American missionary Joshua Holt, a Utah man who travelled to Venezuela in 2016 to marry a woman he met online but soon found himself jailed and later branded the CIA's top spy in Latin America, has been welcomed home by his family and President Donald Trump. Mr Holt, 26, and his wife, Thamara Caleno, arrived Saturday evening at Washington Dulles International Airport for a tearful reunion with his parents, Laurie and Jason Holt. A few hours later, Mr Trump welcomed them to the White House. “Those two years, they were a very, very, very difficult two years,” said an emotional Joshua Holt, sitting next to Mr Trump in the Oval Office. “Not really the great vacation that I was looking for. ... I'm just so grateful for what you guys have done.” Mr Trump said: “It's amazing that you were able to take it ... that was a tough situation”. Read more After Maduro's re-election, Trump has taken unwise action on Venezuela Their release … [Read more...] about Trump greets American held in Venezuela jail for two years at White House after release
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Trump Discussed White House Invitation to Putin in Phone Call
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin discussed holding a summit at the White House, a Trump spokeswoman said after the Kremlin revealed the U.S. president had invited the Russian leader to Washington.“When our presidents spoke on the phone, Trump suggested having the meeting in Washington at the White House,” Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters on Monday. “This is quite an interesting, positive idea.”White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said later that the two leaders had discussed a meeting “at a number of potential venues, including the White House.”The two sides have had no preparatory conversations since the March 20 call in which the leaders discussed the idea because of their tit-for-tat expulsions of diplomats over the poisoning of a former spy in the U.K., Ushakov said. “I hope the Americans won’t abandon their proposal to discuss the possibility of holding the summit,” he said.The prospect of … [Read more...] about Trump Discussed White House Invitation to Putin in Phone Call
White House blames Russia for ‘reckless’ NotPetya cyber attack
The attack launched in June 2017 by the Russian military spread worldwide 0SHARES Share Tweet Email A customer waits while a cashier writes out a purchase receipt for store records, as many business have turned off their digital tills after cases of cyber attacks on business, at a store in Kiev, Ukraine, June 28, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS The White House on Thursday blamed Russia for the devastating ‘NotPetya’ cyber attack last year, joining the British government in condemning Moscow for unleashing a virus that crippled parts of Ukraine’s infrastructure and damaged computers in countries across the globe. The attack launched in June 2017 by the Russian military “spread worldwide, causing billions of dollars in damage across Europe, Asia, and the Americas,” White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement. “It was part of the Kremlin’s ongoing effort to destabilize Ukraine and demonstrates ever more … [Read more...] about White House blames Russia for ‘reckless’ NotPetya cyber attack
White House doctor: Donald Trump in ‘excellent health’
US president Donald Trump is “in excellent health”, according to a White House doctor who performed a routine medical. The examination on Friday coincided with swirling questions about Mr Trump’s physical and medical fitness for office. Dr Ronny Jackson said in a statement released by the White House the president’s physical “went exceptionally well”. The fairly routine examination for previous presidents has taken on an increased importance in the age of Mr Trump, given the tone of some of his tweets, comments attributed to some of his close advisers and the president’s recent slurring of words on national TV. Some of the comments were published in a new book about Mr Trump’s first year in office, Fire And Fury: Inside The Trump White House by Michael Wolff, which White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has denounced as “complete fantasy” for portraying her 71-year-old boss as undisciplined and in over his … [Read more...] about White House doctor: Donald Trump in ‘excellent health’
Former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer admits that everyday was ‘an eternity’ in role under US President Donald Trump
FORMER White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer admits that everyday was “an eternity” in the role under President Donald Trump.Spicer, 46, opened up about the gig which he left after just six months last July.On the Late Late Show, he also said that while working with Trump, he always knew where he stood with him.He told Ryan Tubridy: “Everyday was an eternity. It’s a very demanding job and it’s a very tense place to work under any President.“This President you added an element of excitement to each and every one of those days.”On Trump, he added: “He’s very straight forward.“You know where you stand at all times with him, for good or bad.“There’s no beating around the bush. He has very strong beliefs about what he wants to do and how he wants to do it. And I think he expects his staff and the people who work for him to support him and his agenda and to get the change that he believes the American people voted … [Read more...] about Former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer admits that everyday was ‘an eternity’ in role under US President Donald Trump