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Yahoo
07-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Zelenskiy spoke with Trump about replacing envoy to US, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy discussed replacing the current ambassador to the U.S., Oksana Markarova, during his phone call with President Donald Trump on Friday, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing a person familiar with the matter. The country's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal is on a list of potential candidates to become Kyiv's envoy to Washington, alongside Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov and Energy Minister German Galushchenko, the report said, citing an unnamed source. Zelenskiy had said on Saturday that his conversation with Trump last week was the best and "most productive" he has had to date, adding that the two leaders had discussed "several other important matters." The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment outside regular business hours. Reuters could not immediately verify the Bloomberg report.
South China Morning Post
29-05-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Trump's call to Japan's Ishiba focused on Mideast trip, F-47s, self-praise, not trade: report
When Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba took a surprise 45-minute call from US President Donald Trump last week, Tokyo braced for tough talk on tariffs. Instead, officials were reportedly met with a meandering monologue that some say reflected Trump's need for affirmation more than any real interest in Japan – or Ishiba. Advertisement According to insider sources cited in a report published by the Asahi newspaper on Tuesday, Trump spoke at length about his recent Middle East trip, digressed into a discussion about his new fighter jet initiative, and offered unsolicited praise for his own achievements – all while adopting a tone so casual that some in Tokyo felt it bordered on the surreal. A source from the Ishiba administration, quoted in the report, said the US contacted Japan on the morning of May 23 with a request from Trump to speak with the prime minister later that day. The request caused concern in Tokyo, as Japan's trade negotiator was about to depart for Washington to push for the removal of US tariffs on Japanese imports. Officials worried Trump would push for more American agricultural purchases instead of lifting sanctions. 01:00 Trump justifies 'China tariffs' as US effort to curb 'greatest job theft in the world' Trump justifies 'China tariffs' as US effort to curb 'greatest job theft in the world' When the two leaders were connected at 11am local time, 10pm in Washington, 'Trump's tone was so relaxed that the Japanese side was taken aback,' the Asahi reported. An official said it was as if Trump 'was lying down and talking'.
South China Morning Post
29-05-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Trump's surreal call to Japan's Ishiba focused on Mideast trip, F-47s, self-praise, not trade
When Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba took a surprise 45-minute call from US President Donald Trump on Friday, Tokyo braced for tough talk on tariffs. Instead, officials were reportedly met with a meandering monologue that some say reflected Trump's need for affirmation more than any real interest in Japan – or Ishiba. According to insider sources cited in a report published by the Asahi newspaper on Tuesday, Trump spoke at length about his recent Middle East trip, digressed into a discussion about his new fighter jet initiative, and offered unsolicited praise for his own achievements – all while adopting a tone so casual that some in Tokyo felt it bordered on the surreal. A source from the Ishiba administration, quoted in the report, said the US contacted Japan on the morning of May 23 with a request from Trump to speak with the prime minister later that day. The request caused concern in Tokyo, as Japan's trade negotiator was about to depart for Washington to push for the removal of US tariffs on Japanese imports. Officials worried Trump would push for more American agricultural purchases instead of lifting sanctions. 01:00 Trump justifies 'China tariffs' as US effort to curb 'greatest job theft in the world' Trump justifies 'China tariffs' as US effort to curb 'greatest job theft in the world' When the two leaders were connected at 11am local time, 10pm in Washington, 'Trump's tone was so relaxed that the Japanese side was taken aback,' the Asahi reported. An official said it was as if Trump 'was lying down and talking'.
CNN
19-05-2025
- Politics
- CNN
Hear what Putin told reporters after his phone call with Trump
Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to reporters about Russia's position on its war with Ukraine after the president's earlier high stakes phone call with US President Donald Trump.
CNN
19-05-2025
- Politics
- CNN
Hear what Putin told reporters after his phone call with Trump
Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to reporters about Russia's position on its war with Ukraine after the president's earlier high stakes phone call with US President Donald Trump.
