Oct. 15, 2024, 1:14 p.m. ET8 minutes ago
Michael Gold
Asked directly to respond to a recent report that he had spoken with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia as many as seven times since leaving office in 2021, Trump said he would not âcomment on that,â but that it would be a âsmart thingâ if he did it. âIâm trying to deal with people,â he said. âIf I have a relationship with people, thatâs a good thing.â
Oct. 15, 2024, 1:12 p.m. ET11 minutes ago
Ana Swanson
Trump is clashing with John Micklethwait, the editor in chief of Bloomberg, over the economic impact of tariffs. Trump insists that they will encourage companies to move factories back to the United States without raising costs for consumers â which is an argument many economists disagree with. But Trump counters that if you make tariffs âso high, so horrible, so obnoxious,â factories will come right away.