Donald Trump has confirmed his nominee for secretary of state - CIA boss Mike Pompeo - travelled to North Korea for secret talks with Kim Jong Un last week. The US President tweeted that the meeting in Pyongyang went "very smoothly and a good relationship was formed"."Details of Summit are being worked out now. Denuclearization will be a great thing for World, but also for North Korea!" he saidMr Pompeo is in line to be the next secretary of state after being picked by the President to replace Rex Tillerson.The news of his visit came after President Trump appeared to say he had met Mr Kim in remarks that were later clarified by White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders."The President said the administration has had talks at the highest levels and added that they were not with him directly," she said.:: Analysis: CIA chief's covert N Korea trip is no coincidenceMr Trump is currently hosting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, but had earlier said: "We've also started talking to … [Read more...] about CIA chief Mike Pompeo’s secret meeting with Kim Jong Un ‘went smoothly’, says Donald Trump
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President Donald Trump’s former Greenwich mansion listed again for $45M
Interested buyers can own a piece of presidential history in Greenwich, where a mansion President Donald Trump lived in with wife Ivana in the 1980s is back on the market with an asking price of $45 million.Trump bought the home, on a peninsula overlooking Long Island Sound, for $4 million in 1984. He and Ivana lavishly decorated the mansion with gold leaf.The current owners, Robert and Suzanne Steinberg, bought the home from Ivana for $15 million in 1998, then a record for a single-family house in Greenwich, after she got the property in her divorce from the billionaire. They toned down the opulence inside but added a tennis court, indoor pool and sauna.The property was originally listed for $54 million in October 2014. The price was cut to $45 million in 2016.Described as a “starter mansion” — it pales in comparison to Trump’s palatial Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla. — the home has eight bedrooms, 13 bathrooms and a three-story rotunda foyer with a … [Read more...] about President Donald Trump’s former Greenwich mansion listed again for $45M
Ex-FBI Director James Comey on Donald Trump: ‘I’m not trying to pick on the guy’
WASHINGTON — Former FBI Director James Comey joined WTOP on Wednesday to discuss his new book, in which he sharply criticizes President Donald Trump, compares him to a Mafia boss and said he is threatening American ideals. Comey said the revelations in the book don’t jeopardize the work of investigators, led by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who are probing potential ties between Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russia. “My testimony is already locked down,” Comey told WTOP. “I gave it under oath to the Senate a year ago. In fact, even before then, it was locked down because I wrote memos about key events and so there really isn’t a serious risk that my story will somehow change. It’s in concrete, frankly, and I’ve offered it to the Senate and to the American people, already.” Some critics have chided Comey for apparently taking cheap shots at Trump, by including references to president’s height and hand size in the book. … [Read more...] about Ex-FBI Director James Comey on Donald Trump: ‘I’m not trying to pick on the guy’
Donald Trump slaps down prospect of rejoining TPP citing “too many contingencies”
President Donald Trump extinguished any hopes that the US might rejoin the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), saying last night that he didn't like the deal for the US. "While Japan and South Korea would like us to go back into TPP, I don’t like the deal for the United States," he tweeted. "Too many contingencies and no way to get out if it doesn’t work." Read more: Can China get along with President Trump? He then referenced the World Trade Organisation, saying "look how bad" that was for the US. Last week, the President said the US would only rejoin the TPP if the terms offered in the deal "were substantially better" than those offered to his predecessor Barack Obama. Trump ditched the TPP, a multinational trade pact between 11 members, including Australia, Japan, Canada and Mexico, early on in his presidency. His comments last week came after he unexpectedly indicated the US may rejoin the pact, asking US trade representative Robert Lighthizer and White House economic … [Read more...] about Donald Trump slaps down prospect of rejoining TPP citing “too many contingencies”
A Blast From the Radio Past, Vol. 1: Donald Trump
Published April 17, 2018 Markets Motley Fool Facebook Twitter Comments Print In this week's Rule Breaker Investing podcast, Motley Fool co-founders David and Tom Gardner and producer Mac Greer are mining the radio vault and revisiting some clips from their old radio shows. In this segment, they play a 1999 clip of the Gardner brothers speaking with Donald Trump, who described the money advice he gave his daughter Ivanka. Continue Reading Below A full transcript follows the video. 10 stocks we like better than WalmartWhen investing geniuses David and Tom Gardner have a stock tip, it can pay to listen. After all, the newsletter they have run for over a decade, the Motley Fool Stock Advisor, has tripled the market.* David and Tom just revealed what they believe are the ten best stocks for investors to buy right now... and Walmart wasn't one of them! That's right -- they think these 10 stocks are even better buys. Click here to learn about these picks! … [Read more...] about A Blast From the Radio Past, Vol. 1: Donald Trump