Trump News for Monday, May 12, 2025
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US rakes in record $16B in customs duties in April from Trump tariffs
New York Post
President Trump’s tariffs brought in $7.6 billion more in customs payments in April than what the US collected the previous month as duties on imported goods ramped up, the Treasury Department said Monday.
May 12, 2025, 11:54 PM
The market is irrationally exuberant about Trump’s tariff retreat
The Globe and Mail
Look at what Mr. Trump has done in the last few months, and measure it against how much he has undone. Things have not come full circle
May 12, 2025, 11:50 PM
No, Pres. Trump: Qatar's 'Palace in the Sky' Jet isn't a 'free gift'
New York Post
President Donald Trump is bragging of winning a $400 million “gift” — a “palace in the sky” Boeing 747-8 jet — from Qatar that, in effect, he’ll eventually own personally. But in truth, it's far from free; Qatar will surely expect something in return. And the optics are obscene.
May 12, 2025, 11:50 PM
White South Africans welcomed by Trump as refugees land in Washington
The Globe and Mail
Afrikaners admitted into U.S. under refugee program that U.S. President described as a response to ‘genocide’
May 12, 2025, 11:48 PM
What to know as Trump brings a group of white South Africans to the US as refugees
The Associated Press
The Trump administration has brought a small group of white South Africans to the United States as refugees in what it says is the start of a larger relocation effort.
May 12, 2025, 11:45 PM
Trump is visiting three of world’s wealthiest nations. What’s on the table for discussion
The Indian Express
Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE hope to gain economic, military, and diplomatic benefits from their relationship with the US.
May 12, 2025, 11:45 PM
US-China tariff deal is a welcome pause, but big questions remain
New York Post
Two cheers for the US-China trade-war pause Donald Trump and Xi Jinping managed to hammer out over the weekend.
May 12, 2025, 11:44 PM
Donald Trump defends Qatar’s $400M jet gift as Air Force One replacement. 6 facts about controversial deal
The Indian Express
A statement from Qatar on Sunday acknowledged it had held discussions with the US about “the possible transfer” of a plane to be used temporarily by Trump as his presidential aircraft, usurping Air Force One.
May 12, 2025, 11:44 PM
Republicans Sneak Nonprofit Killer Bill in Tail End of Trump’s 389-Page Tax Plan
The Intercept
It would give the Trump administration the power to strip the tax-exempt status of any nonprofit it deems a “terrorist-supporting organization.”
May 12, 2025, 11:31 PM
Biden destroyed Harris bid by staying in race too long, top adviser says in book
The Guardian
David Plouffe says Biden ‘totally fucked us’ and calls Harris’s 107-day sprint against Trump a ‘fucking nightmare’
May 12, 2025, 11:25 PM
Trump says new order will lower U.S. drug prices and increase them everywhere else
The Globe and Mail
The U.S. is unusual among developed countries in not having some form of price controls on pharmaceuticals
May 12, 2025, 11:21 PM
StatCan travel data may be ‘consequential’
CP24 Toronto
A new Statistics Canada report found that Canadian return trips from the U.S. substantially declined, a trend that one professor says reflects the effectiveness of the Canadian movement boycotting American products and travel to protest the Donald Trump administration.
May 12, 2025, 11:20 PM
First Afrikaners arrive in US as part of resettlement programme
The Irish Times
South Africa denies Trump claims white farmers are being brutally killed
May 12, 2025, 11:16 PM
Illinois governor to block federal access to personal data on autism
CP24 Toronto
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has signed a first-in-the-nation executive order to block the federal government from collecting personal health data related to autism, a direct rebuke to the Trump administration.
May 12, 2025, 11:08 PM
One part of the market didn’t surge last night. We shouldn’t ignore it
The Australian Financial Review
Donald Trump’s tariff backflip means investors are suddenly supported by several tailwinds. But there are some who are justifiably still screaming caution.
May 12, 2025, 11:01 PM
Sean Penn says he’d work with Woody Allen again ‘in a heartbeat’
The Guardian
The actor, who was speaking on The Louis Theroux Podcast, also cast new light on his meeting with former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, and had harsh comments on both Donald Trump and Elon Musk
May 12, 2025, 11:01 PM
Trump and Saudi prince sign agreements as US leader begins Middle East tour
BreakingNews.ie
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman warmly greeted Mr Trump as he stepped off Air Force One at King Khalid International Airport.
May 12, 2025, 11:00 PM
White House correspondents protest lack of wire reporters on Air Force One
BreakingNews.ie
No wire service reporters, who supply reports to news outlets around the world, were on the plane to the Middle East with President Trump.
May 12, 2025, 11:00 PM
Trump gives Saudi speech urging Iran towards a ‘new and a better path’
BreakingNews.ie
The US president kicked off a four-day Middle Eastern trip on Tuesday with a visit to the Saudi capital Riyadh.
May 12, 2025, 11:00 PM
Saudi crown prince welcomes Trump to kingdom as he begins Middle East tour
BreakingNews.ie
The president is paying an early visit to the kingdom after the crown prince promised to pump hundreds of billions of dollars into new US investments.
May 12, 2025, 11:00 PM
Trump says US to lifts Syria sanctions, secures $600 billion Saudi deal
BreakingNews.ie
The surprise announcement about sanctions on Syria would be a huge boost for a country that has been shattered by more than a decade of civil war. Rebels led by current President Ahmed al-Sharaa toppled President Bashar al-Assad last December.
May 12, 2025, 11:00 PM
Trump's China deal is no victory, just a bandage on economy
New York Post
If it always seemed likely that there’d be a fig-leaf deal with China, there isn’t even a fig leaf here — just a promise to keep talking and perhaps fashion one later.
May 12, 2025, 10:58 PM
Kyle Snyder: US Olympic gold medallist arrested in Columbus prostitution sting
PerthNow
A US Olympic gold medallist and former Donald Trump adviser has been arrested for allegedly engaging in prostitution during a police sting.
May 12, 2025, 10:54 PM
Energy company threatens to pull plug on wind farm off Long Island shore as Trump review sparks $50M a week in losses
New York Post
A Norwegian-based energy company said it will have to scrap a controversial wind power project off the coast of New York "within days" -- and thousands of jobs that come with it -- unless the Trump administration lifts a stay on construction.
May 12, 2025, 10:52 PM