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Friday, September 12, 2025
TopicPresident Donald Trump

Topic: President Donald Trump

Modi is Trump’s man, the ‘odd’ GST fire & crisis aboard Maha Vikas Aghadi Express

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Trump says US has ‘terminated’ ISIS leader Baghdadi’s ‘number one replacement’ too

President Donald Trump tweets that US troops have killed the man 'most likely' to succeed Baghdadi, but doesn’t reveal his name.

Post Saudi attack, the politics around Trump-Rouhani talks get trickier

The attacks in Saudi Arabia have sparked a discussion of how the US and its allies should retaliate, casting a pall over the fitful efforts at diplomacy.

Trump’s failure to follow through on bluster leaves him little room to corner Iran

President Donald Trump has boxed himself in with the Saudis and continues to blur the line between serving US national interest and his own self-interest.

Trump says US ‘locked & loaded’ after Saudi attack, raises bipartisan alarm

The prospect of a strike on Iran in retaliation for an attack that didn’t target Americans or even a country with which the US has a defense treaty is proving divisive in Washington.

Trump was right to cancel talks with Taliban but all is not lost

Most insurgencies end in a negotiation. If the Taliban are unwilling to accept a peaceful outcome the US should walk away from the table.

Xi Jinping asks Communist Party officials to show ‘fighting spirit’ to overcome risks

The Chinese president’s latest remarks come just weeks before the party’s decision-making body is expected to hold its first full meeting in 20 months.

‘Don’t want to trouble any third country’: Modi reiterates India-Pakistan a bilateral issue

At a press meet with PM Narendra Modi on the G-7 sidelines, US president Donald Trump said he had confidence India and Pakistan will resolve their issues, reiterating New Delhi's stand.

Modi has betrayed interests of India: Rahul Gandhi on Trump’s Kashmir mediation claim

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said the Centre's denial of US President Trump's claims was "weak" and demanded a response from PM Modi.

Trump’s trade war strategy is easy to grasp – he doesn’t have one

Trump, bumbling haphazardly & randomly from one business venture to the next, was never much of a strategic thinker in his pre-politics career.

On Camera

The key difference between India and China’s response to Gen-Z protests in Nepal

China is desperate to keep Communist Nepal ally intact. India must worry.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?