Tag: Europe

President Trump speaks during a ceremony at NATO headquarters at the NATO summit in Brussels.

Beltway Confidential

Trump is right to criticize NATO allies on defense spending

Tom Rogan · July 3, 2018 6:00 pm

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump, left, with Defense Secretary James Mattis, right, watching, explains the executive action on extreme vetting that he is about to sign at the Pentagon in Washington. American forces were perched high on the top of the Bashiq Mountain, calling in airstrikes that pounded Islamic State militants. Down below, Kurdish forces rolled past to recapture in the ancient city of Sinjar.

National Security

Getting the jump on Trump: Pentagon tries to stay a step ahead of the president’s whims

Jamie McIntyre · July 2, 2018 6:02 pm

US ambassador to Estonia resigns in response to Trump’s comments on EU: Report

Diana Stancy Correll · June 30, 2018 2:05 am

President Trump speaks to reporters on the North Lawn of the White House on Friday in Washington.

National Security

Pentagon: White House did not request plan to withdraw Germany troops

Travis J. Tritten · June 29, 2018 9:29 pm

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a roundtable meeting at a European Union summit in Brussels on June 28, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

Why the EU’s new migrant deal fell apart on the same day it was signed

Tom Rogan · June 29, 2018 6:44 pm

President Donald Trump gestures while sitting in an 18-wheeler truck while meeting with truckers and CEOs regarding healthcare on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 23, 2017.

Trump trade agenda: ‘If it’s pro-business, what’s anti-business?’

Joe Williams · June 29, 2018 3:40 pm

The US must stay close to its friends in Riga

David A. Merkel · June 27, 2018 4:00 am

U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Tom Donohue will deliver his annual State of American Business address Thursday.

Huge alliance of business groups urges Senate to curb Trump’s tariff power

Joe Williams · June 26, 2018 2:33 pm

A man holds the Ukrainian national flag at Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015. Municipal workers are preparing the square to commemorate the Maidan protest movement and the events which took place in late Feb. 2014 that led to the departure of former Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovich and the formation of a new government.

Why Trump must steadfastly support Ukraine’s independence

James A. Lyons · June 26, 2018 4:00 am

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has warned the Trump administration that pulling out from the Iran nuclear deal would undermine talks with any other nation that signs a deal with the U.S.

Iran: US wants us to quit the nuclear deal

Joel Gehrke · June 25, 2018 8:51 pm

Major U.S. stock indexes slid Monday as President Trump dug in on trade policies that business fears will undermine economic benefits of tax cuts.

Wall Street dives as Trump trade tactics grate on US businesses

James Langford · June 25, 2018 5:22 pm

The redesigned Mercedes-Benz C-Class sedan reaches its final assembly stage at a plant in Vance, Ala. The luxury automaker has warned annual profit will drop in 2018 because of higher import tariffs.

‘Brink of recession’: What’s at stake as Trump trade-war risk rises

James Langford · June 22, 2018 6:03 pm