"I know he’s a friend of yours. He’s a friend of CNN—that’s why nobody watches CNN anymore. They have no credibility," the US president told a CNN reporter.

“We're going to start suing people if we have to. If they impede us, or if they're going to harbor and conceal an illegal alien from us, especially a child predator, we're going to seek prosecution,” Tom Homan told Fox News.

“That's inexcusable,” he added.

“That's your question, but I'll answer it,” the US president told reporters after one of them asked Modi to weigh in on “how much more confident" he is with President Trump leading the US vis-à-vis Biden's leadership over the last 4 years.

"We don’t need to see him; he won’t be chancellor long,” an undisclosed former US official explained to the media Vance’s take on talks with Scholz.

“This is an embarrassing setback that just shows how Germany isn't taken seriously as a major power player in Europe by the Trump team,” said one senior Eastern European diplomat.

"Are they really your friends if they’re taking advantage of you? We have a gigantic trade deficit with the Europeans," US Treasury Secretary said, upholding Trump’s reciprocal tariffs.