International
Trump, meeting with the Prince of Wales: “He is doing a fantastic job”
The President-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, met this Saturday in Paris with the Prince of Wales, William, after both participated in the reopening ceremony of the Notre Dame Cathedral.
The meeting took place at the residence of the British ambassador in the French capital, where they greeted each other with a handshake and a brief “delighted to see him.” Then, they posed before the photographers while Trump commented: “Hello everyone, you are doing a fantastic job,” pointing at the prince with his thumb.
At another moment of the greeting, Trump described William, heir to the British throne, as “a good man,” according to a video published on the social network X by Margo Martin, deputy director of communications of the US leader, who worked with him during his first term (2017-2021).
Trump and the Prince of Wales at the reopening of Notre Dame
Trump, Guillermo and several heads of state and government attended the reopening ceremony of Notre Dame, invited by French President Emmanuel Macron.
Hours earlier, an official spokesman for Kensington Palace confirmed that William planned to meet with Trump, who will take power on January 20, 2025, as well as with the first lady of the United States, Jill Biden, also in Paris.
The last time the two coincided was in 2019, during a state visit by the then president to the United Kingdom.
Now, the president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, returned this Saturday to the international scene with a trip to Paris, where he starred in a peculiar handshake with French President Emmanuel Macron, and that his supporters of the American right interpreted as an attempt to “dominate” him.
The gesture took place on the steps of the Elysée Palace. When he got out of his vehicle, Trump pulled Macron’s right hand tightly towards his body while they both hugged and shook hands firmly, shaking them vigorously.
Although both smiled at the photographers’ flashes, it seemed that they clung to each other with intensity.
Uncomfortabon moment causes furor in Trump’s followers
The episode unleashed the fury of some Trump supporters, who on social networks made it clear that they saw the actions of the president-elect as a deliberate attempt to intimidate Macron.
“That’s my president,” the user ‘Johnny Maga’ said in X, while Miranda Devine, columnist for the conservative newspaper New York Post, wrote: “He’s back!” Both messages were shared by Karoline Leavitt, appointed by Trump as his future spokesperson in the White House.
In addition to the comments on social networks, conservative media in the United States highlighted the gesture.
The New York Post tited: “Trump dominates Macron during a tense handshake in a meeting prior to the reopening of Notre Dame,” while the Fox network summarized what happened by pointing out how Trump had “dominated” world leaders in Paris.
Expectations of the meeting
The meeting between both leaders had raised great expectations, since this was Trump’s first trip abroad since his electoral victory on November 5, and Macron was the first European president he met with.
This is not, however, the first peculiar handshake between the two leaders.
In May 2017, when they met for the first time before the NATO summit in Brussels, both starred in a squeeze so firm that their knuckles turned white.
Subsequently, Macron confessed to a newspaper that that gesture was not “innocent” and that, for him, it had represented a “moment of truth” to make it clear to his American counterpart that he would not be intimidated.
International
Trump and Putin end Alaska summit without Ukraine peace agreement
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin wrapped up their summit in Alaska on Friday with a brief joint press conference, during which they announced no agreement on peace in Ukraine.
Trump described the more than three-hour meeting with Putin and his delegation at Elmendorf-Richardson base as “extremely productive,” but admitted, “we have not reached the goal.”
“Many points were agreed upon. Only a few remain unresolved. Some are not significant. One is probably the most significant, but we have a good chance of resolving them. We haven’t gotten there yet, but we have a good chance of achieving it,” Trump stated cryptically at the no-questions press conference.
According to White House officials, the summit began around 11:30 a.m. local time (7:30 p.m. GMT).
Trump was joined by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special envoy for the Middle East and Kremlin mediator Steve Witkoff. On Putin’s side, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Kremlin foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov were in attendance.
Central America
International tourism brings over $2.2 billion to El Salvador in 2025
International tourism has generated more than $2.2 billion in foreign exchange for the Salvadoran economy during the first seven months of 2025, according to the Ministry of Tourism (Mitur).
Tourism Minister Morena Valdez stated on Thursday that this figure reflects a favorable development of the tourism sector so far this year.
“Over $2.2 billion by July, and we estimate more than $3 billion in foreign exchange by December 2025. I believe we will perform quite well,” Valdez said in an interview with Frente a Frente.
These figures do not include the 91,000 international tourists received during the August holidays, who contributed $60 million to the local economy, according to the government.
The accumulated results by July represent 73.3% of Mitur’s estimates for foreign exchange generated by international tourism in 2025.
During the same period, tourism authorities recorded 2.3 million international visitors, which is 57.5% of the more than 4 million visitors projected by the government by the end of 2025.
Authorities have recently adjusted the tourism target: at the beginning of the year, Mitur anticipated 4.2 million visitorsafter receiving 3.9 million in the previous year.
International
Tabasco ex-officials linked to drug trafficking spark Mexico-U.S. tensions
The scandal involving two former state officials from Tabasco, southeast Mexico, linked to drug trafficking and now fugitives, has added tension to Mexico-U.S. relations, which had already been strained by President Donald Trump’s threats to send troops across the border to target cartels.
At the center of the controversy is the current coordinator of the Mexican Senate, former governor of Tabasco, and former Secretary of the Interior, Adán Augusto López Hernández, a close ally of former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador (2018–2024), along with his then-security secretary, Hernán Bermúdez Requena.
According to the Mexican weekly Proceso, published two weeks ago, the criminal ties of the former officials were reported in 2022 by Mexican intelligence services during López Obrador’s administration when López Hernández was Secretary of the Interior.
Bermúdez Requena, known as ‘El Comandante H’, was appointed Secretary of Security in Tabasco in 2019 by then-governor Adán Augusto López Hernández, from the ruling Morena party, and is accused of being a leader of the criminal group ‘La Barredora’, a cell linked to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).
On July 22, Mexico’s Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection, Omar García Harfuch, confirmed that a warrant and Interpol red notice had been issued against Bermúdez Requena, who had been under investigation since 2024 for his links to organized crime.
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