassam
🎯IMPACT: The firings raise serious concerns about the future direction of the Antitrust Division and whether the White House will continue to back an America First agenda opposing the consolidation of corporate power.
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Two of the top antitrust officials at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) have been fired following internal tensions. The firings of Roger Alford and Bill Rinner—both deputies to Assistant Attorney General Gail Slater—raise serious concerns that the nation’s top law enforcement agency is gutting its ability to tackle and restrict consolidation among corporations and the influence of multi-nationals.
“What if I told you this was happening because greedy, fake-MAGA world grifters and lobbyists are upset that the antitrust team was actually doing their job instead of taking cash from big corporates to turn a blind eye to monopolistic practices?” The National Pulse Editor-in-Chief Raheem Kassam wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter). “Another giant L for Pam Bondi here too, btw. She signed off on this. Remember, her last job was as a lobbyist for nations like Qatar and corporates like Uber, General Motors, and Amazon.”
Slater, a leading voice among conservative and populist legal minds who have broken with the political establishment and pushed for more aggressive antitrust enforcement, has been a significant target of criticism from lobbyists representing entrenched big business and Wall Street interests. These political and corporate establishment interests are upset that Slater and the DOJ Antitrust Division are not rubber-stamping merger requests. Instead, they are fulfilling their legal duty, investigating the market impact of corporate consolidation.
Investigative journalist Laura Loomer, in now-deleted social media posts, accused DOJ staff close to Attorney General Pam Bondi of influence peddling, suggesting the Antitrust Division firings were because of lobbyist complaints, including an effort by Ticketmaster and Live Nation to see the antitrust case against them dropped. According to Loomer’s posts, DOJ chief of staff Chad Mizelle is at the center of the controversy, having intervened and overruled department decisions that could be seen as opposed to corporate interests.
“Now that [Chad Mizelle] has made it clear he is open for business at the DOJ to the highest bidder, other consultants are now putting big price tags on their lobby efforts to influence the DOJ to settle even more anti-Trust cases,” Loomer wrote.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Anti-grooming gangs activist Tommy Robinson left the United Kingdom following an altercation at St Pancras Station in London.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Tommy Robinson, British Transport Police, and an unidentified man involved in the altercation.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: Monday night at St Pancras Station, London; Robinson departed the country early Tuesday morning.
💬KEY QUOTE: “He f*****g came at me, bruv.” – Tommy Robinson
🎯IMPACT: British Transport Police continues to investigate the incident, seeking to question Robinson.
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Independent journalist and anti-grooming gangs activist Tommy Robinson has fled the United Kingdom after an altercation at St Pancras Station in London. The British Transport Police (BTP) confirmed that Robinson left the country on a flight early Tuesday morning following a reported assault on Monday night.
The BTP stated, “Following a report of an assault… officers have confirmed that the suspect, a 42-year-old man from Bedfordshire, boarded a flight out of the country in the early hours of this morning. Detectives are continuing to work closely to progress the investigation and bring him into custody for questioning.”
Social mediafootage shows Robinson pacing as a man lies face down on the ground. In the video, Robinson says, “He f*****g came at me, bruv,” while a bystander calls out, “Get someone here quick.” Robinson had reportedly been distributing flyers for a forthcoming free speech protest before the incident.
He has not commented directly on the situation, but has shared a post by an X (formerly Twitter) user stating, “If you cross a line and attack someone physically, or threaten to attack them physically, then you can’t expect any response other than a strong one,” and “A pre-emptive strike is totally legal.”
The repost adds: “To me it looks pretty clear. Tommy Robinson—controversial or not—was going about his business. Someone tried to attack him, and they came off worse.”
Robinson’s exit from Britain follows his release from prison in October. He had received a draconian 18-month sentence for contempt after defending allegations he made against a Syrian refugee, previously deemed libellous in a civil case. The activist has been the subject of a sustained lawfare campaign by the British state, being prosecuted—sometimes unsuccessfully—for such supposed crimes as making people uncomfortable simply by being present at a march against anti-Semitism, and questioning accused grooming gang members on their way to court.
🚨CONFIRMED: Tommy Robinson was ATTACKED at St Pancras Station
❓WHAT HAPPENED: A shooting at a Manhattan office building resulted in the deaths of four individuals and the gunman.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Authorities identified the suspect as 27-year-old Shane Devon Tamura, who died by suicide. One of the victims was a New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: The incident occurred in Manhattan, New York, on Monday evening.
💬KEY QUOTE: “My heart is with the families of the four people who were killed, including the NYPD Officer, who made the ultimate sacrifice. God Bless the New York Police Department, and God Bless New York!” – Donald Trump
🎯IMPACT: The gunman, 27-year-old Shane Devon Tamura, blamed the NFL for a head injury and his subsequent mental illness.
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President Donald J. Trump has responded to the tragic shooting at a Manhattan office building that claimed the lives of four individuals, including a New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer, and the gunman. Authorities named 27-year-old Shane Devon Tamura as the suspect, who reportedly died by suicide.
Writing on Truth Social, President Trump stated, “I have been briefed on the tragic shooting that took place in Manhattan, a place that I know and love. I trust our Law Enforcement Agencies to get to the bottom of why this crazed lunatic committed such a senseless act of violence.”
He continued, “My heart is with the families of the four people who were killed, including the NYPD Officer, who made the ultimate sacrifice. God Bless the New York Police Department, and God Bless New York!”
Tamura, who had played high school football in the California area, had in his possession a short declaration naming the NFL as his target and blaming the organization for a brain injury and subsequent mental illness. There are no records of Tamura ever having played in the NFL.
“[Temura] did have a note on him. The note alluded to that he felt he had CTE, a known brain injury for those who participate in contact sports,” New York City Mayor Eric Adams said following the shooting. Adams added: “He appeared to have blamed the NFL for his injury.”
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a misconduct complaint against District Judge James Boasberg over allegedly improper remarks about President Donald J. Trump.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Judge James Boasberg, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and Trump Administration officials.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: March 11 judicial conference; complaint filed Monday.
💬KEY QUOTE: “Judge Boasberg attempted to improperly influence Chief Justice Roberts and roughly two dozen other federal judges by straying from the traditional topics to express his belief that the Trump Administration would ‘disregard rulings of federal courts’ and trigger ‘a constitutional crisis.’” – DOJ Chief of Staff Chad Mizelle
🎯IMPACT: Calls for Boasberg to be reassigned and a formal investigation into his conduct.
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) has lodged a misconduct complaint against U.S. District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg, alleging he made inappropriate public comments about President Donald J. Trump. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the action, stating, “Today at my direction, [DOJ] filed a misconduct complaint against U.S. District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg for making improper public comments about President Trump and his Administration.”
Appointed by former President Barack Hussein Obama, Boasberg is overseeing a case concerning Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act to deport suspected criminal migrants. The complaint alleges that during a March 11 judicial conference, attended by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and other federal judges, Boasberg remarked that the Trump Administration would “disregard rulings of federal courts” and cause “a constitutional crisis,” according to Chad Mizelle, Bondi’s chief of staff.
Mizelle condemned the statements, saying, “Although his comments would be inappropriate even if they had some basis, they were even worse because Judge Boasberg had no basis—the Trump Administration has always complied with all court orders.” He added that Boasberg’s actions “violate Canons of the Code of Conduct for United States Judges” and “erode public confidence in judicial neutrality.”
The complaint also highlights Boasberg’s handling of a case involving deportation flights to El Salvador, where he accused the Trump Administration of violating his March 15 order to stop those flights, a decision later overturned by the Supreme Court. Mizelle stated, “Within days of those statements, Judge Boasberg began acting on his preconceived belief that the Trump Administration would not follow court orders.”
President Trump has demanded Boasberg’s impeachment, calling him a “Grandstander” and “radical left” judge on Truth Social, where he wrote, “This judge … should be IMPEACHED!!!”
Bondi underscored the threat to judicial integrity, stating, “We will not stand for that.”
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested over 200 criminal alien child sex offenders in six months in Houston, Texas, under the Trump administration, surpassing the total arrests for the previous fiscal year.
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👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers, criminal aliens, and federal law enforcement agencies.
📍WHEN & WHERE: Houston, Texas, during the first six months of the Trump administration.
💬KEY QUOTE: “The strides we have made in just six months to make our local communities safer are substantial, and our officers continue to work tirelessly every day to get the worst of the worst criminal aliens out of Southeast Texas to return our communities to places we can all enjoy.” – Paul McBride
🎯IMPACT: Enhanced community safety through the removal of violent criminal aliens and child sex offenders from Southeast Texas.
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials in Houston, Texas, have announced the arrest of 214 illegal aliens with charges or convictions for sex crimes against children during the first six months of the Trump administration, surpassing the total of 211 for all of fiscal year 2024.
“Bringing together the resources and expertise of the entire federal law enforcement community to confront the overwhelming surge of illegal immigration that we saw over the past four years has resulted in the arrest and removal of historic numbers of violent criminal aliens, transnational gang members and child sex offenders,” said Paul McBride, ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Houston’s acting Field Office Director
“While we still have a long way to go to truly get this crisis under control, the strides we have made in just six months to make our local communities safer are substantial, and our officers continue to work tirelessly every day to get the worst of the worst criminal aliens out of Southeast Texas to return our communities to places we can all enjoy,” he added.
These arrests are part of a broader effort launched by President Donald J. Trump on his first day back in office, targeting criminal aliens released by the Biden-Harris administration.
Notable arrests include Jesus Gutierrez Mireles, a 67-year-old three-time deportee from Mexico convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child; Jorge Zebra, 48, convicted of multiple child sex crimes; and Manuel Antonio Castro-Juarez, a 37-year-old Salvadoran national with sexual assault and illegal reentry convictions.
In June alone, ICE officers in Houston made 1,361 arrests, including 32 child predators, nine murderers, and multiple cartel and gang members. Following this, ICE launched a Homeland Security Task Force to counter organized crime in Southeast Texas.
While the Texas city’s municipal government is officially non-partisan, Mayor John Whitmire served as a Democrat lawmaker in the state legislature for 50 years, and most city council members are also aligned with the Democrats.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: A transgenderillegal alien is facing charges of raping a 14-year-old boy in New York City.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Nicol Suarez, a 30-year-old illegal alien from Colombia, and a 14-year-old boy.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: February, at a bodega near Thomas Jefferson Park in East Harlem, New York City.
💬KEY QUOTE: Police sources indicated Suarez had been shielded by New York City’s sanctuary policy.
🎯IMPACT: The case highlights the consequences of sanctuary city policies that hinder federal immigration enforcement.
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A 30-year-old Colombiantransgenderillegal immigrant who is biologically male but claims to be a woman made his first appearance in a New Yorkcourt last week on charges of child rape. According to prosecutors, the man, who goes by Nicol Suarez, raped a 14-year-old boy in the bathroom of a bodega in East Harlem this past February.
Despite his unlawful status, warrants in Manhattan and New Jersey, and a detainer issued by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) prior to the alleged rape, Suarez was sheltered from arrest by New York City’s sanctuary policies. Only after the sexual assault of the minor was the transgender illegal finally taken into custody.
A pre-trial hearing is scheduled for September, and Suarez is being held at Rikers Island until then on a quarter-million-dollar bond. According to court documents, Suarez is accused of stalking the male minor into the bodega’s bathroom, where he proceeded to sexually assault the 14-year-old.
Following the rape, the child fled the bathroom and informed people nearby of the assault. Police were then called, with Suarez being arrested the next day on charges of first-degree rape.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: New York Attorney General Letitia James is leading a lawsuit against the Trump administration over demands for state data on food stamp recipients to help track illegal immigrants.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Letitia James, California AG Rob Bonta, Michigan AG Dana Nessel, and 20 Democratic attorneys general versus the Trump administration.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: The lawsuit was announced Monday, with a deadline set for July 30 for data submission.
💬KEY QUOTE: “This administration is attempting to use this program as a tool in their cruel and chaotic targeting of immigrants,” said Letitia James.
🎯IMPACT: Democratic attorneys general claim the Trump administration’s move violates privacy laws and threatens funding for food assistance programs.
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New York Attorney General Letitia James (D), alongside California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) and Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel (D), announced a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its demands for detailed data on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients. The administration has threatened to withhold SNAP funding from states that fail to comply by the July 30 deadline.
James criticized the move as an “illegal data grab” targeting illegal immigrants. “This administration is attempting to use this program as a tool in their cruel and chaotic targeting of immigrants,” she said during a press call. The attorneys general argue that the request violates federal privacy laws and exceeds the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) authority.
Bonta condemned the demands as a “bait-and-switch,” asserting that SNAP recipients provided information to access food assistance, not to be tracked or targeted. “This kind of targeting doesn’t make America safer. It threatens kids’ access to school meals and jeopardizes wildfire survivors’ access to relief,” he claimed.
The lawsuit follows a series of legal challenges led by Democratic attorneys general against Trump’s policies. They argue that expanded data requirements, which include immigration status, marital status, and employment history, are a violation of federal statutes and the Spending Clause.
“They’re bypassing legal procedures, ignoring privacy protections, and demanding data that federal law explicitly says can only be used for administering the SNAP program,” Bonta stated.
Critics say the lawsuit appears to be little more than a continuation of lawfare efforts to prevent President Donald J. Trump from ending the illegal immigration crisis enabled by the former Biden-Harris government.
❓WHAT HAPPENED: A Jamaican national residing in the United States illegally has been arrested after attempting to unlawfully purchase a firearm. Shockingly, he was working as a police officer with the Old Orchard Beach Police Department in Maine.
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👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Jon Luke Evans, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), ICE Boston Field Office director Patricia Hyde, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), and Maine’s Old Orchard Beach Police Department.
📍WHEN & WHERE: The arrest was announced on Monday, July 28, 2025, with Evans having overstayed his U.S. visa in October 2023.
💬KEY QUOTE: “We have a police department that was knowingly breaking the very law they are charged with enforcing in order to employ an illegal alien.” — ICE Boston Field Office director Patricia Hyde
🎯IMPACT: The arrest of Evans is raising alarms about whether local law enforcement, especially in sanctuary jurisdictions, are enforcing U.S. laws or even conducting proper background checks on their own employees.
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An illegal immigrant has been arrested after his attempt to unlawfully purchase a firearm was flagged by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). Shockingly, Jon Luke Evans—a Jamaican national—was employed as a police officer in Maine when he attempted the gun purchase.
According to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Evans—who entered the U.S. through Miami, Florida, on September 24, 2023—failed to board his return flight to Jamaica on October 1, 2023, subsequently overstaying his visa. Somehow, despite no longer having legal status to remain in the United States, Evans was eventually hired as a police officer with the Old Orchard Beach Police Department in Old Orchard Beach, Maine.
The circumstances under which a local Maine police department hired Evans remain unclear. However, the Jamaican’s status as an illegal immigrant was discovered by federal immigration agents after he attempted to purchase a firearm for his job. Evans has admitted to the illegal purchase.
“Jon Luke Evans not only broke U.S. immigration law, but he also illegally attempted to purchase a firearm,” ICE Boston Field Office director Patricia Hyde said in a statement regarding the illegal immigrant’s arrest. “Shockingly, Evans was employed as a local law enforcement officer. The fact that a police department would hire an illegal alien and unlawfully issue him a firearm while on duty would be comical if it weren’t so tragic.”
The Old Orchard Beach Police Department is not escaping federal scrutiny, with Hyde adding: “We have a police department that was knowingly breaking the very law they are charged with enforcing in order to employ an illegal alien.”
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: President Donald J. Trump again noted that he has the power to pardon Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell, stating he is “allowed” to do so—but has not been approached about it.
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👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Donald Trump, Ghislaine Maxwell, and the Department of Justice (DOJ).
📍WHEN & WHERE: Trump’s remarks were made on Monday during interactions with reporters, and echoed comments from the prior Friday.
💬KEY QUOTE: “Well, I’m allowed to give her a pardon, but nobody’s approached me with it, nobody’s asked me about it.” — President Trump.
🎯IMPACT: The comments have reignited debate over the possibility of a pardon for Maxwell, who was convicted of child sex trafficking in 2021 and sentenced to 20 years in prison.
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President Donald J. Trump was again questioned on July 28 about the possibility of pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted in 2021 of child sex trafficking and sentenced to 20 years in prison for her connection to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Maxwell already received limited immunity in exchange for talking to Attorney General Pam Bondi’s deputy, Todd Blanche, about around a hundred people connected to Epstein.
In response to a pardon question, Trump stated, “Well, I’m allowed to give her a pardon, but nobody’s approached me with it, nobody’s asked me about it.” He added, “It’s in the news about that—that aspect of it, but right now it would be inappropriate to talk about it.”
These comments echo remarks he made last Friday, where he said of a pardon, “It’s something I haven’t thought about… I’m allowed to do it, but it’s something I have not thought about.”
Notably, the responses do not shut down the possibility of a pardon for Maxwell, leaving the option open.
Maxwell or her attorneys may have played a role in fueling discontent with President Trump’s handling of the Epstein case, which intensified after a birthday message Trump supposedly wrote to the pedophile was leaked to The Wall Street Journal. Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse, believes the message “was likely leaked by Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyers to try and blackmail her way into a pardon.”
Epstein, who died in 2019, has become an issue for the Trump administration since AG Bondi released a memo claiming no “client list” for the sex trafficker exists, despite the fact that she previously said that a list was “on [her] desk” and would eventually be disclosed.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: President Donald J. Trump issued a new, shorter deadline for Russia to agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine, reducing the timeline to “ten or twelve days.”
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: President Trump, President Vladimir Putin, British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, and other officials, including Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, and Ukrainian Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: Announced during a news conference in Scotland on Monday, following a meeting with Prime Minister Starmer.
💬KEY QUOTE: “We were going to have a ceasefire and maybe peace… and all of a sudden you have missiles flying into Kiev and other places,” said Trump.
🎯IMPACT: The ultimatum has drawn mixed reactions, with Ukrainian officials praising the stance and Russian officials dismissing the deadline, at least in public.
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President Donald J. Trump has set a new, shorter deadline for Russia to agree to a ceasefire over the ongoing war in Ukraine, reducing the timeline to “ten or 12 days” from Monday. Speaking at a news conference in Scotland, Trump emphasized there was “no reason” to wait any longer, citing a lack of progress towards peace.
Trump reiterated his threat to impose severe sanctions and secondary tariffs on Russia, which he previously described as a 100 percent import tax on any country trading with Moscow. He suggested this would prompt third countries to look elsewhere for trade and reduce revenue for Russia.
During the conference, Trump expressed frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s actions, saying, “We were going to have a ceasefire and maybe peace… and all of a sudden you have missiles flying into Kiev and other places.”
“I say, forget it. I’m not gonna talk anymore. This has happened on too many occasions, and I don’t like it,” Trump remarked.
The Kremlin has not officially responded to the new deadline. Meanwhile, Ukrainian Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak praised Trump for “delivering a clear message of peace through strength,” adding that Putin “respects only power.”
Despite three rounds of ceasefire talks hosted by Turkey, no significant progress has been made towards ending the Ukraine war, which has now lasted over three and a half years.
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