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President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he had a good call with Amazon chairman Jeff Bezos following an angry reaction from the White House to reports that the e-commerce giant planned to show American consumers the impact of tariffs on prices on its site.
Amazon has since denied the report, saying it was an idea floated for one part of the business.
The president confirmed the call with Bezos as he departed the White House en route to give an “achievement speech” focused on the economy to mark 100 days in office.
Trump will speak at Macomb Community College, just north of Detroit, at 6 p.m. Earlier, on Truth Social, he touted his “100 VERY SPECIAL DAYS,” along with his trademark MAGA slogan.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a briefing that Trump’s first three months had been “the most historic start to a presidency in American history.”
The president brushed off his waning approval ratings, stating: “The Polls from the Fake News are, like the News itself, FAKE!”
Trump to label Haitian gangs as terrorist organizations
Oliver O'Connell29 April 2025 22:53
UPS reveals it is cutting 20,000 jobs as Amazon business to drop
UPS, the world’s largest package delivery firm, plans to reduce its workforce by approximately 20,000 positions during 2025, as the company reconfigures its network, winds down its relationship with Amazon, and responds to economic uncertainty around the ongoing Trump tariffs.
"The world has not been faced with such enormous potential impacts to trade in more than 100 years," CEO Carol Tomé said on a company earnings call, Reuters reports.
Josh Marcus reports.
Oliver O'Connell29 April 2025 22:50
EDITORIAL: After 100 days of turmoil, it’s time to make American democracy great again
In his inaugural speech on 20 January, Donald J Trump promised “the most extraordinary first 100 days of any presidency in American history”. Well, that’s one promise that the president has definitely honoured – but not, as the saying goes, in a good way.
No previous president has inflicted so much damage, on so many, in so short a time. The scale of the vandalism wreaked on America, on its friends and allies abroad, and indeed on the prosperity of the world, has been historic and prodigious.
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The Independent29 April 2025 22:35
Trump hails Bezos for scrapping plan to show Amazon shoppers tariff price hikes
“Jeff Bezos was very nice. He was terrific,” Trump said Tuesday after the reportedly furious president called Bezos on the phone. “He solved the problem very quickly. And he did the right thing. He’s a good guy.”
Punchbowl News had reported that Amazon was set to “display how much of an item’s cost is derived from tariffs — right next to the product’s total listed price.”
Gustaf Kilander reports.
Oliver O'Connell29 April 2025 22:26
Watch: Trump doubles down on China trade policy
President Donald Trump has given an exclusive pre-recorded sit-down interview to ABC News, which airs tonight at 8 p.m. ET.
In a clip released by the network, the president appears to double down on his trade policy toward China.
Pressed about how a 145 percent tariff on Chinese imports will raise prices for American consumers, Trump claimed: “You don't know that. You don't know whether or not China's going to eat it. China probably will eat those tariffs.”
Watch that moment here:
Oliver O'Connell29 April 2025 22:16
Watch: Trump invites Democrat Gov Whitmer to speak at airbase event
Oliver O'Connell29 April 2025 22:13
ANALYSIS: With Canada’s stunning electoral rebuke and doubts over China trade talks, has Trump’s bluster reached its expiration point?
John Bowden writes:
But on Monday night, Canada delivered a resounding rebuke of the United States and Trump’s trade agenda, leaving the end of his trade war appearing further away than ever. The administration, having yet to announce a single major deal resulting from Trump’s escalated “reciprocal” tariffs, is facing more and more scrutiny over its endgame.
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Oliver O'Connell29 April 2025 22:10
So, where are we with those trade deals?
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday declined to confirm the Trump administration has reached a tariff deal with a trading partner country, saying no trade agreement was confirmed until President Donald Trump announces it.
“As you know, nothing is done till the president signs off on the 18 key trading relationships. The president described them to the trade team as bespoke,” Bessent told Fox Business Network. “Every deal is different, and he's going to be involved, so I'll wait to hear from him.”
Earlier, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said he had reached one deal with a foreign country, but declined to name it, adding he was waiting for the country's prime minister and parliament to give their approval.
Lutnick also said it was time to train Americans to do the jobs of the future, in which generations of families work in factories.
Oliver O'Connell29 April 2025 22:06
Trump announce Michigan base to get new Boeing F-15EX jets
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Michigan will get 21 Boeing F-15EX jets.
While the fighter jets were previously purchased by the U.S. Air Force, Trump announced the base would receive them in comments he made during a visit to mark the 100th day of his second term in office.
There has been a long bipartisan battle to keep the airbase open.
Joining the president at the announcement of the base’s new mission were Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Democratic Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
Oliver O'Connell29 April 2025 21:53
Newsmax host claims the ‘Deep state’ is using two-term limit to keep Trump ‘under their thumb’
Newsmax star Greg Kelly has claimed that the 22nd Amendment, which prevents a president from serving more than two full terms, “might be unconstitutional itself” and is “a way the deep state keeps the presidency under their thumb.”
Oliver O'Connell29 April 2025 21:50
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