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Trump's withdrawal from 66 international organizations, confrontations with NATO allies, and a transactional approach to global commitments
Senior Trump administration officials, including Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, have seized on the killing of a British teenager to attack Europe’s immigration policies and accuse allied governments of lacking…
3 MIN READGermany has withdrawn from the tri-national Future Combat Air System stealth-fighter project, ending a two-decade effort to build a next-generation combat aircraft and dealing a setback to European defense ambitions as the United States…
3 MIN READPresident Donald Trump abruptly ended an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press" on Friday after host Kristen Welker repeatedly pressed him for evidence to support his unsubstantiated claims that the 2020 presidential election and…
4 MIN READWith the United States' 250th birthday approaching next month, President Donald Trump's proposals for a Garden of Heroes, a monumental arch, a massive ballroom, and other memorial projects have intensified disputes over public monuments…
3 MIN READA Guardian analysis published June 7 assesses President Donald Trump's diplomatic record as ceasefires in Ukraine, Iran, Lebanon and Gaza have collapsed or frayed since being brokered earlier this year. The commentary, by foreign affairs…
4 MIN READThe 2026 FIFA World Cup kicked off this week across 16 host cities in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, marking the first time the tournament has been co-hosted by three nations. The unprecedented arrangement comes after months of…
3 MIN READA new analysis from the nonpartisan Niskanen Center found that President Trump's National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C., reduced opportunistic property crimes by 24% but had no measurable effect on violent crime, while costing…
3 MIN READThe Trump administration is making access to critical minerals and sensitive health data a condition for resuming U.S. foreign health aid in sub-Saharan Africa, prompting several nations to reject or stall negotiations over terms they say…
3 MIN READThe U.S. State Department has launched a review that could lead to the closure of an unspecified number of Mexico’s 53 consulates in the United States, alarming immigrant communities and legal advocates who rely on the diplomatic posts for…
3 MIN READU.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in India on Saturday ahead of next week’s Quad ministerial meeting, where he will join counterparts from India, Australia and Japan. The trip follows strain in U.S.-India ties tied to President…
3 MIN READA bipartisan group of U.S. senators led by Lisa Murkowski and Jeanne Shaheen will depart Friday on a tour of Arctic nations, leaving the men behind. The eight senators and their staff plan diplomatic visits to government officials in…
3 MIN READSecretary of State Marco Rubio sought to calm NATO allies ahead of Friday’s foreign ministers meeting in Sweden after President Donald Trump’s latest abrupt decision about U.S. troop deployments. Hours after Rubio left for the Helsingborg…
3 MIN READIn January, the Trump administration released a National Defense Strategy that fundamentally shifts U.S. foreign policy priorities, emphasizing control of the Western Hemisphere over decades-long efforts to counter China while directing…
6 MIN READPresident Donald Trump announced Thursday that the United States will send an additional 5,000 troops to Poland, sowing confusion after the administration had spent weeks signaling it would reduce the American military footprint in Europe.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio sought to reassure NATO allies on Friday that the U.S. remains committed to the alliance, hours after President Donald Trump stunned European diplomats by announcing he would send 5,000 additional troops to…
3 MIN READA bipartisan all-women delegation of eight U.S. senators, led by Republican Lisa Murkowski and Democrat Jeanne Shaheen, departed for a tour of Arctic nations on May 22, aiming to reassure allies unsettled by the Trump administration’s…
3 MIN READA bipartisan delegation of eight U.S. senators — all women — departed for a tour of Arctic nations Thursday, seeking to reassure allies unsettled by President Donald Trump’s confrontational stance in the region. Led by Sens. Lisa Murkowski…
3 MIN READSecretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to a NATO foreign ministers meeting in Sweden on Friday, the State Department said May 19, as European allies weigh U.S. troop changes and Trump’s past comments about the alliance. Rubio is also…
3 MIN READSecretary of State Marco Rubio sought to calm NATO allies on Friday after President Donald Trump abruptly announced he would send an additional 5,000 troops to Poland—an about-face from a recent message that Poland would not get an…
3 MIN READPresident Donald Trump said the United States will send an additional 5,000 troops to Poland, upending recent signals that Washington would be drawing down in Europe. The announcement has prompted U.S. defense officials to express…
3 MIN READSecretary of State Marco Rubio will travel this week to a NATO foreign ministers meeting in Sweden, where U.S. plans to reduce troop levels in Europe have met European anxiety about President Donald Trump’s stance toward the alliance, an…
3 MIN READSecretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Sweden this week for a NATO foreign ministers meeting, as European allies grow increasingly concerned about U.S. plans to cut troop levels in Europe and President Donald Trump's shifting stance…
3 MIN READSecretary of State Marco Rubio will travel this week to a NATO foreign ministers meeting in Sweden as European officials weigh U.S. plans to reduce troop levels in Europe and President Donald Trump’s stance on the alliance. The State…
3 MIN READThe Pentagon said the United States is pausing participation in a joint defense board with Canada that dates to World War II, accusing Canada of failing to make credible progress on its defense commitments. The decision was announced…
3 MIN READFrance's top diplomat moved to bar U.S. Ambassador Charles Kushner from direct government access in late February after he failed to attend a summoned meeting called to discuss controversial American comments about a far-right activist's…
3 MIN READThe Pentagon has canceled upcoming deployments of Army combat units to Poland and Germany, halting the movement of roughly 4,000 troops in a drawdown directed by the Trump administration to reduce the U.S. military footprint in Europe.…
3 MIN READThe Pentagon is canceling deployments of thousands of U.S. troops to Poland and Germany as part of a plan to reduce the number of American forces in Europe, U.S. officials told The Associated Press. The canceled movements include 4,000…
3 MIN READThe Trump administration's decision to abruptly dissolve the U.S. Agency for International Development has been followed by a significant increase in violence across Africa's most aid-dependent regions, according to a study published…
4 MIN READU.S. President Donald Trump’s decision last year to dissolve the U.S. Agency for International Development, once a leading global aid donor, was followed by a significant increase in violence in several African countries, according to a…
3 MIN READThe Trump administration is reviewing Mexico’s 53 consulates in the United States, a move that could lead to some closures, a State Department official said May 8. The official said the State Department is constantly reviewing aspects of…
3 MIN READZambia's foreign minister on Monday accused the United States of linking a $2 billion health assistance package to access to the country's critical minerals, escalating a diplomatic row over the Trump administration's transactional…
3 MIN READZambia’s foreign affairs minister said the United States is tying a $2 billion health assistance deal to access to the country’s critical minerals, calling allegations by outgoing U.S. ambassador Michael Gonzales “mischievous” and…
3 MIN READPresident Donald Trump said Saturday he would go “a lot further” than the Pentagon’s announced withdrawal of 5,000 U.S. troops from Germany, escalating a break with decades of U.S. policy that has maintained a large military presence in…
4 MIN READYEREVAN, Armenia — European leaders gathered Monday for a summit in Armenia said President Donald Trump's plan to pull thousands of U.S. troops out of Germany is the latest clear signal the continent must shoulder a larger share of its own…
3 MIN READEuropean leaders meeting in Yerevan said President Donald Trump’s decision to pull thousands of U.S. troops out of Germany is prompting renewed emphasis on Europe taking more responsibility for its security within NATO. The Pentagon last…
3 MIN READPresident Donald Trump said he would go “a lot further” than a Pentagon plan to remove 5,000 troops from Germany, putting new focus on the U.S. role in Europe. The Pentagon’s Friday announcement followed weeks of tense exchanges with…
3 MIN READPresident Donald Trump said the United States will significantly reduce its troop presence in Germany, escalating a dispute with Chancellor Friedrich Merz. The Pentagon had announced earlier that 5,000 troops would be withdrawn, but Trump…
3 MIN READThe Pentagon announced Friday that it will withdraw about 5,000 U.S. troops from Germany over the next six to 12 months, fulfilling President Donald Trump’s threat after he clashed with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz over the U.S.-led…
3 MIN READThe Pentagon said the United States will withdraw about 5,000 troops from Germany within the next six to 12 months, a move President Donald Trump has threatened amid clashes with German leader Friedrich Merz over Washington’s war with…
3 MIN READU.S. President Donald Trump extended an invitation to Iraq's newly designated prime minister, Ali al-Zaidi, to visit Washington and publicly endorsed the political newcomer following weeks of diplomatic friction over Baghdad's leadership…
3 MIN READU.S. President Donald Trump called Iraq’s prime minister-designate, Ali al-Zaidi, and invited him to Washington after he forms a government, the Iraqi prime minister’s office said Thursday. Trump also congratulated al-Zaidi in a post on…
3 MIN READPresident Donald Trump said Wednesday he is studying and reviewing whether to reduce U.S. troop presence in Germany, escalating a public dispute with Chancellor Friedrich Merz. The remarks followed Merz’s criticism of Washington over the…
3 MIN READU.S. President Donald Trump again threatened to pull American troops out of Germany, a key NATO ally and the European Union’s largest economy, after comments by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. In social media posts on Wednesday and…
3 MIN READFrench President Emmanuel Macron said the European Union’s push to bolster its own defense capabilities is meant to strengthen the NATO alliance, not create an alternative, during talks in Athens on April 25 with Greek Prime Minister…
3 MIN READThe Trump administration is pressing foreign governments to back a "Trade Over Aid Initiative" at the United Nations, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordering all U.S. diplomats to recruit high-level support ahead of a formal UN…
4 MIN READAlexandre Ramagem, Brazil's former intelligence agency chief who was sentenced to 16 years in prison for his role in a 2023 coup attempt, was released from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in Florida on Wednesday after a…
4 MIN READBRUSSELS — NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Thursday declined to say whether President Donald Trump has repeated a threat to quit the military alliance, after discussions in Brussels amid Trump criticism over U.S. support for the war…
3 MIN READDonald Trump Jr. criticized the European Union during a visit to Bosnia on Tuesday, saying its liberal policies discourage investment and predicting a “major fracture” between the bloc’s eastern and western member states. Speaking in the…
4 MIN READU.S. President Donald Trump signaled openness to leaving NATO as he criticized European allies over the Iran war and the Strait of Hormuz, a trade route through which about one-fifth of the world’s oil passes, the Associated Press…
3 MIN READThe Trump administration on Thursday announced it is easing sanctions on a group of Belarus-linked financial and fertilizer companies, citing improved conditions and closer ties with Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko. Treasury said it…
3 MIN READPresident Donald Trump’s special envoy to Belarus, John Coale, said he used vulgar language and drank vodka during his first meeting with President Alexander Lukashenko while trying to build rapport ahead of efforts to secure the release…
3 MIN READBrazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva criticized what he called a “colonial approach” toward developing nations during a summit in Colombia on Saturday, without naming U.S. President Donald Trump. Speaking at the Brazil-CELAC…
4 MIN READU.S. Vice President JD Vance is scheduled to visit Hungary days before Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government faces a pivotal election challenge, Hungary’s foreign minister said. The foreign ministry said the trip grows out of the “very…
3 MIN READThree more members of Iran’s women’s soccer team who accepted refugee visas to stay in Australia have decided to return to Iran, an Australian minister said Sunday. Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said the departures leave three of an…
3 MIN READMELBOURNE, Australia — Three additional members of Iran's women's soccer team who had accepted Australian refugee visas have decided to return to Iran, an Australian government minister said Sunday. The departure leaves three of the…
3 MIN READSouth Africa’s foreign minister said Wednesday the country summoned the new U.S. ambassador to explain his criticism of South Africa’s policies, as a diplomatic rift deepens. The ambassador, Leo Brent Bozell III, has taken aim at South…
3 MIN READEn su discurso del Estado de la Unión, el presidente Donald Trump se enfocó principalmente en asuntos internos, pero también delineó ante el público estadounidense por qué respalda sus esfuerzos de política exterior, en un momento en que…
4 MIN READThe U.S. embassy in Jerusalem plans to offer consular services for the first time at an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank, starting with routine passport assistance in Efrat on Friday. The embassy said the outreach will expand…
3 MIN READHong Kong protested Panama’s takeover of two strategic ports at the Panama Canal, which had been operated for decades by a Hong Kong-linked company, the city’s government said Tuesday. Panama said its Supreme Court decision left the…
3 MIN READPresident Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday tilted mainly toward domestic policy, while also laying out his foreign-policy priorities—ranging from a fragile Gaza ceasefire and hostage returns to a harder posture toward…
3 MIN READThe U.S. ambassador to France worked Tuesday to resolve a diplomatic row with Paris, telephoning Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot after missing a scheduled government meeting. Ambassador Charles Kushner and Barrot agreed to meet in coming…
3 MIN READSecretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to St. Kitts and Nevis this week for a one-day trip aimed at keeping the Western Hemisphere at the center of U.S. policy, the State Department said. The visit comes about a month after a U.S.…
3 MIN READJapanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said she hopes to deepen ties with U.S. President Donald Trump and strengthen cooperation on rare earths and other economic-security efforts during a visit to Washington next month. Takaichi,…
3 MIN READU.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited Budapest on Monday to endorse Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s bid to serve a fifth straight term, calling the relationship between Orbán and President Donald Trump “very, very close.”…
3 MIN READEU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on Sunday rejected U.S. claims that Europe faces “civilizational erasure,” during remarks at the Munich Security Conference. Kallas pushed back against criticism of Europe’s immigration policies,…
3 MIN READKaja Kallas, the European Union’s top foreign policy official, rejected Sunday claims from the Trump administration that Europe faces a “civilizational wipe,” telling allies at the Munich Security Conference that a “progressive and…
3 MIN READLeaders from all 27 European Union countries agreed in general terms Thursday on a plan to restructure the bloc’s economy to boost competitiveness as they face pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump, China’s hard-line economic tactics…
3 MIN READOpposition in the Democratic Republic of Congo is growing over a U.S.-backed minerals partnership offered by President Felix Tshisekedi after he returned from a critical minerals summit in Washington last week. Critics say the deal, framed…
3 MIN READThe United Nations said Monday it is waiting to learn how much the United States plans to pay of nearly $4 billion in arrears and when the money will arrive. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned last week that the world body…
3 MIN READU.S. Vice President JD Vance’s team posted and then deleted a message on social media referring to the “Armenian genocide” during the vice president’s visit to an official memorial in Armenia, the Associated Press reported Feb. 10. The…
3 MIN READVice President JD Vance landed in Armenia on Monday as the Trump administration seeks to advance a U.S.-brokered deal aimed at ending a decades-long conflict with Azerbaijan. Vance met with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, and they signed…
3 MIN READPresident Donald Trump has the right to amend a permit for the Gordie Howe International Bridge, the White House said Feb. 10, escalating a dispute with Canada even after Prime Minister Mark Carney said he was confident the matter would be…
3 MIN READMOSCOW — Russia said it regretted the expiration of its last nuclear arms treaty with the United States on Thursday, while President Donald Trump said he does not want to keep the existing limits and wants a new deal. The end of the New…
3 MIN READThe U.S. ambassador to Poland said Washington will have “no further dealings, contacts, or communications” with Włodzimierz Czarzasty, the speaker of Poland’s lower house, after what Ambassador Tom Rose called “outrageous and unprovoked…
3 MIN READU.S. Vice President JD Vance met Friday with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni during a weeklong trip to Italy for the Olympic Games, a visit that paired sports with diplomacy amid strained relations between Washington and Europe under…
3 MIN READLa Casa Blanca difundió un comunicado para conmemorar el aniversario de la guerra entre México y Estados Unidos con un relato que historiadores y analistas calificaron de “históricamente inexacto”. En México, la presidenta Claudia…
3 MIN READA division of the U.S. Agency for International Development that was eliminated after the Trump administration cut foreign aid was reborn Thursday as an independent nonprofit, with $48 million in philanthropic support. The new DIV Fund…
3 MIN READNATO allies and Canada have pledged major increases in defense spending to strengthen deterrence against Russia, but internal rifts have damaged confidence in the alliance’s unity under U.S. leadership, Associated Press reported. The AP…
3 MIN READNATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte told European Union lawmakers on Monday that Europe cannot defend itself without U.S. military support and would need to more than double current defense spending—and develop its own nuclear arsenal—to…
3 MIN READTrump demands the countries his war left in rubble pay for his Abraham Accords.
Trump broke the WWII pact with Canada and left eight senators to clean up.
Trump violated NATO promises and sent Rubio to demand more money.
The Trump administration released a new National Defense Strategy on January 24 that marks a significant shift in U.S. military priorities, moving away from the alliance-first approach of the Biden administration. The strategy re-frames Russia as a 'manageable threat' that European allies are 'substantially more powerful' than, calling on NATO members to take primary responsibility for their own defense while the United States focuses on defending its homeland and competing with China. The strategy also signals reduced direct U.S. military involvement across the Indo-Pacific, Middle East, and other regions, asking allies from South Korea to regional powers to assume leading roles in deterring threats.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney responded to U.S. President Donald Trump’s Davos remarks that “Canada lives because of the United States” by saying Canada “thrives because we are Canadian.” Carney made the comments after returning from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where he criticized coercion by great powers on smaller countries without naming Trump.
U.S. President Donald Trump posted praise Saturday for British soldiers killed and injured in Afghanistan, calling them "among the greatest of all warriors." The message appeared to partially address controversy sparked by Trump's remarks earlier in the week questioning whether NATO allies would support the U.S., comments that drew criticism from British officials and families of fallen soldiers.
President Donald Trump has based significant diplomatic decisions on personal slights during the past week — revoking Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's invitation to his Board of Peace and threatening tariffs on Switzerland, Denmark, and Canada over his personal interactions with their leaders. The moves illustrate what Trump and his advisers describe as a "maximalist strategy" and what alarmed allied leaders increasingly call a destabilizing departure from the rules-based international order that has underpinned U.S. foreign policy since World War II.
President Donald Trump's assertion that non-U.S. NATO troops "stayed a little back" from the front lines in Afghanistan and may not support the United States if called upon has provoked sharp rebukes in the United Kingdom, where British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called the comments "insulting" and "frankly appalling." Trump made the remarks Thursday in Davos, Switzerland, during an interview with Fox Business Network.
President Donald Trump dominated geopolitical discussions at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week, overshadowing traditional business focus with policy announcements while deepening apparent fractures with Western allies. During his roughly 24-hour visit, Trump reversed his earlier threats of tariffs against European countries, agreed to an Arctic security framework with NATO Chief Mark Rutte, and launched a "Board of Peace" to address the Israel-Hamas conflict. Governor Gavin Newsom of California criticized Trump during the forum, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and NATO Chief Mark Rutte praised his efforts to support Ukraine and strengthen Western defense.
The United States has finalized its withdrawal from the World Health Organization, ending America's 78-year commitment to the global health agency one year after President Donald Trump announced the decision, federal officials said Thursday. The U.S. owes about $280 million to the organization, and the administration acknowledged it has not yet worked out how the country will access critical data from other countries that could provide early warning of new pandemics.
President Donald Trump has spent his first year of a second term implementing a wide-ranging policy agenda spanning government restructuring, immigration enforcement, and military interventions abroad, according to an assessment by Associated Press White House and Washington correspondents. The administration has achieved significant policy implementation of campaign priorities, though public approval remains mixed across most major policy areas.
President Donald Trump is creating a “Board of Peace” meant to help broker ceasefires and other conflicts, an ambition that United Nations officials and U.N. Security Council members said Wednesday is unlikely to replace the world body’s decadeslong role. The Associated Press reported the effort as the latest U.S. challenge to the Security Council and to the relevance of the United Nations, including amid ongoing reforms and funding disputes.
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has been credited with helping defuse tensions between the United States and Europe over Greenland after President Donald Trump said he had agreed with Rutte on a “framework of a future deal” at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The episode followed Trump’s demand that he get Greenland and a decision by Trump to drop threats of punitive tariffs on eight European nations. Rutte’s role has highlighted a diplomatic style that U.S. and European figures say helps keep Trump and the NATO alliance engaged.
The Trump administration plans to expand rules that restrict U.S. foreign aid for groups supporting abortion-related services to cover additional categories, including international and U.S.-based organizations that promote gender identity and diversity, equity and inclusion programs. An administration official said the State Department will issue the final rules, expanding the scope of the “Mexico City” policy, which was first established under President Ronald Reagan and later rescinded and reinstated. The changes were first reported by Fox News and are expected to be published in the Federal Register on Friday.
More than 20 countries have said they will join U.S. President Donald Trump's Board of Peace, while Western European nations have declined their invitations. The board, initially designed to oversee the Gaza ceasefire, has expanded to include dozens of invited nations and could eventually exceed 50 members, Trump said.
Three U.S. Catholic cardinals urged the Trump administration to use a “moral compass” in foreign policy, warning that recent U.S. military action in Venezuela, threats to acquire Greenland and cuts to foreign aid could cause “vast suffering” instead of peace. In a joint statement on Monday, Cardinals Blase Cupich of Chicago, Robert McElroy of Washington and Joseph Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, said the current debate over Washington’s foreign policy is “mired in ‘polarization, partisanship, and narrow economic and social interests.’”
President Donald Trump said he is ready to restart U.S. mediation efforts between Egypt and Ethiopia over Nile River water-sharing issues. In remarks and a letter to Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, Trump said his team understands the Nile’s importance to Egypt’s people.
President Donald Trump thanked Iran’s government on Friday for canceling what he said were executions of political prisoners, as he also suggested the prospect of U.S. military action against Iran was fading. Trump told reporters, “Iran canceled the hanging of over 800 people,” and added, “and I greatly respect the fact that they canceled,” before leaving the White House for his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida.
President Donald Trump said Friday he is ready to restart U.S. mediation between Egypt and Ethiopia to resolve their long-running dispute over Nile River water sharing, posting a letter on his social media site addressed to Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi.
The Trump administration has identified a host of athletic competitions where athletes and coaches will be allowed to travel to the United States despite a broad visa ban affecting nearly 40 countries, the State Department said Wednesday.
The Trump administration says it will depart 66 international organizations, nearly half of them affiliated with the United Nations, according to a White House list provided to The Associated Press. The list groups the departures into non-UN organizations and U.N. organizations covering a range of issues including climate, labor, migration and other topics the administration has criticized as “woke.” The Associated Press published the names of the 66 organizations.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday suspending U.S. support for 66 international organizations, agencies, and commissions — including the United Nations population agency and the foundational UN climate treaty — according to a U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a presidential decision that had not yet been publicly announced.
El presidente estadounidense Donald Trump firmó una orden ejecutiva que suspende el apoyo de Estados Unidos a 66 organizaciones, agencias y comisiones internacionales, dijo el miércoles el Departamento de Estado, en una medida que incluye la agencia de población de la ONU y el tratado de la ONU sobre negociaciones climáticas. La decisión marca un nuevo paso de Estados Unidos para alejarse de la cooperación global, en un contexto de tensiones militares y amenazas que han afectado a aliados y adversarios.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order suspending U.S. support for 66 international organizations, agencies and commissions, according to a White House release. The move, announced Wednesday, includes departures from U.N.-related bodies such as the U.N. population agency and the U.N. treaty framework underpinning climate negotiations.
The United Nations’ top official said Thursday that the United States has a “legal obligation” to keep paying its dues that fund UN agencies, days after the White House announced it is withdrawing support from more than 30 UN-related initiatives. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres also said the UN entities targeted by the U.S. decision will continue their work despite the announcement.
Japan’s foreign ministry said President Donald Trump invited Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to visit the United States this spring during a phone call Friday. The call and invitation have not yet been confirmed by the White House, the Japanese ministry said.
