👤 Will Weissert

2026-09-25 · Toronto Star · Politics

Takeaways from Trump-Xi summit: Lots of pomp and even more punting on tensions in US-China relations

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2026-09-21 · The Independent · Politics

Trump rails against ‘communist’ Democrats as he rolls out red carpet for Xi

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2026-09-21 · Toronto Star · Politics

Trump decries Democrats as 'communists,' even as he looks to impress China's communist leader

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2026-10-17 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Politics

Trump puts new Russia sanctions passed by Congress on hold

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2026-10-17 · Toronto Star · Politics

Trump puts new Russia sanctions that he recently signed into law on hold, citing national interest

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2026-11-01 · The Independent · Politics

Trump plans closing election pitch at the Reflecting Pool after troubled revamp

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2026-07-31 · CBC News

🔮 It was a message the Republican president repeated while touring a collection of new vehicles, predicting that "it's amazing what tariffs will do for General Motors" before autographing a white Corvette commemorating America's 250th anniversary. assertive

2026-09-18 · Toronto Star

🔮 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday defended his son’s recent wedding party being partially bankrolled by a Russian oligarch, but also said he’d been told the money would be paid back. assertive

2026-09-21 · Toronto Star

🔮 “In state after state, the Democrat establishment has been overthrown and replaced by crazed lunatics and radicals,” he said, adding, “America has beaten communism before, and we will beat it again.” assertive

2026-09-21 · The Independent

🔮 He added: "In state after state, the Democrat establishment has been overthrown and replaced by crazed lunatics and radicals," before asserting, "America has beaten communism before, and we will beat it again." Those comments referred to candidates aligned with democratic socialists who won Democratic primaries in Michigan, Colorado, New York, Florida, and Pennsylvania. assertive

2026-09-25 · Toronto Star

🔮 The biggest policy announcement of the visit was modest: an agreement to extend by two months a trade truce that had been set to expire in November. assertive

2026-10-04 · Toronto Star

🔮 When asked by Time magazine last week what he would miss most about the White House after he leaves, Trump said, “This beautiful room that nobody should be allowed to rip down. assertive

2026-10-04 · The Independent

🔮 When asked by Time magazine last week what he would miss most about the White House after he leaves, Trump said, “This beautiful room that nobody should be allowed to rip down. assertive

2026-10-06 · Toronto Star

🔮 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday that he will stop using taxpayer funds for television advertisements glorifying himself that sparked a major backlash, and instead tap his super PAC to cover costs going forward. assertive

2026-10-08 · Toronto Star

🔮 It’d be awfully hard,” Trump said Wednesday, when asked if Hurricane Isaias — and a forecast track which has parts of Alabama, Mississippi and Florida bracing for significant impacts — might alter his plans. assertive

2026-10-08 · Toronto Star

🔮 SAN ANTONIO (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Wednesday night that he would award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to fireballer Roger Clemens, calling the seven-time Cy Young winner “maybe the greatest pitcher of all time.” assertive

2026-10-08 · Toronto Star

🔮 WASHINGTON (AP) — The midterm elections might look ominous for President Donald Trump, but there are places where his Republican Party could turn the tables on Democrats if it can peel off a few key wins in key congressional races. assertive

2026-10-14 · Toronto Star

🔮 The visits come as the Republican president works to bolster his party in Nov. 3 elections that will determine control of Congress, and they follow stops earlier this week in Ohio and Alaska. assertive

2026-10-17 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 Trump said Russia will immediately supply more than 300,000 tons of diesel, followed by an additional 500,000 tons in November and 1 million tons “immediately thereafter”. assertive

2026-10-17 · Toronto Star

🔮 Democratic Virginia Rep. Don Beyer noted on social media shortly after the announcement of the sanctions being suspended that he and others had “warned” Trump might make such a move. assertive

2026-10-18 · Toronto Star

🔮 WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump Tower had just opened and “The Art of the Deal” three years from publication when 38-year-old Donald Trump suggested he could negotiate Russian arms control better than Ronald Reagan. assertive

2026-11-01 · The Independent

🔮 Speaking to reporters after deplaning from Air Force One before a rally in Iowa, Trump said that holding an event at the landmark would "show how beautiful it is. assertive