Joe Stanley-Smith

2 weeks ago | politico.eu | Joe Stanley-Smith |Ari Hawkins

Trump wrote his Truth Social post together with Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, according to Lutnick. The announcement appeared to come as a surprise to other Republican lawmakers. Bond markets reacted negatively following the implementation of Trump’s tariffs, raising the specter of higher costs on government borrowing.

2 weeks ago | politico.eu | Joe Stanley-Smith

Giorgia Meloni has pitched herself as broker between Washington and Brussels. Next week at the Oval Office, the Italian prime minister will have her chance to show them what she’s got. Meloni will visit the White House on April 17 “for an official working visit,” press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed during a briefing Tuesday. The right-wing premier will be the first European leader to meet United States President Donald Trump since he announced 20 percent tariffs on EU goods.

2 weeks ago | politico.eu | Joe Stanley-Smith

Serbia will have a new government by April 18 with political novice Đuro Macut to serve as prime minister, President Aleksandar Vučić announced Sunday. The Balkan country’s previous government fell in March following a monthslong protest movement sparked by the deadly collapse of a roof at a train station and sustained by public anger over corruption and backsliding on democratic norms.

3 weeks ago | politico.eu | Joe Stanley-Smith

Greenland’s new leader has responded to further belligerent rhetoric from Donald Trump by telling the American president there’s no way the country will become part of the United States. Speaking on Sunday, Trump reinforced the possibility of the U.S. using military force to capture the mineral-rich Arctic island, which recently elected Jens-Frederik Nielsen as its prime minister.

3 weeks ago | politico.eu | Giorgio Leali |Paul de Villepin |Joe Stanley-Smith

PARIS — European government officials and business representatives have poured scorn on a request from the United States State Department for companies to drop diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) measures. Ministers from France and Belgium pushed back strongly on the effort by the Trump administration to spread its anti-DEI policies, which have taken aim at universities, companies, government contractors and security services worldwide.