By Jarrett Renshaw, Daphne Psaledakis and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump said the sweeping tariffs that he has imposed on Mexico, Canada and China may cause “short term” pain for Americans as global stock markets tumbled on concerns the levies will spark an economically damaging trade war. Trump said he would talk on Monday with the leaders of Canada and Mexico, which
Tech billionaire Elon Musk said Monday that he and President Donald Trump were in the process of shutting down the USAID, escalating their war on the federal bureaucracy.

Musk announced the planned closure of the foreign assistance agency early Monday morning on social media.

Elon Musk, who Donald Trump has assigned to lead a federal cost-cutting panel, said the US president agrees that USAID should be shut down.

Panama’s president says sovereignty over canal not up for debate but suggests review of agreements with Chinese companies

Billionaire says in social media talk that Donald Trump agrees the world’s largest single donor should be shut down
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