US President Donald Trump

October 12, 2026 10:12 AM

Trump announces Ukraine energy ceasefire with Russia, surprising Zelenskiyy

US President Donald Trump made a surprise announcement of an energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine on Sunday that he said was "effective immediately", but Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiyy said he was still waiting to see details of the deal. There was no word from Moscow on the ceasefire announcement, which followed days of intense pressure from Trump for Ukraine to halt its attacks on Russian oil refineries. He blames those strikes for a rise in diesel prices that is hurting his Rep...

October 6, 2026 8:30 AM

Trump expands access to tax-exempt diesel fuel

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday to expand access to tax-exempt diesel that he unveiled from a rally stage in Nebraska. High diesel prices, which shot to a record of about $6.50 a gallon last month, are a risk to Trump ahead of the November 3 midterm US elections in which control of Congress is at stake. Trump's Republican Party currently holds a narrow majority in the Senate and House of Representatives. Prices for the fuel integral to trucking goods have risen in...

October 3, 2026 2:21 PM

Trump rules out US diesel export ban

US President Donald Trump on Friday ruled out a ban on American diesel exports after European countries agreed to increase diesel supplies to the market, saying the additional availability would help bring down energy prices. Speaking to reporters at the White House before departing aboard Marine One, Trump said he had personally asked European countries to make more diesel available. "Europe has a lot of diesel, and they're, they're gonna be making a major world contribution, and so are we," ...

September 25, 2026 3:19 PM

How Trump’s diplomatic week exposed the limits of his power

From his high-profile address to the UN General Assembly to his high-stakes White House summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, US President Donald Trump this week was looking to reassert himself on the world stage. But Trump’s diplomatic flurry has done little to dispel the view among many analysts of a president beset by problems at home and abroad. Those include a widening Iran war that has driven up US gasoline prices and cratered his approval ratings, while his relations with allies worse...

September 24, 2026 7:04 PM

Trump says he’ll discuss AI with Xi but wants to ‘leave it exactly where it is’

US President Donald Trump said artificial intelligence will be a "big topic of discussion" when he meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday, but said both leaders wanted to leave things as they are. "A big day with President Xi of China. Super Intelligence (SI) will be a big topic of discussion, but I want to leave it exactly where it is," Trump wrote in a social media post, using his preferred term for artificial intelligence. "That is China’s position also. Our guardrail is the ...

September 23, 2026 10:43 AM

Zelenskiyy says he discussed energy truce, efforts to end Russia war with Trump

Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiyy said on Tuesday he discussed with US President Donald Trump efforts to end the 4-year-old war with Russia, including a potential bilateral ceasefire on energy-related targets. Speaking to the media after a 40-minute meeting with Trump at UN headquarters in New York, Zelenskiyy said Kyiv was ready for any format of an energy ceasefire with Moscow, but there had been no discussion of Ukraine unilaterally halting its attacks on Russian oil refineries. Trump, ...

September 23, 2026 10:53 AM

Trump threatens to annihilate Iran as diplomats push for deal at UN

US President Donald Trump warned on Tuesday that he could annihilate Iran if there is no deal to end the war, but also suggested an agreement could come soon amid a diplomatic push at the United Nations. “I have a big decision to make,” Trump said in a speech at the UN General Assembly in New York. “Will a deal be made with Iran that lets them rebuild and create a far greater country than it ever was before?… Or do I annihilate the Islamic Republic and do it quickly, never giving them ...

September 17, 2026 9:27 AM

Trump says ‘hopefully we are towards end’ of Iran war

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he hoped an end to the war against Iran was near and a media report separately said he is expected to meet Gulf leaders on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday to discuss the conflict. His comments come with the Iran war in its seventh month and with no immediate end in sight. Axios reported late on Wednesday Trump's meeting with Gulf leaders next week in New York is expected to focus on US plans for a postwar strategy. The report cit...

September 7, 2026 12:03 PM

Trump recalls 9/11, says ‘world has just changed’ as US marks 25th anniversary

US President Donald Trump has recalled watching the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks unfold from his apartment in Midtown Manhattan, saying he realised at the time that "the world has just changed" as he reflected on the tragedy ahead of its 25th anniversary. In an interview with Trey Gowdy on Fox News' Gowdy America, Trump described watching television coverage of the first attack before witnessing the second plane strike the World Trade Centre. "I was watching a business show on televis...

August 29, 2026 11:49 AM

Trump says US, Venezuela reach agreement on ‘biggest oil deal in world history’

US President Donald Trump has said the United States and Venezuela have reached what he described as the "biggest oil deal in world history", involving expanded US participation in Venezuela's vast crude reserves. "The United States of America has just entered into an Agreement with the Country of Venezuela on, THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY!" Trump said in a post on Truth Social. Trump said the United States, through a partnership with private businesses, had secured "majority U.S. con...