Trump-China Summit Yields Limited Progress on Trade and Tech Cooperation 
Rubio Says NATO Must Benefit All Members Ahead of Sweden Meeting 
World Bank Emergency Funding Demand Surges as 27 Countries Seek Crisis Support Amid Iran Conflict 
White House Shooting Reports Prompt Major Security Response in Washington, D.C. 
Trump’s White House Ballroom Project Draws Criticism Amid Rising Gas Prices 
China Coal Mine Explosion Death Toll Revised to 82 in Shanxi 
Xi Jinping Orders Full Rescue After Shanxi Coal Mine Gas Explosion Kills Eight 
Trump Signals Tough Stance on Iran Uranium Stockpile as Nuclear Talks Show Limited Progress 
Rubio Pressures NATO Allies as Trump Questions Alliance Commitment 
Iran Pushes Nationalist Propaganda as Economic Crisis and War Deepen 
Iran-U.S. Talks Continue as Strait of Hormuz and Uranium Dispute Stall Peace Efforts 
US Approves $108 Million Hawk Missile System Support Package for Ukraine 
DHS Threatens to Halt International Airport Processing in Sanctuary Cities 
Russia Launches Massive Missile and Drone Strike on Kyiv Amid Oreshnik Threat 
Israel Faces Global Backlash Over Gaza Flotilla Activists’ Treatment 
Mexico-EU Free Trade Deal Signals Strategic Shift Away From U.S. Dependence 
Marco Rubio Visits India to Rebuild U.S.-India Ties Amid Trade and Geopolitical Tensions 
Donald Trump and his administration have maintained a hard stance on China, blaming them for the pandemic as well as imposing high tariffs. As election day nears and Trump is seeking a second term, reports have surfaced that he owns an undisclosed bank account in China and has paid more taxes there than he has done in the United States.
The New York Times reviewed Trump’s tax records and found a previously undisclosed bank account in China owned by the Trump International Hotels Management. Reviewing the records further, they also found that the account paid $188,561 in taxes to China from 2013 to 2015 which are related to possible licensing deals. This is a stark contrast to the $750 in federal tax that Trump was revealed to have paid in the United States in 2016 and 2017.
The latest records found that Trump invested $192,000 in five companies that are linked to seeking business deals in China. The said companies incurred $97,400 in business expenses, with the payments made as late as 2018.
US and China relations have increasingly soured over the past few months. Trump has constantly blamed China for the COVID-19 pandemic that has now brought over 220,000 Americans dead and millions infected. The recent reports now coincide with Trump’s constant accusations of Joe Biden as being soft or lax on China while trying to paint the Biden family as corrupt and selling out the US to China. The Trump campaign has also resorted to attacking the Democratic candidate by using his son Hunter Biden’s alleged business deals overseas.
Nevertheless, many Americans have already begun voting, including lawmakers like Mitt Romney. The Republican Senator revealed that he did not vote for Trump in the upcoming elections, which is another break from his fellow Republicans. The 2012 presidential candidate, however, did not say if he voted for Biden or some other candidate instead of the Republican incumbent.
Romney is among the Republican lawmakers who has been very critical of Trump and is the sole Republican Senator who voted to impeach Trump during the Senate trials. Trump, in turn, has constantly attacked Romney.
