Trump's USA

Trump's business
Trump appears to be backing away from controversial fund

The Trump administration has signaled that it plans to abolish a controversial $1.8 billion fund, several American media outlets report. This after a federal judge decided to temporarily block the fund.

According to sources to ABC, the purpose of the fund was to compensate people who claim to have suffered harm during the Biden administration, such as those indicted after the storming of the Capitol.

The fund has been met with strong criticism, including from its own Republican party.

It is still unclear whether the decision will be permanent, sources tell NBC News.

The President's team
Trump ally becomes new director of intelligence in the United States

President Donald Trump has appointed Bill Pulte as acting director of the US National Intelligence Service, several media outlets report.

A close Trump ally, Pulte is currently the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. He has no previous experience in national security and is now succeeding Tulsi Gabbard, who resigned at the end of May, writes The Hill.

“William has deep experience in dealing with the most sensitive issues in the United States, the safety and soundness of the markets,” Trump writes in a post on Truth Social.

Trump's Choice Raises Questions: "Don't Know Anything About Him"

American politicians on both sides of Congress are expressing dissatisfaction with Donald Trump's choice of Bill Pulte as the new acting director of intelligence.

Senate Majority Leader, Republican John Thune, says that the United States currently does not need a politicized director of intelligence, writes The Hill.

- If he is nominated to permanently hold the position, he will have to go through a confirmation process in the Senate, with hearings and everything else that goes with it. So we'll see, says Thune.

Jim Himes, a Democratic member of the House of Representatives, who sits on the intelligence committee, says in a statement that Pulte has the potential "to be a disaster for US national security," reports the New York Times.

Republican Senator Susan Collins, who also sits on the committee, says she doesn't know if Pulte has any experience in national security or if he's ever had a security clearance.

"I really don't know anything about him," she says.

Trump's tariff policy
Brazil condemns Marco Rubio: "Mortal enemy"

Brazilian President Lula da Silva calls US Secretary of State Marco Rubio a "mortal enemy" to several South American countries, reports AFP.

The statement comes after the US threatened new tariffs of 25 percent on Brazilian goods, with few exceptions. The threats come despite the US and Brazil agreeing on a 30-day period to resolve trade disputes and shortly after Lula da Silva's meeting with Donald Trump at the White House.

- That Marco Rubio type, mortal enemy to several South American countries, did not participate in the meeting I had with Trump, says Silva, who points out that the foreign minister may have had a hand in the game.