Megan Messerly

1 week ago | politico.com | Megan Messerly |Adam Cancryn |Ari Hawkins

But Trump is operating on his own timeline. He insists he can unilaterally set tariffs for any country whenever he pleases, delay them as he desires and use that cudgel to negotiate from a position of strength, even as critics warn his stance threatens global economic uncertainty. “I don’t think there’s much urgency,” said one person close to the White House, who like others in this story was granted anonymity to speak candidly about the trade talks. “For the president, it doesn’t matter.

1 week ago | wiadomosci.onet.pl | Megan Messerly |Paul McLeary

Prezydent Donald Trump świętował w sobotę swoje urodziny podczas ogromnej parady wojskowej, o której marzył od ośmiu lat. Donald Trump podsyca napięcie przed wielką wojskową paradą w Waszyngtonie. Grozi protestującym użyciem "bardzo brutalnej siły" Była to uroczystość na miarę podejścia, jakie Trump przyjął jako prezydent, wykorzystując symbolikę wojskową, aby pokazać swoją siłę przeciwnikom, zarówno zagranicznym, jak i krajowym.

1 week ago | politico.com | Megan Messerly |Paul McLeary

The day-long celebration of the Army’s 250th birthday coincided with nationwide protests against Trump and military strikes between Israel and Iran that are testing the president’s “America First” resolve.

2 weeks ago | politico.com | Megan Messerly |Daniel Desrochers |Ari Hawkins

“We were promised ‘90 deals in 90 days.’ What we have at this point are ‘general frameworks’ for the U.K. and China,” said Marc Short, who served as Trump’s legislative affairs director and Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff during the president’s first term, referencing Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro’s vow. The administration will “present it as if they’re making significant progress and hail these general frameworks as really significant breakthrough deals,” Short added.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Megan Messerly |Daniel Desrochers |Ari Hawkins

President Donald Trump is touting this week’s trade agreement with China as the latest triumph of his dealmaking acumen. But his celebratory tone belies an uncomfortable reality: For all his optimistic talk on trade, Trump has made little tangible progress since this spring’s tariff spree, so far only securing frameworks of agreements with the U.K. and China and leaving American businesses grappling with continued economic uncertainty.