As the leaders of North Korea, Russia, and China gathered in Beijing for a military parade, US President Donald Trump launched a barb, alleging they had united to conspire against the United States—while sarcastically extending his “warmest regards” to them.
On Truth Social, Trump said, “May President Xi and the wonderful people of China have a great and lasting day of celebration.” He added, “Please give my warmest regards to Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un, as you conspire against the United States of America.”
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According to media reports, Russian foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov told state television on Wednesday that no one was plotting any conspiracies or anything. “Moreover, no one even had such a thought,” he said.
While Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov stated that the nations had been acting “for the greater good of the peoples of our countries, not against third countries,” adding nobody “has the time or desire” for plotting.
Responding to speculation that China, Russia, and North Korea are forming an “axis of upheaval” against the United States, President Trump asserted, “We have by far the strongest military in the world. They would never use their military on us—believe me, that would be the worst thing they could ever do.”
He expressed disappointment with President Putin after the Kremlin dismissed his attempts to broker a summit with Volodymyr Zelenskyy and pressed on with heavy strikes in Ukraine. Trump added that the US would “be doing something to help people live.”
Making tall claims regarding the US’ influence on the economy and globally, he said that “without the US, everything in the world would die.” He added that “I made it really big in the first four years, then it started to degenerate with what this Biden administration did.”
Highlighting the role of tariffs in boosting the US’s financial strength, he said, “The money coming in is so big because of tariffs and other things, but because of tariffs. Tariff gets us even those other things.”
Trump termed the United States as “the hottest” and “the best financially”.
India kills us with tariffs: Trump
India kills the US with tariffs and the country has now offered “no tariffs” to America, President Donald Trump has said, amid New Delhi’s escalating tensions with Washington over his administration’s policies on trade and tariff.
In a telephonic interview on The Scott Jennings Radio Show, Trump said he understands tariffs “better than any human being” and criticised India, which he described as the “most tariffed nation” in the world.
“India was the most highly tariffed nation in the world, and you know what, they’ve offered me no tariffs in India anymore. No tariffs. If I didn’t have tariffs, they would never make that offer. So you have to have tariffs,” he said.