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New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s posts on a social media platform called Truth Social, announcing an immediate tariff cut from 25 to 18 per cent and heralding a trade deal with India raised much furore back home on Tuesday. Truth Social, launched in February 2022 by Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), has become the United States President’s primary megaphone for politics and policy. Initially dismissed as a “Twitter clone”, Trump’s relentless use of the platf…

Washington, Jan 11 (IANS) President Donald Trump said the United States was ready to help Iranians, posting the message on social media as US media reported growing protests, tight security measures, and a near-total internet shutdown in Iran.“Iran is looking at FREEDOM, perhaps like never before. The USA stands ready to help!!!” Trump wrote in a post. A few hours later, he shared another message pointing to a protest abroad, writing: “Protester scales Iranian Embassy in London, tears down…

Washington, Jan 3 (IANS) A prominent American daily has laid out what it describes as the “20 best things” President Donald Trump did in 2025, arguing that the scale of his actions in the opening phase of his second term goes beyond a conventional year-end accounting.A Washington Post column, written by Marc A. Thiessen and published under the banner “The 20 best things Trump did in 2025,” says Trump has had “such a consequential start to his second term” that “my normal list of 10…