Eric Lipton

2 weeks ago | thestar.com.my | Eric Lipton |David Yaffe-Bellany

THE sale of face-to-face access to US President Donald Trump through a cryptocurrency bearing his name has done more than line his pockets. Trump announced last month that top buyers of a meme coin known as $TRUMP would be invited to a private dinner with him at one of his golf resorts. The highest spenders would even score a VIP reception and a tour of the White House.

2 weeks ago | thestar.com.my | Eric Lipton |Maggie Haberman |Adam Rasgon |Eric Schmitt

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2 weeks ago | nzherald.co.nz | Eric Lipton |Kenneth Chang

Elon Musk with President Donald Trump during a joint news conference after Musk announced his departure from his role as a special government employee. Photo / Haiyun Jiang, the New York TimesAfter the relationship between United States President Donald Trump and Elon Musk exploded into warfare, Trump suggested that he might eliminate the tech titan’s federal contracts.

2 weeks ago | rsn.org | Eric Lipton |David Yaffe-Bellany

The warm welcome for a technology executive whose purchases of the president’s digital coin won him a White House tour illustrates inconsistencies in the administration’s views toward visitors from China. The Trump White House has repeatedly sounded an alarm about visitors with ties to China’s Communist Party coming to the United States, arguing that they are a potential security threat.

3 weeks ago | straitstimes.com | Eric Lipton |Kenneth Chang

WASHINGTON - After the relationship between President Donald Trump and Mr Elon Musk exploded into warfare on June 5, Mr Trump suggested that he might eliminate the tech titan’s federal contracts. “The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts. I was always surprised that Biden didn’t do it,” Mr Trump posted on his social media platform. That’s not as easy as Mr Trump implies.