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From firing the Chief Statistician of the U.S. Department of Labor to telling a Senator to “go to hell”.
From firing the Chief Statistician of the U.S. Department of Labor to telling a Senator to “go to hell”.
The World never sleeps
You have probably enjoyed a well-deserved couple of days off, or maybe you are still relaxing by the pool during your summer holiday – but the World doesn’t stand still, even though you’re not in the loop.
A weekend of Trump
During the weekend, US President Donald Trump has said and done a lot of things, so here we give you a rundown of five of the most significant events from the White House since Friday afternoon CET.
Fires Chief Statician over job report
A report release Friday showed that the US job market stalled in July, creating only 73.000 jobs outside agriculture. Furthermore, the net gain of jobs for May and June were revised down by a combined 258.000 jobs.
Trump called the job report “rigged” and fired the Commissioner of the US Department of Labor, dr. Erika McEntarfer, accussing her of falsifying the numbers.
He did not provide any proof for the accussations.
The question of Ghislaine Maxwell
The Epstein-Files continues to cling to Trump, and Epsteins former partner in crime, Ghislaine Maxwell, is currently serving a 20-year sentence for helptin Epstein sexually abuse underage girls.
Maxwell recently spoke with the Deputy US Attorney General, Todd Blanche, about anyone else who might have been involved in Epsteins crimes.
During an interview med Newsmax, Donald Trump confirmed that he has the power to parond Maxwell, but that nobody has asked him to do so.
Chuck Schumer can “go to hell”
In a post on Truth Social, Donald Trump accussed Democrat Senator Chuck Schumer of “demanding over one billion dollars” in order to approve a small number of nominees,
Trump called it political extortion and tells schumer to “go to hell”.
Trump did not provide any proof or specifics about the accussations.
Trump confirms special envoy heading to Russia
Sunday, Donald Trump repeated the rumours that the US Special Middle East Envoy, Steve Witkoff, will “probably” be heading to Russia to discuss the war in Ukraine with the Kremlin.
He’s allegedly heading to Russia on Wednesday or Thursday.
Conciders channeling income from tariffs to Americans
During the night, Donald Trump told reports, that he is concidering channelling the potential income from tariffs to the American people.
“It could be a kind of distribution or a dividend to the people of our country. I would say that for people with middle and low incomes, we could provide a dividend,” Trump said.
