16 things Trump and team did this week | Global News Avenue

The third week of Donald Trump’s second term was marked by a bigger and bigger action by the U.S. president and his team.

From announcing our future goals for Gaza and massively cutting U.S. foreign aid agencies to interfere with golf disputes and ban trans women from participating in women’s sports, his adviser Elon Musk and his team The rest of the members worked hard on the agenda.

There are a lot to keep up with – so this reminds us of 15 moves this week.

Trump said at a joint press conference by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Tuesday that the United States will “take over” and “its own” Gaza, relocating its Palestine in the process population.

Trump proposed to develop the territory after a 15-month war between Israel and Hamas and enter the “Middle Eastern Riviera”.

Trump repeated on social media on Thursday: “Israel will hand over the Gaza Strip to the United States at the end of the battle.

Trump believes displacement will be permanent, but administration officials later suggested that any relocation is only temporary.

Anyone who is forced to expel civilians will violate international law.

Thousands of U.S. International Development Agency (USAID) employees are expected to take midnight off Friday.

The proposed cuts will affect the vast majority of the agency’s workforce, with only a few hundred basic employees of about 10,000 employees worldwide.

The move comes after workers were asked to stay away from the agency’s Washington, D.C. headquarters earlier this week.

The agency’s cuts have upended the global aid system, and countries around the world have frozen hundreds of plans.

The Trump administration reportedly intends to merge the agency, which distributes billions of dollars of aid globally to the State Department.

Trump imposed 10% tariffs on Chinese imports on Tuesday, but threatened to impose 25% tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico after leaders of those countries pledged to strengthen border security.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau agreed to strengthen the U.S.-Canadian border to limit immigration and the movement of the deadly drug fentanyl.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum agreed to strengthen the country’s northern border with troops, and in return, the United States will limit the flow of guns into Mexico.

Some experts believe that tariffs that could exacerbate inflation are part of Trump’s campaign platform ahead of the November election.

The Trump administration has provided incentives to federal workers to voluntarily resign before the midnight deadline on Thursday as part of an effort to cut the size of the administration.

But the U.S. judge temporarily stopped planning hours before the deadline until Monday’s hearing to determine the merits of the lawsuit filed by the federal employee union, CBS News reported.

Some more than 2 million civilian workers in the federal government are confused by the terms of the deal, which the government says will allow them to receive salaries and benefits in September in exchange for resignation.

Critics questioned the legality of the offer, and some federal employee unions advised members to exercise caution when accepting the deal.

On Thursday, Trump signed an order to impose sanctions on some staff of the International Criminal Court (ICC). These sanctions restrict financial and visa restrictions on individuals and their families who assist the ICC in investigating U.S. citizens or allies.

The Hague-based court will prosecute genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes worldwide. Recently, it issued an arrest warrant against Commander Hamas and Netanyahu of Israel on suspicion of denying war crimes in Gaza in Israel.

Trump announced the news as Netanyahu visited Washington, D.C.

More than 120 countries, including the UK, are members of the International Criminal Court, although the United States and Israel are not.

Trump said he ordered military air strikes on top of the Islamic State Group of Northeast Somalia on February 1.

He said “many terrorists” were killed, “no civilians were harmed anyway. The BBC was unable to independently verify the casualty report.

The Presidential Office of Somalia’s Social Media welcomes “the firm support of the United States in the fight against international terrorism.”

Trump has also taken action to end our involvement in several UN agencies.

On Tuesday, Trump signed an executive order to evacuate the United States from major UN Palestinian refugee agencies or near-distance rescue workers, of which Israel is very important.

The same order says the United States will no longer participate in the UN Human Rights Commission (UNHRC), and the United States will review it in the UN Education, Science and Culture Organization (UNESCO) within 90 days.

The United States sent the first group of immigrants to Guantanamo Bay after Trump announced plans to expand immigration detention programs at U.S. naval bases in Cuba.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said the detainees were part of Tren de Aragua, a gang that originated in a prison in Venezuela. CBS reported that ten detainees were sent.

The move comes after Trump ordered the expansion of existing immigration detention facilities to about 30,000 people.

Naval bases have been used to accommodate a small number of immigrants for decades – more than dozens at a time in recent years.

In addition, since its opening in 2002, nearly 800 people have been sentenced to jail in detention centers at the base. According to US media reports, about 15 people are still imprisoned there.

Deported flights also bring immigrants back to India this week.

Trump said on Monday that he hopes Ukraine guarantees more rare earth metals in exchange for $30 billion (£240 billion) to support its fight with Russia.

“We want what we are going to do in terms of assurance…We want to reach an agreement with Ukraine to make sure we use rare earths (minerals) and other things to make sure what they give them,” Trump said.

According to CBS, Ukraine has a large amount of uranium, lithium and titanium that can be used for defense and electronic manufacturing.

In response, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country is open to investments in U.S. companies.

Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday that prevented trans women from participating in the women’s sports category.

The order outlines guidance, regulations and legal interpretations for high schools, colleges and grassroots athletics.

However, Trump said the order would include the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, adding that he would deny visas for transgender Olympic athletes who were trying to visit the U.S. to compete.

Trump ordered the Army Corps of Engineers to release billions of gallons of water from two reservoirs in California’s Central Valley after a deadly wildfire in Los Angeles in January.

The state’s Governor Gavin Newsom and other officials questioned Trump’s claims that California has detained water supplies that could make a difference in putting out the fires.

The water is released into a dry lake bed more than 100 km (160 km) from the fire. Experts and officials told CBS that water cannot flow to Los Angeles and may be wasted.

U.S. Congressman Ted Lieu, a Democrat from California, said it “saves farmers in summer during summer when it needs water” before the dam is released.

Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to “protect religious freedoms of Americans and end anti-Christian weaponization of the administration.”

He appointed newly confirmed Attorney General Pam Bond to lead a task force to eliminate what he calls “anti-Christian bias” in the federal government.

Trump signed the order after speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C.

Trump is an avid golfer with classes around the world and reportedly has a feud between champion organizer PGA Tour and rival Liv Golf.

Following the launch of Liv Golf, competitors participated in negotiations and announced a “framework agreement” for the merger, but the deadline for completing the deal.

This week, PGA Tour said the deal with Liv Golf is “close to deal” after calling for Trump to step in.

“We ask the President to participate in the interests of the country and all the countries involved in it,” the statement said. “We are pleased that his leadership has brought us closer to the last agreement, paving the way for the unity of professional golf for men. ”

It is reported that starting last week, the Trump administration ordered some U.S. government agencies to remove references on climate change.

It affects the websites of the transportation, defense, state and agricultural departments that manage Forest Services, according to the Guardian.

Some climate content remains on the sites of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), NASA and the Department of Energy.

According to US media reports, some employees of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) were also ordered to stop temporarily communicating with foreign nationals this week.

The change comes as reports that Elon Musk’s Ministry of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staff (not official government departments) entered NOAA’s office and took over the agency’s internal website, removing the Pages of diverse employee affinity groups.

President Donald Trump said Friday that he directed Musk’s Doge, a cost-cutting program designed to narrow down the federal government to go with others in the Department of Defense The agency’s Ministry of Defense “checkout” expenditure.

“Pentagon, education, almost everything,” Trump said in a press conference to visit Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.

According to U.S. media reports, the Trump administration also granted members of Doge a payment system from the U.S. Treasury Department, which controls trillions of dollars in funding flows each year.

Musk’s newly created Doge (not the official federal department) has been involved in government turmoil.

trump card Joe Biden’s security permission revoked And get a daily intelligence briefing on Friday – what Biden did to Trump four years ago.

“Joe Biden doesn’t need to continue receiving confidential information,” Trump wrote in an article on his Truth Social Platform.

“Joe, you’re fired.” The Republican mentioned his slogan on the reality TV show “Apprentice.”

Here are other announcements Friday, including an executive order to freeze financial aid to South Africa and announce that he will fire the board of directors of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. and name his own chairman.