Trump news live: Trump says serving in 2028 would be ‘a fourth term’ hours after touting ‘methods’ to remain in White House

Shares across Asia slumped on Monday after President Donald Trump threatened a global trade war with tariffs for all nations.

Stocks tumbled from Japan to Hong Kong, with the Nikkei 225 down by 4 percent, falling to its lowest level in over six months, and the Hang Seng in Hong Kong sinking by 1.3 percent.

China’s Shanghai Composite index edged down by 0.5 percent, and South Korea’s Kospi saw a steep decline of 2.6 percent.

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Elon Musk appeared to make good on his promise from last week and handed out a $1 million check to two attendees at his Wisconsin town hall on Sunday who had previously signed a petition against so-called “activist judges.”

The event came just days before Tuesday’s pivotal state Supreme Court election, which has seen the world’s richest man pour an estimated $20m-plus into the race, backing conservative candidate Brad Schimel.

Sporting a cheesehead hate, Musk explained on stage why he decided to dish out the oversized million-dollar checks.

“The reason for the checks is that it’s really just to get attention. It’s like, we need to get attention,” he said. “When I do this, these things… it causes the legacy media to, like, kind of lose their minds, and then they’ll run it on every news channel.”

Musk said it would cost “10 times more” to pay for a PR campaign to attain the same amount of press coverage.

Economists have noticed a whiff of stagflation in the air as Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs loom.

The president, however, refuted worries of slow economic growth and high inflation and insisted the U.S. economy is headed for “boomtown.”

Donald Trump has expressed his discontent with Volodymyr Zelenksy, accusing the Ukrainian President of trying to back out of a potential minerals deal.

The U.S. has been trying to secure a deal to give them access to Ukraine’s mineral deposits as a form of recuperation for previously provided military aid, plus interest. Zelensky has said he would not agree to a deal if it threatened Kyiv’s potential European Union membership.

Trump told reporters on board Air Force One: “He’s trying to back out of the rare earth deal and if he does that he’s got some problems, big, big problems.”

Reporting by multiple outlets suggests that while President Donald Trump has been outwardly supportive of his national security adviser since the Signalgate security breach fiasco, internal discussions about Mike Waltz’s future were somewhat different.

Trump said that there were methods for doing so, even clarifying that he was “not joking” in his conversation with Kristen Welker, moderator of Meet the Press.

Donald Trump says he will meet comedian Bill Maher in the White House as a “favor” for his “friend” Kid Rock.

“I got a call from a very good guy, and friend of mine, Kid Rock, asking me whether or not it would be possible for me to meet, in the White House, with Bill Maher, a man who has been unjustifiably critical of anything, or anyone, TRUMP,” he posted on Truth Social on Sunday evening.

“I really didn’t like the idea much, and don’t like it much now, but thought it would be interesting,” he continued. “The problem is, no matter how much he likes your Favorite President, ME, he will publicly proclaim what a terrible guy I am, etc.”

Trump said that he expected Maher to behave like the Democrats who protested at his speech during his joint session of Congress earlier this month.

“Who knows, though, maybe I’ll be proven wrong? In any event, I’m doing a favor for a friend,” he continued.

“I look forward to meeting with Bill Maher, Kid Rock and, I believe, even the Legendary Dana White will be present. It might be fun or, it might not, but you will be the first to know!”

As President Donald Trump’s much-vaunted “Liberation Day” approaches, in which he will impose reciprocal tariffs on U.S. trading partners and a 25 percent tax on imported cars, Americans believe he is focused too much on his trade war and not enough on lowering prices.

Oscar-winning actress Mikey Madison appeared in the skit, messaging her friends about boys and other teenage concerns before being abruptly interrupted by Hegseth – played by Andrew Dismukes – who derailed the conversation.

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