Trump news at a glance: president threatens 100% tariff on Russia and says he is keeping Club World Cup trophy

Trump hails US-Nato deal to arm Ukraine

After a meeting with the Nato secretary general, Mark Rutte, Trump said they had agreed “a very big deal” in which “billions of dollars’ worth of military equipment is going to be bought from the United States, going to Nato … And that’s going to be quickly distributed to the battlefield”.

Speaking in the White House alongside a clearly delighted Rutte, the US president said the arms deliveries would be comprehensive and would include the Patriot missile batteries that Ukraine desperately needs for its air defences against the daily Russian aerial onslaught.

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Epstein files plunge Trump’s Maga base into turmoil

The Department of Justice’s announcement that it did not have a list of Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged clients, and that the convicted sex offender was not murdered, has plunged the rightwing world into turmoil.

Conservative commentators and media figures, some of whom spent years pushing conspiracy theories about Epstein’s death, have accused the government of covering up the hedge fund manager’s crimes, with calls growing for Pam Bondi, the attorney general, to resign. The FBI deputy director, Dan Bongino, is reportedly considering quitting over the controversy.

The saga has pitted Trump – who was friends with Epstein for many years before later disowning the financier – against his base, with the president pleading over the weekend for his supporters to “not waste time and energy on Jeffrey Epstein”.

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Trump keeps Club World Cup trophy

The president has claimed that the Club World Cup trophy that has featured prominently in the Oval Office will stay there, and that Fifa made a copy of the trophy that was awarded to Chelsea after their win in the tournament’s final on Sunday.

Trump attended the final along with numerous members of his cabinet and Fifa president Gianni Infantino. The pair of presidents jointly presented the trophy to Chelsea captain Reece James, with Trump staying front-and-center despite the apparent confusion of Chelsea players and the pleading of Infantino.

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Supreme court allows Trump to gut education department

The US supreme court on Monday cleared the way for Donald Trump’s administration to resume dismantling the Department of Education as part of his bid to shrink the federal government’s role in education in favor of more control by the states.

In the latest high court win for the president, the justices lifted a federal judge’s order that had reinstated nearly 1,400 workers affected by mass layoffs at the department and blocked the administration from transferring key functions to other federal agencies. A legal challenge is continuing to play out in lower courts.

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US dairy industry to remove synthetic dyes from ice-cream, RFK Jr says

In what Trump administration officials dubbed a “major announcement”, health and agriculture department leaders said the US dairy industry agreed to voluntarily remove synthetic dyes from ice-cream.

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