美国总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)定于周一在白宫举行国宴，欢迎以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡。
特朗普在贸易协议和最新关税截止日期上发出了含混不清的信息 1小时1分钟前
特朗普表示，美国将从8月1日开始对日本和韩国征收25%的关税 新闻是这样发展的。
特朗普周一晚上在白宫与以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡共进晚餐时表示，“我们必须——他们必须能够保护自己”。“他们在现在受到很大的打击。他们受到了很大的打击。我们将不得不运送更多的武器，主要是你们的防御性武器。"
特朗普的评论是在周一的新闻发布会后发表的，白宫新闻秘书卡罗琳·莱维特被要求介绍这一决定停止向乌克兰输送武器。莱维特表示，这是五角大楼对所有武器和美国支持的所有国家的援助进行标准审查的结果。
“当国防部长上任时，他指示五角大楼进行这项审查，以确保一切都符合美国的利益，”莱维特说。“因此，现在是时候回顾一下，以确保五角大楼推出的一切都符合我们军队和男女军人的最佳利益。”
美国总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)周一就贸易和他新的8月1日关税生最后期限发出了含混不清的信息。
当美国广播公司新闻频道(ABC News)的卡伦·特拉弗斯(Karen Travers)问及他的政府在90天内达成90项贸易协议的既定目标时，特朗普在90天时限结束前两天声称，一切都“完成了”，似乎将他的政府周一开始发出的关税信函等同于完成的交易。
“都完成了，”特朗普说，并补充说，“我们要说，欢迎来到美国，如果你想参与有史以来最伟大、最成功的国家的话。”
特朗普还发出信号，谈判的时间已经结束。
“就我而言，我们完了。我们正在向各个国家发信，告诉他们必须支付多少关税，”特朗普说。
然而，当早些时候被问及白宫为这些关税生效设定的新的8月1日截止日期是否是一个确定的最终日期时，特朗普表示仍然是灵活的。
“我会说坚定，但不是100%坚定，”特朗普说。
当被问及今天向几个国家发出的关税信函是否是最终报价时，特朗普没有做出任何澄清。
“差不多是最终报价，”特朗普说。“我们总是要谈判一些公平的东西，但我们已经和大多数国家谈过了，正如你所知，他们已经用了很多很多年，现在是我们需要公平的时候了。”
迄今为止，奥巴马政府只宣布了与越南的贸易协议，以及与中国和英国的框架协议。
内塔尼亚胡称他提名特朗普获得诺贝尔和平奖
周一在白宫晚宴前对记者发表讲话时，以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡表示，他提名唐纳德·特朗普总统为诺贝尔和平奖候选人。
内塔尼亚胡对总统的“追求和平与安全”表示赞赏和钦佩，并向特朗普提交了他提交给诺贝尔和平奖委员会的信，提名特朗普获奖。
内塔尼亚胡说:“就在我们说话的时候，他正在一个国家、一个又一个地区缔造和平。”。“所以，总统先生，我想向您呈上我写给诺贝尔奖委员会的信。提名你为和平奖候选人，这是理所应当的。你应该得到它。”
一项以色列和哈马斯之间为期60天的停火协议目前正在酝酿中。特朗普上周表示，以色列已经接受了协议，哈马斯也于上周接受了协议提交了“正面回应”敬调解人。
特朗普签署了一份备忘录，称“目前空缺的联邦文职职位不得填补，也不得设立新的职位，除非本备忘录另有规定或适用法律另有要求。”
备忘录还指出，任何额外的招聘必须符合人事管理办公室发布的绩效招聘计划。
该政策适用于所有执行部门和机构，无论其业务和方案资金来源如何。
该政策不适用于军事人员或与移民执法、国家安全或公共安全相关的职位，也不适用于行政办公室。
为了执行备忘录，各机构的负责人被要求“寻求有效利用现有的人员和资金，以改善公共服务和这些服务的提供。”
Trump will sign order delaying tariff deadline to Aug. 1: WH
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Monday that President Donald Trump will sign an order delaying the July 9 tariff deadline.
"The president will also sign an executive order today delaying the July 9 deadline to Aug. 1," she said. "So, the reciprocal tariff rate or these new rates that will be provided in this correspondence to these foreign leaders, will be going out the door within the next month or deals will be made."
"And those countries continue to negotiate with the United States. We've seen a lot of positive developments in the right direction. But the administration, the president and his trade team want to cut the best deals for the American people and the American worker. That's what they're focused on. And in the effort of transparency, these letters will continue to be posted to Truth Social. So you can enjoy them yourself."
Trump already delayed the high tariff rates against dozens of U.S. trade partners that he rolled out on April 2 until Wednesday.
Trump says US will put 25% tariff on Japan, South Korea starting Aug. 1
The U.S. will put in place a 25% tariffs on imports from Japan and South Korea starting on Aug. 1, according to letters posted by President Donald Trump on his social media platform on Monday.
Trump wrote to Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung to inform them of the news, citing unfair trade balances.
"Our relationship, unfortunately, has been far from Reciprocal," the letters read.
Trump added in each letter, "We look forward to working with you as a Trading Partner for many years to come. If you wish to open your heretofore closed Trading Markets to the United States, and eliminate your Tariff, and Non Tariff, Policies and Trade Barriers, we will, perhaps, consider an adjustment to this letter."
Rubio, Witkoff meeting with Netanyahu ahead of Trump dinner
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Middle East Special Envoy Steve Witkoff are meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Blair House on Monday ahead of his dinner with President Donald Trump, a White House official confirmed to ABC News.
The meeting comes as Trump has publicly expressed his desire to finalize a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas this week.
Treasury Secretary Bessent claims several trade announcements coming as deadline looms
As time ticks on President Donald Trump's Wednesday tariff deadline, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent claimed the administration would be making "several announcements in the next 48 hours."
"We are going to have several announcements in the next 48 hours. And Joe, I think what President Trump is concerned about is the quality of the deals, not the quantity, as you could imagine," he said during an appearance on CNBC's Squawk Box.
Bessent claimed that his inbox has been full of offers after Trump elevated his threats to re-impose reciprocal tariff rates.
But similar to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Bessent noted that Aug. 1 would be the day when the rates actually go into effect.
"So it's going to be a busy couple of days," Bessent said. "But importantly too that President Trump has said that they would the countries would not go back to the reciprocal rate until Aug. 1."
Asked about the trade letters Trump claims he will be sending to America's trading partners starting on Monday, Bessent called them "standard" letters with an option to continue negotiations. Bessent also previewed a meeting with Chinese officials "in the next couple of weeks" to advance trade talks.
