Anti-wall: Team Biden spent $2 billion to ‘babysit’ concrete, steel on the border

Anti-wall: Team Biden spent $2 billion to ‘babysit’ concrete, steel on the border

by WorldTribune Staff, July 26, 2021 The Biden administration is paying contractors $3 million per day to guard construction materials that were to be used to build the border wall but are sitting idle after Joe Biden’s executive order in January halting wall construction, Republicans say. Team Biden has spent roughly $2 billion thus far […]

U.S. ramps up pressure on Iran, one year after Trump withdrew from nuclear deal

U.S. ramps up pressure on Iran, one year after Trump withdrew from nuclear deal

by WorldTribune Staff, May 9, 2019 U.S. President Donald Trump on May 8 announced sanctions on Iran’s trade in metals, which is the Islamic Republic’s third largest export. Trump’s executive order imposes sanctions on Iran’s iron, steel, aluminum, and copper sectors. Trump said the new sanctions target “Iran’s revenue from the export of industrial metals […]

Turkey’s Erdogan on the defensive: Trump turns up the heat, exacts pain

Turkey’s Erdogan on the defensive: Trump turns up the heat, exacts pain

by WorldTribune Staff, August 10, 2018 Turkey’s lira went into a tailspin on Aug. 10 after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would impose steep tariffs on the NATO country’s steel and aluminum. “I have just authorized a doubling of Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum with respect to Turkey as their currency, the Turkish Lira, […]