Trump pick for NSC post Crowley to step down: transition official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Monica Crowley, the foreign policy adviser tapped for a White House job under President-elect Donald Trump, will relinquish the post, a transition official told Reuters on Monday.
Trump threatens German carmakers with 35 percent U.S. import tariff
FRANKFURT/BERLIN (Reuters) – U.S President-elect Donald Trump warned German car companies he would impose a border tax of 35 percent on vehicles imported to the U.S. market, a plan that drew sharp rebukes from Berlin and hit the automakers’ shares.
Martin Luther King’s daughter says ‘God can triumph over Trump’
ATLANTA/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Martin Luther King’s daughter said on Monday that “God can triumph over Trump,” but the slain civil rights leader’s son struck a conciliatory tone after meeting with the president-elect on the U.S. holiday that honors their…
Trump vows ‘insurance for everybody’ in replacing Obamacare
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump aims to replace Obamacare with a plan that would envisage “insurance for everybody,” he said in an interview with the Washington Post published on Sunday night.
Biden calls for Russia sanctions to stay as Trump moots deal
KIEV (Reuters) – Outgoing U.S. Vice President Joe Biden called on Monday for sanctions on Russia to stay, urging the world to stand up to its “coercion and aggression” after President-elect Donald Trump mooted ending the measures under a possible deal …
Kerry says it’s inappropriate for Trump to step into German politics
LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday it was “inappropriate” for Donald Trump to brand German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s refugee policy “a catastrophic mistake”.
Trump says NATO is obsolete but still ‘very important to me’
LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said NATO was obsolete because it had not defended against terror attacks, but that the military alliance was still very important to him, The Times of London reported.
Trump’s offer to Russia: an end to sanctions for nuclear arms cut – London Times
LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will propose offering to end sanctions imposed on Russia over its annexation of Crimea in return for a nuclear arms reduction deal with Moscow, he told The Times of London.
Trump’s team considers moving White House press room
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump’s team could move the White House press briefing room from the West Wing to another location that accommodates more media from around the country and the world, senior officials in the incoming administration said on Sunday.
Trump says Brexit to be ‘a great thing’, wants quick trade deal with UK
LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said that Brexit would turn out to be a great thing and other countries would follow Britain out of the European Union but promised to strike a swift bilateral trade deal with the United Kingdom.
