{"id":225,"date":"2026-04-29T21:57:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T21:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/donald-trump-brought-to-heel-by-putin-in-24-hours-since-king-charles-left-white-house\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T21:57:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T21:57:16","slug":"donald-trump-brought-to-heel-by-putin-in-24-hours-since-king-charles-left-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/donald-trump-brought-to-heel-by-putin-in-24-hours-since-king-charles-left-white-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump brought to heel by Putin in 24 hours since King Charles left White House"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_aeb05f\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">Here&#8217;s a roundup of everything that&#8217;s gone on in Trumpworld that you need to know &#8211; including how the most powerful person in the world at any given time is the last person who spoke to Trump<\/h2>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37089866\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0_Government-Shutdown-Trump-25275667021877.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Trump has already been on the phone to Putin\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Trump has already been on the phone to Putin<cite aria-label=\"Image: AP\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: AP)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">By the end of the King&#8217;s visit to Washington DC, Donald Trump was practically glowing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">There followed 24 hours or so of hopeful positivity that maybe, just maybe, King Charles&#8217; thoughtful interventions might have hit home &#8211; and there might be some changes to Trump&#8217;s approaches to Iran, Ukraine and maybe even America. It didn&#8217;t take long for another world leader to bring him to heel. Trump spoke to Vladimir Putin this afternoon, and by the sound of it, swallowed everything old Vlad had to say hook line and sinker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Meanwhile in Trumpworld<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"UnorderedList_unordered-list__gzblI\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"LiItem_li-item__IF4xI\">Bondi will testify<\/li>\n<li class=\"LiItem_li-item__IF4xI\">Hegseth won&#8217;t rule out troops at polling stations<\/li>\n<li class=\"LiItem_li-item__IF4xI\">Trump&#8217;s arch nemesis is sticking around<\/li>\n<li class=\"LiItem_li-item__IF4xI\">Trump believes Comey was threatening his life with seashells<\/li>\n<li class=\"LiItem_li-item__IF4xI\">The blockade is here to stay<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><em>Here&#8217;s what you need to know<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"HeadingThree_heading-three__PBHLs  __className_8139d7\">1. Bondi will testify<\/h3>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Pam Bondi, the former Attorney General responsible for the release of the Epstein Files will testify before the congressional panel investigating them after all.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The announcement that she would appear on May 29 to answer questions came just minutes after Democrats on the panel filed a contempt resolution against her for failing to appear for a deposition scheduled for earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Well look at this\u2026&#8221; House Oversight Democrats tweeted. &#8220;45 minutes after we file contempt charges against Pam Bondi for defying her subpoena to testify, @GOPoversight finally announces a date for her appearance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"HeadingThree_heading-three__PBHLs  __className_8139d7\">2. Trump isn&#8217;t getting rid of his nemesis just yet<\/h3>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Jerome Powell, the outgoing chair of the Federal Reserve, whom Trump hates with a fiery passion, announced he&#8217;s planning to stick around for a while. He plans to remain on the board of the Fed after his term as chair ends next month \u201cfor an undetermined period of time,\u201d saying the \u201cunprecedented\u201d legal attacks by the Trump administration have put the independence of the nation&#8217;s central bank at risk. &#8220;I worry these attacks are battering this institution and putting at risk the things that really matter to the public,&#8221; Powell said in remarks at a press conference after the Fed announced its decision to keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"HeadingThree_heading-three__PBHLs  __className_8139d7\">3. Trump says he&#8217;s keeping the blockade going until Iran gives up<\/h3>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Trump says he&#8217;s going to keep the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz going until Iran gives up. told Axios he doesn&#8217;t want to lift the blockade until Iran addresses its nuclear ambitions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;The blockade is somewhat more effective than the bombing,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;And it is going to be worse for them. They can&#8217;t have a nuclear weapon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He was asked about it again in the Oval Office this afternoon, where he said all Iran had to do was pick up the phone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">If I were a car owner in America, I wouldn&#8217;t be planning any long trips for a while.<\/p>\n<div class=\"HtmlEmbed_container__x6svQ\">\n<figure data-testid=\"embed-placeholder\" class=\"EmbedPlaceholder_figure__NLMFl undefined false\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" viewbox=\"0 0 90 90\" fill=\"none\" data-testid=\"consent-placeholder-icon\"><g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_10846_5865)\"><circle opacity=\"0.16\" cx=\"45\" cy=\"45\" r=\"33.75\" fill=\"var(--color-sem-icon-neutral-default)\"\/><path d=\"M21.1351 21.1351C15.0276 27.2427 11.25 35.6802 11.25 45C11.25 63.6396 26.3604 78.75 45 78.75C54.3198 78.75 62.7573 74.9724 68.8649 68.8649M21.1351 21.1351C27.2427 15.0276 35.6802 11.25 45 11.25C63.6396 11.25 78.75 26.3604 78.75 45C78.75 54.3198 74.9724 62.7573 68.8649 68.8649M21.1351 21.1351L68.8649 68.8649\" stroke=\"var(--color-sem-icon-neutral-default)\" stroke-width=\"7.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><\/g><defs><clippath id=\"clip0_10846_5865\"><rect width=\"90\" height=\"90\" fill=\"white\"\/><\/clippath><\/defs><\/svg><figcaption>Content cannot be displayed without consent<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"HeadingThree_heading-three__PBHLs  __className_8139d7\">4. Trump says he genuinely believes James Comey was threatening his life with Insta snap of seashells<\/h3>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Trump was asked if he genuinely believed the Insta post for which James Comey has been indicted for two federal crimes were actual threats to his life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The post was a photo of a beach with &#8220;86 47&#8221; written using seashells. The FBI and Justice Department claim that &#8220;86&#8221; in this context didn&#8217;t just mean &#8220;remove or expel&#8221;, as most people understand it, but actually to kill, something Comey has always denied. But Trump, you see, has seen some gangster movies. &#8220;Well if anybody knows anything about crime, they know &#8217;86&#8217; is a mob term for &#8216;kill &#8217;em.&#8217;,&#8221; he said. &#8220;You ever see the movies?&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"HtmlEmbed_container__x6svQ\">\n<figure data-testid=\"embed-placeholder\" class=\"EmbedPlaceholder_figure__NLMFl undefined false\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" viewbox=\"0 0 90 90\" fill=\"none\" data-testid=\"consent-placeholder-icon\"><g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_10846_5865)\"><circle opacity=\"0.16\" cx=\"45\" cy=\"45\" r=\"33.75\" fill=\"var(--color-sem-icon-neutral-default)\"\/><path d=\"M21.1351 21.1351C15.0276 27.2427 11.25 35.6802 11.25 45C11.25 63.6396 26.3604 78.75 45 78.75C54.3198 78.75 62.7573 74.9724 68.8649 68.8649M21.1351 21.1351C27.2427 15.0276 35.6802 11.25 45 11.25C63.6396 11.25 78.75 26.3604 78.75 45C78.75 54.3198 74.9724 62.7573 68.8649 68.8649M21.1351 21.1351L68.8649 68.8649\" stroke=\"var(--color-sem-icon-neutral-default)\" stroke-width=\"7.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><\/g><defs><clippath id=\"clip0_10846_5865\"><rect width=\"90\" height=\"90\" fill=\"white\"\/><\/clippath><\/defs><\/svg><figcaption>Content cannot be displayed without consent<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">In case you were wondering whether there&#8217;s any more to this indictment than the picture, there isn&#8217;t. Apparently Kash Patel had career FBI agents investigating a daft Instagram post for 11 months. So how did it produce an indictment? Well, as the old saying goes, in America a prosecutor could secure an indictment for a ham sandwich. About 95% of cases brought before a Grand Jury are indicted, because only the prosecution gets to make its case. There aren&#8217;t even any defence lawyers in the hearing. And the bar for indictment (probably cause) is lower than that for conviction (reasonable doubt.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">This case is, as it were, a ham sandwich.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"HeadingThree_heading-three__PBHLs  __className_8139d7\">5. Putin wants his hands on Iran&#8217;s nuclear material<\/h3>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Trump said Putin during a phone call this afternoon, renewed his offer for Russia to serve as a third country that could deal with Iran\u2019s 970 pounds of enriched uranium that the US leader is demanding Tehran must surrender. To which the entire world responded &#8220;Yes, I bet you would, Vlad.&#8221; \u201cHe told me he\u2019d like to be involved with the enrichment \u2014 if he can help us get it,\u201d Trump said Putin told him. \u201cI said, \u2018I\u2019d much rather have you be involved with ending the war with Ukraine.\u2019 To me, that would be more important.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">On the subject of which&#8230;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"HeadingThree_heading-three__PBHLs  __className_8139d7\">6. In case you were wondering whether The King&#8217;s message about Ukraine landed&#8230;<\/h3>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The other thing that happened on the call is that Putin convinced Trump that Russia was winning the war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He told reporters in the Oval Office: &#8220;Ukraine, militarily, they&#8217;re defeated. You wouldn&#8217;t know that by reading the fake news&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;I suggested a little bit of a cease-fire and I think he might do that. There&#8217;s so many people being killed, it&#8217;s so ridiculous,&#8221; Trump added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">I suspect it&#8217;s not a coincidence that Putin called the day after the King&#8217;s visit. Once again, the most powerful person in the world at any given time is the last person who spoke to Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"HeadingThree_heading-three__PBHLs  __className_8139d7\">7. Hegseth won&#8217;t rule out deploying troops to polling stations<\/h3>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Appearing before a congressional committee today, Trump&#8217;s &#8220;Secretary of War&#8221;, Pete Hegseth swung from evasive to outright lies on the subject of whether he&#8217;d carry out an order to deploy troops to polling stations in November&#8217;s midterms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Avoiding the question a number of times, he eventually shot back: &#8220;I will note that in 2024, Joe Biden deployed troops to polling locations in 15 states. Explain that to me\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">I&#8217;d be glad to, Pete. It&#8217;s not true. About 250 National Guardsmen were mobilised on election day 2024 across 15 states, but none were deployed to polling stations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">They were largely used in support roles &#8211; mainly cybersecurity &#8211; at the request of state authorities. All of this came after bomb threats to polling stations in multiple states, which appeared to originate from Russia. They were later found to not be credible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Of course this didn&#8217;t happen in the way Hegseth implies, because it would have been a federal crime.<\/p>\n<div class=\"HtmlEmbed_container__x6svQ\">\n<figure data-testid=\"embed-placeholder\" class=\"EmbedPlaceholder_figure__NLMFl undefined false\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" viewbox=\"0 0 90 90\" fill=\"none\" data-testid=\"consent-placeholder-icon\"><g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_10846_5865)\"><circle opacity=\"0.16\" cx=\"45\" cy=\"45\" r=\"33.75\" fill=\"var(--color-sem-icon-neutral-default)\"\/><path d=\"M21.1351 21.1351C15.0276 27.2427 11.25 35.6802 11.25 45C11.25 63.6396 26.3604 78.75 45 78.75C54.3198 78.75 62.7573 74.9724 68.8649 68.8649M21.1351 21.1351C27.2427 15.0276 35.6802 11.25 45 11.25C63.6396 11.25 78.75 26.3604 78.75 45C78.75 54.3198 74.9724 62.7573 68.8649 68.8649M21.1351 21.1351L68.8649 68.8649\" stroke=\"var(--color-sem-icon-neutral-default)\" stroke-width=\"7.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><\/g><defs><clippath id=\"clip0_10846_5865\"><rect width=\"90\" height=\"90\" fill=\"white\"\/><\/clippath><\/defs><\/svg><figcaption>Content cannot be displayed without consent<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/politics\/donald-trump-brought-heel-putin-37089868\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a roundup of everything that&#8217;s gone on in Trumpworld that you need to know<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1777499836_0_Government-Shutdown-Trump-25275667021877.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}