Donald Trump s comments directly led to violence, says UK s Priti Patel
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Donald Trump s comments directly led to violence, says UK s Priti Patel
PTI / Jan 7, 2021, 19:12 IST
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Priti Patel British MP (File photo)
LONDON: British home secretary Priti Patel on Thursday condemned the awful scenes of riots on the Capitol Hill in Washington DC and blamed US President Donald Trump for the violence that resulted in four deaths in clashes between protesters and American police.
The senior cabinet minister told the BBC that it was the outgoing President s words that fuelled the violence and accused Trump of doing nothing de-escalate that .
Shopify has removed online stores affiliated with President Donald Trump from its e-commerce platform after hundreds of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol.
The Canadian company said on Thursday the recent events determined that Trump s actions violated its policy, which prohibits promotion or support of organizations, platforms or people that threaten or condone violence to further a cause.
Trump, who has refused to concede his loss to Democrat President-elect Joe Biden, urged his supporters to come to Washington for a wild rally on Wednesday and whipped the crowd into a frenzy while exhorting them to march on Congress.
Attempts to access TrumpStore.com and shop.donaldjtrump.com, which sold Make America Great Again hats and similar items, were unsuccessful on Thursday, as the websites displayed error messages.
TEHRAN: A handout photo released by the Iranian army on Tuesday shows officials inspecting drones on display before a military drone drill at an undisclosed location. AFP
WASHINGTON: The United States on Tuesday blacklisted a Chinese company that makes elements for steel production, 12 Iranian steel and metals makers and three foreign-based sales agents of a major Iranian metals and mining holding company, seeking to deprive Iran of revenues as US President Donald Trump’s term winds down.
In a statement, the US Treasury Department named the China-based company as Kaifeng Pingmei New Carbon Materials Technology Co Ltd. (KFCC), saying it specialised in the manufacture of carbon materials and provided thousands of metric tonnes of materials to Iranian steel companies between December 2019 and June 2020.