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President Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin astir ending the warfare successful Ukraine, hosted the president of South Africa astatine the White House and threatened much stringent tariffs against the European Union this week.
During South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Oval Office sojourn connected Wednesday, Trump got into a testy exchange with the South African person astir the attraction of White farmers there. Specifically, Trump aired a video that showed achromatic crosses that Trump said were astir 1,000 burial sites of White Afrikaner South African farmers.
Trump has repeatedly asserted these farmers are being killed and pushed disconnected 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, conscionable successful the Oval Office of the White House successful Washington, D.C., connected May 21. (Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Trump told Ramaphosa astatine the White House that the burial sites by the broadside of the roadworthy are visited by those who privation to "pay respects to their household subordinate who was killed."
"Now this is precise bad. These are burial sites close here. Burial sites — implicit a 1000 — of White farmers. And those cars are lined up to wage emotion connected a Sunday morning. Each 1 of those achromatic things you spot is simply a cross. And determination is astir a 1000 of them," Trump said. "They're each White farmers. The household of White farmers. And those cars aren't driving, they are stopped determination to wage respects to their household subordinate who was killed. And it's a unspeakable sight. I've ne'er seen thing similar it. On some sides of the road, you person crosses. Those radical are each killed."
"Have they told you wherever that is, Mr. President?" Ramaphosa said. "I'd similar to cognize wherever that is. Because this I've ne'er seen."
"I mean, it’s successful South Africa, that’s where," Trump said.
"We request to find out," Ramaphosa said.
The White House defended showing the clip and said that the video was "substantiated," pursuing reports that emerged aft the brushwood that said the crosses were from a memorial objection pursuing the execution of a White farming couple, not existent burial sites.
Here’s what besides happened this week:
Call with Putin
Trump and Putin spoke implicit the telephone connected Monday to beforehand bid negotiations ending the warfare betwixt Moscow and Kyiv. The telephone occurred conscionable days aft Russia and Ukraine met successful Turkey to behaviour their archetypal bid talks since 2022.
After the call, Trump said some countries would determination toward a ceasefire and propulsion discussions to extremity the war. But, Trump indicated that the U.S. would fto Moscow and Kyiv instrumentality the pb connected negotiations aft his telephone with Putin.
"The conditions for that volition beryllium negotiated betwixt the 2 parties, arsenic it tin lone be, due to the fact that they cognize the details of a dialog that cipher other would beryllium alert of," Trump said successful a Monday station connected 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 implicit the telephone connected Monday to beforehand bid negotiations ending the warfare betwixt Moscow and Kyiv. (Contributor/Getty Images; Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Fox News Digital)
Additionally, Trump has continued to region the U.S. from the struggle this week, describing the struggle arsenic a "European situation."
"Big egos involved, but I deliberation something's going to happen," Trump told reporters connected Monday. "And if it doesn't, I'll conscionable backmost distant and they'll person to support going. This was a European situation. It should person remained a European situation."
Trump expressed akin sentiments connected Wednesday erstwhile 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 onslaught against 2 Israeli Embassy employees successful Washington, D.C., connected Wednesday, labeling that incidental an enactment of antisemitism.
A gunman opened occurrence and killed Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim arsenic they were leaving an lawsuit astatine the Capital Jewish Museum. The 2 were readying to get engaged adjacent week successful Jerusalem, White House property caput Karoline Leavitt said astatine a property briefing.
Authorities arrested a pro-Palestinian antheral identified arsenic 31-year-old Elias Rodriguez of Chicago successful transportation with the attack, according to officials.
In response, Trump and different leaders of his medication said attacks similar these indispensable stop and said that those liable volition look justice.
Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, who were changeable and killed arsenic they near an lawsuit astatine the Capital Jewish Museum, airs for a representation astatine an chartless determination successful this handout representation 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 evidently connected antisemitism, indispensable end, NOW!" Trump wrote successful a Truth Social post. "Hatred and Radicalism person nary spot successful the USA. Condolences to the families of the victims. So bittersweet that specified things arsenic this tin happen! God Bless You ALL!"
Leavitt aboriginal told reporters she’d spoken with Attorney General Pam Bondi and that those who conducted the onslaught would look prosecution.
"The evil of antisemitism indispensable beryllium eradicated from our society," Leavitt told reporters connected Thursday. "I spoke to the lawyer wide this morning. The Department of Justice volition beryllium prosecuting the perpetrator liable for this to the fullest grade of the law. Hatred has nary spot successful the United States of America nether President Donald Trump."
EU tariff threats
Trump threatened to slap a 50% tariff connected imports from the European Union connected Friday amid ongoing commercialized negotiations and aft locking down a commercialized woody with the U.K.
The woody with the U.K. is the archetypal historical commercialized dialog signed pursuing Liberation Day, erstwhile Trump announced wide tariffs for aggregate countries connected April 2 astatine a scope of rates.
The medication aboriginal adjusted its archetypal connection and announced connected April 9 it would instantly enforce a 145% tariff connected Chinese goods, portion reducing reciprocal tariffs connected different 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 aboriginal said successful an interrogation with Fox News helium hoped the informing would "light a occurrence nether the EU" and signaled Trump’s threats stemmed from vexation negotiating with European countries connected commercialized deals. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
"Their almighty Trade Barriers, Vat Taxes, ridiculous Corporate Penalties, Non-Monetary Trade Barriers, Monetary Manipulations, unfair and unjustified lawsuits against Americans Companies, and more, person led to a Trade Deficit with the U.S. of much than $250,000,000 a year, a fig which is wholly unacceptable," Trump wrote successful a Truth Social station connected Friday astir the EU.
"Therefore, I americium recommending a consecutive 50% Tariff connected the European Union, starting connected June 1, 2025," helium said.
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent aboriginal said successful an interrogation with Fox News helium hoped the informing would "light a occurrence nether the EU" and signaled Trump’s threats stemmed from vexation negotiating with European countries connected commercialized deals.
"EU proposals person not been of the aforesaid prime that we’ve seen from our different important trading partners," Bessent said.
Fox News Digital's Greg Norman contributed to this report.
Diana Stancy is simply a authorities newsman with Fox News Digital covering the White House.
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