Vladimir Putin gave Donald Trump a World Cup football as a present. The Russian President handed over his gift to Mr Trump saying: "the ball's in your court". Speaking at a press conference at the end of a summit between the two men held in Helsinki, Finland, Mr Trump said he would give the ball to his 12-year-old son Barron. And he lobbed it to But it seems that the US Secret Service were not taking any chances. One of the agents was spotted passing the football through a security scanner. Bill Neely, who is the Chief Global Correspondent for NBC News, and was at today's press conference, spotted the cautious agent. He tweeted: "I just saw a US Secret Service agent put the soccer ball Putin gave Trump through a security scanner outside the Pres. Palace. "He didn’t smile when I joked about it." The gift of a football was just one of a number of surreal moments in the press conference, which lasted almost an hour. In it Vladimir Putin has said he wanted Donald Trump to win the US … [Read more...] about Vladimir Putin gave Trump a football as present
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Donald Trump attacks Brexit plan and says Britons ‘like me a lot’
0 Have your say Donald Trump inflicted a fresh blow on Theresa May just an hour before he was due to arrive in the UK by attacking her Brexit plan and highlighting Cabinet divisions. The US president is on his way to the UK for a four-day trip that is expected to leave taxpayers with a police and security bill of up to £10 million as swathes of protesters take to the streets.But just before take-off, Mr Trump insisted Britons “like me a lot” and “agree with me on immigration”.READ MORE: Thousands sign petition to allow Donald Trump ‘baby blimp’ to fly over ScotlandHe described the UK as a “hot spot right now with a lot of resignations” and dismissed the Prime Minister’s Chequers plan on the next stage of Brexit.“I would say Brexit is Brexit,” he said.“The people voted to break it up, so I would imagine that’s what they would do, but maybe they’re taking a different route. I … [Read more...] about Donald Trump attacks Brexit plan and says Britons ‘like me a lot’
Donald Trump gets a taste of his own medicine with a power handshake from Portuguese president at the White House
PRESIDENT Trump was on the receiving end of a power handshake when he met the Portuguese president at the White House. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa noticeably jerked The Donald towards him as he arrived at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. When he stepped out of a car decked out in the Star Spangled Banner and the Portuguese flag he reached out his hand to the leader of the free world. Shortly after Trump was yanked towards his European counterpart briefly disappearing from view behind a dressed US Marine. The pair exchanged pleasantries before heading inside the White House. The two leaders planned to hold talks on the upcoming NATO summit, trade and energy security. But the conversation quickly shifted to Russian President Vladimir Putin whom Trump is expected to meet with next month and World Cup soccer. The Portuguese president suggested "if you ever go to Russia during the championship, don't forget Portugal is still there and wanting to win the championship." Rebelo de Sousa said he had … [Read more...] about Donald Trump gets a taste of his own medicine with a power handshake from Portuguese president at the White House
How Donald Trump finally agreed to the biggest purge of Russian spies in US history
In the days leading up to the largest expulsion of Russian spies in US history, few people inside or outside Donald Trump’s administration knew exactly what the president would do. US intelligence officials, who had been pushing to dismantle Moscow’s spy networks, believed that the president might decide against a recommendation to close the Russian Consulate in Seattle. In conversations with European leaders, Mr Trump said the United States was not interested in expelling spies in response to the poisoning of a Russian spy if other countries were not doing the same. Read more Russia to expel 150 diplomats and close consulate in St Petersburg UK divulged ‘unprecedented levels of intelligence’ on nerve agent Putin blames shopping centre fire on ‘criminal negligence’ New Zealand says it would expel Russia spies, but can’t find any Trump aides encouraged Papadopoulos to build ‘partnership with Russia’ But, the … [Read more...] about How Donald Trump finally agreed to the biggest purge of Russian spies in US history
Donald Trump has stayed silent on the Russian threat because he fears Putin’s juicy ‘kompromat’
All around the world, from Norway in the north to Australia in the south, political leaders have condemned the Salisbury nerve agent attack with a remarkably unified voice. Yet on a certain Twitter account operated in Washington, the silence is eloquent. While Russian diplomats across the globe, including the 60 in the States, begin packing for the journey home, the American president is cast against type as the most famously mute character in English literature. “Is there any other point to which you would wish to draw my attention?” Inspector Gregory of the Yard asks Sherlock Holmes in The Adventure of Silver Blaze. “To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.” “The dog did nothing in the night-time.” “That was the curious incident.” The incident of the Trump who doesn’t tweet in the night is also undeniably curious. After 14 months of keeping us so intimately informed about his thinking on the issues of the … [Read more...] about Donald Trump has stayed silent on the Russian threat because he fears Putin’s juicy ‘kompromat’