Trump puts tariff threat on hold after Colombia agrees to take deported migrants: Live

The Kremlin said it had not yet received any “signals” from the US about a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump, after the leaders said last week they were ready to make contact.

“So far, we have not received any signals from the Americans. The readiness remains. The same readiness, as we have heard, remains on the American side,” Dmitry Peskov, a Kremlin spokesperson, told reporters on Monday.

Comedian Bill Maher slammed Democrats for allowing President Donald Trump’s popularity to rise following his first week in office.

“Here’s how bad the Democrats f***** up: Trump is cool now,” Maher said on Real Time with Bill Maher. “He’s not just the most powerful guy in the world and just made himself like the richest, he’s actually kind of [cool] at 78!”

Maher pointed to rappers and athletes sharing their liking of the new president. Nelly, Rick Ross, and Snoop Dogg all performed at inaugural events, in addition to the Village People.

“I mean, rappers like him, the athletes are doing…” Maher added as he gestured Trump’s well-known rally dance.

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After slamming Donald Trump’s forceful approach to policy, and more generally, Americana, Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said he hopes to one day sit down with the U.S. president over a glass of whiskey.

But there’s a catch: Donald Trump is teetotal.

Prior to reversing course and agreeing to accept two military planes of migrants being repatriated from the U.S .– and doing so, avoiding hefty 25 percent tariffs on Colombian goods imported to the U.S. – Petro wrote a scathing social media post about Trump’s attitude towards Bogota.

“I don’t like your oil, Trump, you’re going to wipe out the human species because of greed. Maybe one day, over a glass of whiskey, which I accept, despite my gastritis, we can talk frankly about this, but it’s difficult because you consider me an inferior race and I’m not, nor is any Colombian,” Petro wrote on X in a post translated by Google.

“So if you know someone who is stubborn, that’s me, period. You can try to carry out a coup with your economic strength and your arrogance, like they did with Allende. But I will die in my law, I resisted torture and I resist you.”

Prior to Colombia agreeing to accept two military planes of migrants from the US on Sunday, Donald Trump posted an AI-generated photo of himself with a sign reading “FAFO” (f**k around, find out) on Truth Social.

The post came after Trump had threatened to impose “emergency 25 percent tariffs” and a number of “decisive retaliatory measures” on the nation after President Gustavo Petro blocked two repatriation flights from landing.

Volodymyr Zelensky has stated his belief that a deal to end Russia’s war in Ukraine could be made under Donald Trump’s presidency but demanded Kyiv be included in any peace talks.

The Ukrainian president also said on Saturday that the terms of any deal that might arise under the new US president were still unclear – and might not even be clear to Trump himself – because Vladimir Putin had no interest in ending the war.

However, the Russian president has emphasised that he is open for talks with Trump on a broad range of issues including his country’s war in Ukraine, telling a state TV journalist on Friday: “We believe the current president’s statements about his readiness to work together. We are always open to this and ready for negotiations.”

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Two of the family members of the four female Israeli soldiers released on Saturday have thanked President Trump for his role in securing their loved ones’ release.

Family members of each of the freed hostages, Karina Ariev, Daniella Gilboa, Naama Levy and Liri Albag, made statements on Sunday, 26 January, after their reunion at Beilinson Hospital.

Karina Ariev’s sister, Sasha, thanked Mr Trump for his “unwavering support” adding that her hope rested with him for the return of all remaining Israeli hostages.

Hamas handed over the four Israeli soldiers early on Saturday morning with 200 Palestinians released from Israeli prisons on the same day as the fragile ceasefire continues in Gaza.

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Keir Starmer and Donald Trump’s relationship has been far from smooth sailing, with the two having a turbulent dynamic since the Labour leader entered Downing Street. But now Trump is officially back in the White House for his second term – does it look like tensions might finally be thawing?

If Trump’s most recent comments are to be believed, the answer is yes. The president struck an astoundingly positive tone when speaking about Starmer in some comments made to the BBC on board Air Force One on Saturday – saying he has a “very good relationship” with his British counterpart, and adding the prime minister has done a “very good job thus far”.

But that doesn’t paint the whole picture. It comes amid the backdrop of an ongoing row with Trump’s ally Elon Musk, who has publicly criticised the UK PM, and anger over Labour helping Kamala Harris in the US election.

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