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Trump talks with Putin, spars with South African leader, threatens EU tariff hike in 18th week in office

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President Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin about ending the war in Ukraine, hosted the president of South Africa at the White House and threatened more stringent tariffs against the European Union this week. 

During South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Oval Office visit on Wednesday, Trump got into a testy exchange with the South African leader about the treatment of White farmers there. Specifically, Trump aired a video that showed white crosses that Trump said were approximately 1,000 burial sites of White Afrikaner South African farmers. 

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Trump has repeatedly asserted these farmers are being killed and pushed off of their land.

TRUMP TO MEET LEADER OF ‘OUT OF CONTROL’ SOUTH AFRICA AT WHITE HOUSE

President Donald Trump, right, and Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa’s president, meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 21. (Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Trump told Ramaphosa at the White House that the burial sites by the side of the road are visited by those who want to «pay respects to their family member who was killed.» 

«Now this is very bad. These are burial sites right here. Burial sites — over a thousand — of White farmers. And those cars are lined up to pay love on a Sunday morning. Each one of those white things you see is a cross. And there is approximately a thousand of them,» Trump said. «They’re all White farmers. The family of White farmers. And those cars aren’t driving, they are stopped there to pay respects to their family member who was killed. And it’s a terrible sight. I’ve never seen anything like it. On both sides of the road, you have crosses. Those people are all killed.»

«Have they told you where that is, Mr. President?» Ramaphosa said. «I’d like to know where that is. Because this I’ve never seen.» 

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«I mean, it’s in South Africa, that’s where,» Trump said. 

«We need to find out,» Ramaphosa said.

The White House defended showing the clip and said that the video was «substantiated,» following reports that emerged after the encounter that said the crosses were from a memorial demonstration following the murder of a White farming couple, not actual burial sites.

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Here’s what also happened this week:

Call with Putin 

Trump and Putin spoke over the phone on Monday to advance peace negotiations ending the war between Moscow and Kyiv. The call occurred just days after Russia and Ukraine met in Turkey to conduct their first peace talks since 2022. 

After the call, Trump said both countries would move toward a ceasefire and push discussions to end the war. But, Trump indicated that the U.S. would let Moscow and Kyiv take the lead on negotiations after his call with Putin. 

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«The conditions for that will be negotiated between the two parties, as it can only be, because they know the details of a negotiation that nobody else would be aware of,» Trump said in a Monday post on Truth Social. 

TRUMP SAYS HE COULD ‘WALK AWAY’ FROM RUSSIA-UKRAINE TALKS, CITES ‘TREMENDOUS HATRED’ ON BOTH SIDES

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President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke over the phone on Monday to advance peace negotiations ending the war between Moscow and Kyiv.  (Contributor/Getty Images; Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Fox News Digital)

Additionally, Trump has continued to distance the U.S. from the conflict this week, describing the conflict as a «European situation.» 

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«Big egos involved, but I think something’s going to happen,» Trump told reporters on Monday. «And if it doesn’t, I’ll just back away and they’ll have to keep going. This was a European situation. It should have remained a European situation.»

Trump expressed similar sentiments on Wednesday when Ramaphosa visited and stated: «It’s not our people, it’s not our soldiers… it’s Ukraine and it’s Russia.» 

‘Evils of antisemitism’

The White House condemned the fatal attack against two Israeli Embassy employees in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, labeling that incident an act of antisemitism. 

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A gunman opened fire and killed Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim as they were leaving an event at the Capital Jewish Museum. The two were planning to get engaged next week in Jerusalem, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said at a press briefing.

Authorities arrested a pro-Palestinian man identified as 31-year-old Elias Rodriguez of Chicago in connection with the attack, according to officials.

In response, Trump and other leaders of his administration said attacks like these must stop and said that those responsible will face justice. 

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WHITE HOUSE DECRIES ‘EVILS OF ANTISEMITISM,’ VOWS JUSTICE AFTER FATAL SHOOTING OF ISRAELI EMBASSY STAFFERS

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Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, who were shot and killed as they left an event at the Capital Jewish Museum, pose for a picture at an unknown location in this handout image released by the Embassy of Israel to the U.S. (Embassy of Israel to the USA via X/Handout via Reuters)

«These horrible D.C. killings, based obviously on antisemitism, must end, NOW!» Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. «Hatred and Radicalism have no place in the USA. Condolences to the families of the victims. So sad that such things as this can happen! God Bless You ALL!»

Leavitt later told reporters she’d spoken with Attorney General Pam Bondi and that those who conducted the attack would face prosecution. 

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«The evil of antisemitism must be eradicated from our society,» Leavitt told reporters on Thursday. «I spoke to the attorney general this morning. The Department of Justice will be prosecuting the perpetrator responsible for this to the fullest extent of the law. Hatred has no place in the United States of America under President Donald Trump.»

EU tariff threats

Trump threatened to slap a 50% tariff on imports from the European Union on Friday amid ongoing trade negotiations and after locking down a trade deal with the U.K. 

The deal with the U.K. is the first historic trade negotiation signed following Liberation Day, when Trump announced widespread tariffs for multiple countries on April 2 at a range of rates. 

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The administration later adjusted its initial proposal and announced on April 9 it would immediately impose a 145% tariff on Chinese goods, while reducing reciprocal tariffs on other countries and the EU to a baseline of 10% for 90 days. 

TRUMP SIGNALS CHINA ‘VERY MUCH’ INTERESTED IN SECURING TRADE DEAL AHEAD OF SWITZERLAND NEGOTIATIONS 

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent later said in an interview with Fox News he hoped the warning would «light a fire under the EU» and signaled Trump’s threats stemmed from frustration negotiating with European countries on trade deals.  (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)

«Their powerful Trade Barriers, Vat Taxes, ridiculous Corporate Penalties, Non-Monetary Trade Barriers, Monetary Manipulations, unfair and unjustified lawsuits against Americans Companies, and more, have led to a Trade Deficit with the U.S. of more than $250,000,000 a year, a number which is totally unacceptable,» Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Friday about the EU. 

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«Therefore, I am recommending a straight 50% Tariff on the European Union, starting on June 1, 2025,» he said. 

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent later said in an interview with Fox News he hoped the warning would «light a fire under the EU» and signaled Trump’s threats stemmed from frustration negotiating with European countries on trade deals. 

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«EU proposals have not been of the same quality that we’ve seen from our other important trading partners,» Bessent said. 

Fox News Digital’s Greg Norman contributed to this report. 

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La próxima aventura empresarial de la familia de Donald Trump: llega «Trump Mobile», una compañía de telefonía celular

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La familia Trump informó haber autorizado el uso de su nombre para un nuevo servicio de telefonía móvil, el más reciente de una serie de emprendimientos que se han anunciado mientras el presidente Donald Trump ocupa la Casa Blanca, a pesar de las preocupaciones éticas de que el mandatario pudiera moldear la política pública para su beneficio personal.

Eric Trump, uno de los hijos del presidente Donald Trump que dirige The Trump Organization, dijo que el nuevo emprendimiento, llamado Trump Mobile, venderá teléfonos que se fabricarán en Estados Unidos, y que el servicio de telefonía también mantendrá un centro de llamadas en el país.

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El anuncio del nuevo servicio, llamado T1 Mobile, se produce después de varios acuerdos inmobiliarios para construir torres y resorts en el Oriente Medio, entre ellos, un desarrollo de golf en Qatar anunciado en abril. El mes pasado se aprobó una asociación de 1.500 millones de dólares para construir campos de golf, hoteles y proyectos inmobiliarios en Vietnam, pero el acuerdo ya estaba en proceso antes de que Trump fuera elegido.

Incluso la supervisión de una empresa así, con el nombre Trump adjunto, plantea preocupaciones éticas.

El mandatario ya ha utilizado el gobierno federal para recompensar a sus aliados y castigar a sus enemigos. La Comisión Federal de Comunicaciones, el principal organismo regulador que supervisa las empresas de telefonía móvil, ya ha lanzado investigaciones sobre medios de comunicación que Trump no aprecia y a los que, en algunos casos, está demandando personalmente.

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Donald Trump Jr. participa en el anuncio del Trump Mobile, en la Torre Trump de Nueva York. Foto AP

Aun así, Eric Trump declaró el lunes que los consumidores merecen un teléfono que coincida con sus valores.

“Los estadounidenses que trabajan duro merecen un servicio inalámbrico asequible, que refleje sus valores y ofrezca una calidad confiable”, manifestó en un comunicado.

Críticas a Apple

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Trump criticó a Apple el mes pasado porque planeaba fabricar la mayoría de sus iPhones estadounidenses en India, y amenazó con imponer un arancel del 25% a los dispositivos a menos que el gigante tecnológico comience a fabricar el producto en su país de origen.

La compañía afirmó el lunes que el nuevo T1 Phone, de color dorado, que estará disponible en agosto por 499 dólares, no será diseñado ni fabricado por Trump Mobile, sino por otra empresa.

Hasta el momento, The Trump Organization no ha respondido a una solicitud para proporcionar más detalles.

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Un modelo del teléfono que aparece en el sitio web de la compañía muestra el eslogan de Trump, “Make America Great” (“Hagamos grande a Estados Unidos”) en el frente y una bandera estadounidense grabada en la parte trasera.

Eric Trump, Don Hendrickson, Eric Thomas, Patrick O'Brien y Donald Trump Jr., de izquierda a derecha, participan en el anuncio de Trump Mobile, en la Torre Trump de Nueva York. Foto APEric Trump, Don Hendrickson, Eric Thomas, Patrick O’Brien y Donald Trump Jr., de izquierda a derecha, participan en el anuncio de Trump Mobile, en la Torre Trump de Nueva York. Foto AP

El servicio, que costará 47,45 dólares al mes, se asociará con operadores de telefonía celular existentes con acceso a una red 5G. El servicio de Trump ofrecerá mensajes de texto y llamadas gratis, además de datos ilimitados. También proporcionará asistencia en carretera gratuita y un servicio de telemedicina que permitirá que los usuarios obtengan recetas.

El nombre dado a la oferta de servicio mensual, The 47 Plan, también hace referencia a la presidencia. Trump fue el 45to presidente y actualmente es el 47mo.

Al ceñirse a la concesión de licencias, la familia Trump limita su riesgo. Aun así, el nuevo servicio enfrenta grandes desafíos si espera vender más allá de los leales seguidores del movimiento MAGA (“Make America Great Again” o “Hagamos grande a Estados Unidos otra vez”) del presidente.

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La compañía de Trump intentó aprovechar el apoyo que el republicano obtuvo entre la clase media en su primer mandato con una cadena de hoteles de precio medio. Llamada American Idea, y presentada, al igual que el servicio telefónico, bajo una gran bandera de Estados Unidos en el atrio de la Torre Trump, fracasó.

A pesar de ingresar millones de dólares cada año en varios acuerdos de licencia y una serie de nuevos emprendimientos, la marca Trump ha sufrido una serie de golpes a lo largo de los años.

En su primer mandato, el nombre de Trump fue eliminado de edificios residenciales y hoteles en Toronto, Panamá y Manhattan. Tras el ataque al Capitolio ocurrido el 6 de enero, los bancos se negaron a prestar a la empresa familiar.

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El Trump International Hotel en Washington, que fue vendido posteriormente, perdió dinero a pesar de que la familia abrió sus puertas a ejecutivos de negocios, cabilderos y diplomáticos que intentaban influir en la política de Estados Unidos.

Y el condominio promedio en torres residenciales con la marca Trump ha tenido un desempeño inferior al del mercado en general en varias ciudades durante años, durante y justo después del primer mandato de Trump. En la ciudad de Nueva York, el valor de los condominios Trump ha caído un 2% en los últimos dos años, aunque los precios de sus equivalentes construidos aproximadamente durante el mismo período han aumentado. Esos índices subieron un 8% y un 14%, respectivamente, según CityRealty.

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Federal judge extends ban on Trump’s order targeting Harvard international students

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A federal judge in Boston agreed Monday to extend a temporary restraining order blocking President Donald Trump’s attempt to block international students from entering the U.S. to study at Harvard. 

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The update is a near-term win for the nation’s oldest university in its months-long fight with the Trump administration.

Lawyers for Harvard had urged U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs on Monday to extend two restraining orders that blocked the Trump administration from revoking its credentials under the Student and Exchange Visitor Program, or SEVP, and which temporarily blocked a proclamation Trump signed earlier this month that barred foreign nationals from traveling to the U.S. if they planned to study or research at Harvard. 

«The proclamation is a plain violation of the First Amendment,» Ian Gershengorn, a lawyer for Harvard, told Judge Burroughs in court on Monday in seeking a preliminary injunction, a more lasting form of court-ordered relief. 

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CONTINUED COURT FIGHTS COULD PUT HARVARD IN UNWINNABLE POSITION VS TRUMP

Banners on the Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library at the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (Sophie Park/Bloomberg)

Burroughs extended the temporary restraining order through June 23, noting that she needed more time to formally rule on the request for injunctive relief.

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«We’ll kick out an opinion as soon as we can,» she told the court Monday afternoon, shortly before proceedings wrapped for the day.

At issue is a push to revoke Harvard’s credentials under its SEVP program, announced by DHS Secretary Kristi Noem in May; and a separate proclamation signed by Trump in June, seeking to block foreign nationals from entering the U.S. if they were planning to study or conduct research at Harvard. 

Both actions were temporarily blocked by Burroughs. Now, lawyers for the school are pushing for a more permanent form of relief known as a preliminary injunction.

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In the interim, lawyers for Harvard said that the Trump administration’s actions have injected «unnecessary uncertainty for Harvard and its students, who may yet again have their status as lawfully present nonimmigrants in the United States abruptly and categorically rescinded.»

Harvard argued that the Trump administration’s actions would violate the Administrative Procedure Act, the First Amendment, and the Fifth Amendment – injecting «continued chaos and lasting damage on Harvard for no compelling reason,» they said in a filing.

STATE DEPARTMENT NOW SCRUTINIZING ALL VISA HOLDERS ASSOCIATED WITH HARVARD

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White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller speaks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump officials have accused Harvard University of «fostering violence, antisemitism, and coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party on its campus,» according to a statement earlier this year, and for failing to account for «known illegal activity» on its campus. 

Lawyers for Harvard told Burroughs in court on Monday that these actions have already injected uncertainty into the lives of their international students. 

They noted that some foreign students were incorrectly denied visas after indicating their plans to study at Harvard, while at least four other students were wrongfully detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials earlier this month upon arriving in the U.S. at Boston’s Logan International Airport. 

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TRUMP NOMINATES FORMER DEFENSE ATTORNEY EMIL BOVE FOR FEDERAL APPEALS COURT VACANCY

Harvard President Alan Garber acknowledges an extended round of applause during Harvard University's commencement ceremonies, Thursday, May 29, 2025 in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Harvard President Alan Garber acknowledges an extended round of applause during Harvard University’s commencement ceremonies, Thursday, May 29, 2025, in Cambridge, Mass.  (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Harvard is also fighting to retain its SEVP accreditation. The program is run by the Department of Homeland Security and allows universities to sponsor international students for U.S. visas for the duration of their enrollment at a public university.

If it loses that status, experts previously told Fox News, thousands of international students currently enrolled at Harvard will have a narrow window to either transfer to another U.S. university, or risk losing their student visas within 180 days.

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Lawyers for Harvard previously told Burroughs that ending their SEVP certification would affect roughly 7,000 international students at Harvard – or some 27% of its total student body. 

Monday’s hearing was the latest in a string of legal dust-ups that have pitted Harvard against the Trump administration – or vice versa – in Trump’s second White House term.

100 DAYS OF INJUNCTIONS, TRIALS AND ‘TEFLON DON’: TRUMP SECOND TERM MEETS ITS BIGGEST TESTS IN COURT

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Cambridge, MA – May 23: Hundreds of graduates walked out of the 2024 Commencement in Harvard Yard to call attention to the plight of Palestinians.  (Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Since Trump took office in January, the administration has already frozen more than $2 billion in grants and contracts awarded to the university, and is proposing to end its tax-exempt status, among other things. 

The administration is also targeting Harvard with investigations led by six separate federal agencies. 

Combined, these actions have created a wide degree of uncertainty at Harvard.

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Legal experts noted the court is wading into largely uncharted territory. 

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Asked how it might play out, many scholars pointed to a lack of precedent and offered no clear answer.

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 «As with many things that Trump does, the answer is unclear, because it hasn’t been done before,» Josh Blackman, a law professor at South Texas College of Law, said last month. «No president has tried to do this before, so I don’t think there’s a clear precedent on the answer.»

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Israel activates ‘Barak Magen’ aerial defenses for system’s first ever interception

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Israel activated a new aerial defense system – dubbed «Barak Magen,» meaning «lightning shield» – for the first time on Sunday night, saying it intercepted and destroyed multiple Iranian drones.

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The Israeli Navy intercepted eight Iranian drones using the «Barak Magen» and its long-range air defense (LRAD) interceptor, which were launched from an Israeli navy Sa’ar 6 missile ship, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement.

John Hannah, senior fellow at The Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA) and the co-author of a report published earlier this month on Israel’s defense against two massive Iranian missile attacks in 2024, told Fox News Digital on Monday that the air defense system «significantly enhances» the air and missile defense architecture of Israel’s navy.

«The Barak Magen is simply another arrow in the expanding quiver of Israel’s highly sophisticated and increasingly diverse multi-tiered missile defense architecture – which was already, by leaps and bounds, the most advanced and experienced air defense system fielded by any country in the world,» Hannah said.

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The «Barak Magen» interceptors were launched from an Israeli navy Sa’ar 6 missile ship. (Israel Defense Forces)

The system can intercept a «wide range of threats,» according to the IDF, including unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), cruise missiles, high-trajectory threats and shore-to-sea missiles.

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Hannah said the system not only provides force protection for the Israeli fleet but also gives long-distance protection to Israel’s expanding oil and gas infrastructure in the eastern Mediterranean, along with critical infrastructure and population centers located along Israel’s coastline.

«It allows Israel to conduct interceptions at significant distances from the Israeli homeland, both out in the eastern Mediterranean and the Red Sea, and thereby adds critically important strategic depth when defending Israel’s tiny geographic area,» he said.

The IDF said that the Israeli Navy’s missile ship flotilla has intercepted about 25 UAVs that posed a threat to Israel since the conflict with Iran escalated.

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ISRAEL SAYS IT HAS AERIAL SUPERIORITY OVER TEHRAN, IRANIAN INTELLIGENCE LEADER KILLED

Israel and Iran traded missile strikes for the fourth day on Monday, with Iran firing a new wave of strikes that killed at least eight people and wounded dozens more.

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An Israeli attack on the Shahran oil depot on June 15, 2025, in Tehran, Iran.  (Stringer/Getty Images)

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Meanwhile, the Israeli military claimed it had achieved air superiority above Tehran, warning about 330,000 people in a central part of the Iranian capital to evacuate ahead of new strikes.


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