Air Force Investigates Officer After Capitol Protest Calling for Trump, Vance Impeachment 
Trump Offers to Help Advance Ukraine Peace Talks in Call With Putin 
US Appeals Court Limits ICE Detention Without Bond Hearings After 90 Days 
Zelenskiy Urges Trump’s Support to Help End Russia-Ukraine War 
UN Warns of Looming Human Rights Catastrophe in Sudan’s Al-Obeid 
Kim Jong Un Oversees North Korea Destroyer Missile Tests, Orders Rapid Naval Deployment 
OpenAI Proposes 5% U.S. Government Stake Amid AI Policy Talks 
US Resumes Dollar Shipments to Iraq After Months-Long Suspension 
Trump Administration Declines USMCA Renewal, Opens Talks on New Trade Changes 
Trump Administration Proposes Repeal of 702 Federal Regulations in Major Deregulation Push 
EU Chip Industry Faces Growing Risks From China Export Controls and U.S. Technology Dependence: Report 
Russia’s Deadly Kyiv Missile and Drone Attack Kills 27 as Zelensky Urges Faster Air Defense Support 
Khamenei Funeral Draws Thousands as Iran Stages Nationwide Week of Mourning 
Trump Accounts Now Accept Stock Donations as Treasury Launches New Child Investment Program 
South Korea Warns Won Is Undervalued, Boosts FX Coordination With Japan 
Russian Attacks Kill Six Across Ukraine as Kyiv Mourns Deadly Strike 
Moody’s Says Peru’s President-Elect Keiko Fujimori Could Boost Investor Confidence 
Recent revelations about Donald Trump and his administration came from journalist Bob Woodward’s book “Rage,” with recordings of interviews with Trump surfacing to the public. Trump recently claimed he read the entire book and said he found it to be boring.
The book, made up of interviews Woodward has done with the president, caused an uproar due to the revelation that Trump was aware of the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic yet chose to downplay the situation. Speaking to Fox & Friends on Tuesday, Trump claimed to have read the 392-page book excluding notes on sources, acknowledgments, and the index. Trump said that it was “lightweight reading” and that he did not understand the point of the book as he read it in one night.
Rage is Woodward’s second book about the Trump administration, following his first one, Fear, that was released in 2018. Trump and Woodward did not speak during the making of the first book, to which Trump said he regretted not doing. Trump then described the Watergate reporter as someone who writes bad books.
“He only writes bad books and I actually got to read it last night. I read it very quickly and it was very boring,” said Trump.
However, multiple reports have previously revealed that Trump does not read whether it would be books or briefing materials provided to him. The administration’s former economic adviser Gary Cohn is quoted in Michael Wolff’s book “Fire and Fury,” as saying that Trump would not read anything, from memos, policy papers, and briefings.
“It’s worse than you can imagine… Trump won’t read anything -- not one-page memos, not the brief policy papers, nothing,” said Cohn.
Meanwhile, a global survey reveals that Trump has become less trusted internationally compared to other world leaders, especially when it came to his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Favorability towards the US by the UK, Australia, France, Germany, Canada, and Japan has hit a record low in a span of 20 years. Respondents in the UK, Spain, France, and Germany gave him low ratings that could be compared to his predecessor George W. Bush and even more so during his immediate predecessor Barack Obama’s highs during his eight-year tenure.
