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Trump talks with Putin, spars with South African leader, threatens EU tariff hike in 18th week in office
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.
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)
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.»
«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.
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.
«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
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.»
«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.
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.
WHITE HOUSE DECRIES ‘EVILS OF ANTISEMITISM,’ VOWS JUSTICE AFTER FATAL SHOOTING OF ISRAELI EMBASSY STAFFERS
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.
«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.
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
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.
«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.
«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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Cuadro robado por los nazis: la justicia de Mar del Plata investiga a las hijas de un exmiembro de las SS
El cuadro robado por los nazis y detectado en Mar del Plata sigue desaparecido. No fue encontrado por personal de la Policía Federal que allanó este martes la casa donde fue encontrado por periodistas de un diario neerlandés.
El fiscal Carlos Martínez, que lleva la causa, afirmó que la pintura no estaba en la vivienda. “No está el cuadro, solo se secuestró una carabina y un revólver calibre 32”, dijo.
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El diario local La Capital dijo que los agentes que llevaron adelante el allanamiento advirtieron un cambio en la decoración de la casa en relación a las imágenes que se habían publicado en el aviso de venta activo hasta el domingo y en el que se veía la pintura colgada en una sala de estar.
La investigación la lleva adelante la Unidad Federal Fiscal marplatense. En forma paralela, Interpol emitió alertas nacionales e internacionales para evitar que la pintura “Retrato de una Dama”, del artista italiano Giuseppe Ghislandi, salga del país.
La casa había sido puesta a la venta por una de las hijas del exoficial de la SS Friedrich Kadgien, que escapó a la Argentina en los años 50 y donde murió en 1978. Según supo TN, la mujer estuvo presente en el allanamiento.
La agencia de Patrimonio Cultural de los Países Bajos afirma que el ex alto funcionario nazi le robó la pintura al galerista judío Jacques Goudstikker, cuya colección de obras de arte fue expoliada por los nazis.
Cómo fue hallada en Mar del Plata la pintura robada por los nazis
El caso fue destapado el lunes por una investigación del diario Algemeen Dagblad, de Rotterdam.
La pista era seguida desde hace años, pero las hijas de Kadgien, cuyos nombres se reservan, siempre se negaron a hablar del tema, contó a TN el corresponsal del periódico, Peter Schouten. El “Retrato de una dama”, del pintor italiano Giuseppe Ghislandi. (Foto: Cortesía/Algemmen Dagblad).
Sin embargo, un descuido reveló el misterio. Una de las hermanas puso a la venta su casa y entre las fotos publicadas por la inmobiliaria se ve lo que parece ser el cuadro de Ghislandi colgado sobre un sillón de la sala de estar.
TN intentó comunicarse vía WhatsApp con la dueña de la casa, pero no recibió respuesta. El último mensaje ni siquiera llegó a la destinataria.
El aviso de venta fue retirado el lunes por la Inmobiliaria Robles Casas & Campos después que se revelara el caso. Incluso, TN supo que una de las hijas de Kadgien cambió su apellido en su cuenta de Instagram por el de su exmarido.
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Otro cuadro del reconocido pintor holandés Abraham Mignon también estaría en manos de la misma familia, aunque se desconoce quiénes podrían ser sus dueños originales.
Esa obra fue ubicada por expertos de la Agencia de Patrimonio neerlandés en una foto publicada por una de las hijas de Kadgien en sus redes sociales, según reveló el diario neerlandés. Esta pintura figura como desaparecida en los archivos oficiales.
De quién era la pintura hallada en Mar del Plata
La pintura de Ghislandi pertenecía a la colección del marchante judío neerlandés Jacques Goudstikker.
El galerista escapó de Ámsterdam tras la invasión alemana de 1940, pero murió durante el viaje en barco cuando huía a Nueva York con su esposa e hijo. En su local quedaron 1113 obras de arte de su propia colección, todas documentadas. Kadgien llegó a la Argentina tras pasar por Brasil. (Foto: gentileza AD).
Durante la ocupación nazi, el banquero alemán Alois Mield compró la galería y todos sus obras, pero esta operación jamás fue reconocida por los herederos de Goudstikker. El mariscal del Reich Herman Göring y otros funcionarios nazis, como Kadgien según sospechan en los Países Bajos, adquirieron los cuadros por un valor de remate.
Tras el fin de la guerra, Kadgien escapó primero a Suiza. Desde allí viajó a Brasil y finalmente a la Argentina, donde fundó una empresa, formó una familia y vivió sin ser molestado hasta su muerte en 1978.
Como mano derecha de Göring, fue uno de los expertos financieros más importantes del régimen nazi. Se cree que manejó fondos millonarios del Tercer Reich que nunca aparecieron. De hecho, muchos lo conocían como “el mago de las finanzas” del nazismo.
Ahora, los herederos de Goudstikker reclaman la revolución de la pintura hallada en Mar del Plata.
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Democrats are expressing outrage that alleged gang member and illegal immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia may be deported to Uganda.
In the latest turn in Abrego Garcia’s high-profile immigration case, the alleged MS-13 gang member was arrested by ICE at an immigration check-in at a Baltimore facility on Monday and is now facing possible deportation to Uganda.
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis, an Obama appointee, ruled on Monday to temporarily block Abrego Garcia’s deportation, ordering he stay detained in the U.S. pending a hearing. Xinis ordered Abrego Garcia be kept at the same facility he was moved to in Virginia.
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., who has been leading the charge of Democrats advocating for Abrego Garcia, expressed outrage over his arrest and possible deportation on Monday, saying, «ICE is holding Kilmar Ábrego García and refusing to answer questions from his lawyers — while the Trump Admin continues to spread lies about his case.»
NOEM TORCHES ‘ACTIVIST LIBERAL JUDGES’ AFTER ABREGO GARCIA’S RELEASE FROM JAIL: ‘NEW LOW’
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, right, and his brother Cesar Abrego Garcia, center, arrive at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Baltimore, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
«Instead of spewing unproven allegations on social media, they need to put up or shut up IN COURT,» he went on, adding, «Mr. Ábrego García must be allowed to defend himself.»
This follows Salvadoran Abrego Garcia being released from federal custody on Friday in Tennessee, where he was being held pending his trial for charges of human smuggling of illegal immigrants in the U.S.
Earlier this year, Abrego Garcia was deported by the Trump administration to his home country of El Salvador, but after Democratic uproar over an alleged lack of due process and a Supreme Court ruling ordering his return, he was eventually returned to the U.S. to stand trial.
According to an earlier X post by Van Hollen, the senator met with Abrego Garcia virtually on Sunday to discuss his «long and torturous nightmare» of being deported and standing trial for human smuggling.
‘MARYLAND MAN’ KILMAR ABREGO GARCIA EXPOSED IN POLICE RECORDS AS ‘VIOLENT’ REPEAT WIFE BEATER
In this handout provided by Sen. Van Hollen’s Office, Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., meets with Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia (left) at an undisclosed location on April 17, 2025, in San Salvador, El Salvador. (Sen. Van Hollen’s Office via Getty Images)
Van Hollen wrote that «during our conversation, I shared with him that I and many others have been fighting for months to ensure that his constitutional due process rights were respected despite Trump’s efforts to deny them at every turn.»
«The courts & public outcry forced Trump to return him to MD, but Trump’s cronies keep lying about his case & are engaged in a malicious abuse of power to try to deport him to Uganda,» wrote Van Hollen, adding, «As I told Kilmar, I won’t stop fighting for justice & due process for all.»
Van Hollen was not the only Democrat to express outrage over the Van Hollen’s arrest.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., also took to X to denounce the Trump administration, which she said, «wrongly sent Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a horrific El Salvadoran prison.»
«Now, just days after he was reunited with his family, they’re trying to deny him his rights and deport him to Uganda. Kilmar—like everyone—deserves a fair hearing to defend himself,» wrote Warren.
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Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, has been an aggressive critic of President Trump during her time in Congress. (Julia Beverly/Getty Images)
Meanwhile, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, a prominent Democratic voice and vocal Trump critic, also drilled into the administration, saying, «Let’s be clear: deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda makes no sense—it’s not his home country.»
«Nothing about this process has been fair,» she wrote. «ICE is targeting him with cruelty. This is the weaponization of government, not justice.»
Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Md., who joined a rally advocating for Abrego Garcia earlier on Monday, wrote that «Mr. Abrego Garcia must not be sent to some third party country like Uganda.»
Ivey wrote that «the people united will continue to seek justice for Kilmar!»
DNC CHAIR DEMANDS DEMS STOP ‘BRINGING A PENCIL TO A KNIFE FIGHT’ AT FIERY SUMMER MEETING
DHS said that President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem «are not going to allow this illegal alien—who is an MS-13 gang member, human trafficker, serial domestic abuser, and child predator—to terrorize American citizens any longer.» (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
In response, the Department of Homeland Security posted on its official X account, «Kilmar Abrego Garcia is not and will never be a Maryland Man—he is a criminal illegal alien from El Salvador and public safety threat.»
DHS called it «insane» that «sanctuary politicians chose to glorify and stand with an MS-13 gang member over the safety of American citizens.»
The agency said that Trump and Secretary Kristi Noem «are not going to allow this illegal alien—who is an MS-13 gang member, human trafficker, serial domestic abuser, and child predator—to terrorize American citizens any longer.»
Meanwhile, White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson told Fox News Digital that, «Democrats have proven that they care more about a criminal illegal alien MS-13 member who beat his wife than they do about the safety and security of the American people.»
SOCIAL MEDIA ERUPTS AFTER DNC SPEAKER SAYS MIGRANT CRIME, CARJACKINGS ‘DON’T MATTER’ TO MANY AMERICANS
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)
«The Trump Administration will never apologize for fulfilling our promise to deport criminal illegal aliens,» said Jackson.
Chris Newman, an attorney for Abrego Garcia’s family, categorically denied DHS’ allegations, telling Fox News Digital, «None of those things are true, full stop.»
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«The problem here is that the administration is trying its hardest to litigate this case through the media, as opposed to through courts of law,» said Newman.
He said that «in essence» what the Trump administration has done «is to use the highest office in the land to blackmail an innocent man into sacrificing his constitutional rights.»
«And we’ve been fighting against that both and winning in court even as the Trump administration insists on polluting the public debate with lies.»
In an emailed statement sent to Fox News Digital, Ivey accused Trump of ignoring the law.
«When I prosecuted, MS 13 cases, we indicted, tried the case, won the convictions, sentence them to jail time, and did not support them until after they had served jail their sentence,» said Ivey. «That way, we followed the constitution and the law. The Trump administration is ignoring both. They want to deport them without giving them the day in court that the Supreme Court has required. And they want to jail them indefinitely even though they haven’t been convicted of a crime. That’s wrong and I’ll continue to fight against it.»
Fox News Digital’s Breanne Deppisch contributed to this report.
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Russian software developer gets 15 years in prison for $500 donation to Ukraine defense fund
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A Russian software developer in Moscow on Tuesday was sentenced to 15 years hard prison time for donating roughly $500 to a Ukrainian defense fund, reporting by East2West confirmed.
Sergei Irin, 45, who at one point worked for Russian tech giant Yandex, apparently refused to stand in court as he was issued his sentence, but held up a sign that read, «Putin is a «s—head.»
Former software developer with Russian tech giant Yandex, Sergei Irin, 45, held up a sign reading ‘Putin is a s—head’ as he was sentenced to 15 years in jail for treason in Moscow court on Aug. 26, 2025. (East2West)
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Irin, according to footage given to Fox News Digital, was arrested on the suspicion of treason, and was handed a 15-year sentence in a maximum-security prison for his «act of defiance,» according to the report.
Though it is unclear if either his prison placement or the amount of time he was handed was affected by the sign he held while in court, or merely for donating to a Ukrainian defense fund.
In the video, a man who is allegedly Irin those whose face is blurred out, is seen being tackled and handcuffed by masked police officers.
Irin was apparently visiting his mother after having fled Russia sometime prior.
Former software developer with Russian tech giant Yandex, Sergei Irin, 45, is tackled by Russian police forces during his arrest ahead of his sentencing in a Moscow court on Aug. 26, 2025. (East2West)
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He is then questioned in a van by the men, at which point he admits that within days of Russian President Vladimir Putin launching his illegal and deadly invasion of Ukraine, Irin donated funds to Ukraine’s Come Back Alive charity, which supports Kyiv’s defense forces.
The donation was made on Feb. 27, 2022, according to Irin.
The 45-year-old also said he feels «negatively» towards the Putin regime and admitted to having participated in opposition rallies.
Former software developer with Russian tech giant Yandex, Sergei Irin, 45, was sentenced in a Moscow court on Aug. 26, 2025. (East2West)
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The report by East2West said he was later «interrogated with a stun gun and sent by plane to Moscow, to the Lefortovo [notorious pretrial detention center].»
Irin was also issued a roughly $62,000 fine by the Russian court on Tuesday.
It is unclear which maximum-security prison he will be sent to, to carry out his sentence.
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