Trump news latest – Vladimir Putin says Donald is very different to Joe Biden as ex-president announces Cleveland rally

AFTER he celebrated his 75th birthday, Former President Donald Trump announced his upcoming political plans.

First, he plans on holding a rally in Cleveland, Ohio on June 26. He won the state by 8 percentage points in the 2020 election and is expected to throw his support behind several 2022 midterm candidates.

Then, he plans on visiting the US-Mexico border, which he described as "lawless."

His announcements come on the heels of the revelation that Trump officials and Mark Meadows pressured the Justice Department to overturn the results of the election Trump lost, according to new documents.

Meanwhile, President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin had a high-stakes meeting on Wednesday in Geneva. At a press conference afterward, Putin described Biden as "different" from Trump.

“(Biden is) very different to President Trump," Putin said.

Read our Donald Trump live blog below for the latest updates…

  • Katie Balevic

    PUTIN BIDEN IS 'DIFFERENT' FROM TRUMP

    Biden and Putin had a high-stakes meeting on Wednesday at La Villa Grange in Geneva.

    When fielding a question from a Russian reporter, Putin name-checked former President Donald Trump when discussing his summit with Biden.

    "His predecessor had a different view, he decided to evade the question. This one decided to act differently," Putin said of Biden.

    "His reply was different from Trump's. He's very different to President Trump."

  • Katie Balevic

    TRUMP IS HEADING TO THE US-MEXICO BORDER

    Donald Trump said that he accepted an invitation to visit the nation's "decimated" southern border at the end of the month.

    "I have accepted the invitation of Texas Governor Greg Abbott to join him on an official visit to our Nation's decimated Southern Border on Wednesday, June 30, 2021," the statement says.

    "The Biden Administration inherited from me the strongest, safest, and most secure border in US history and in mere weeks they turned it into the single worst border crisis in US history.

    "It's an unmitigated disaster zone," he continued.

    The former president said that the US went from having "border security that was the envy of the world" to a "lawless border" that is pitied around the world.

  • Katie Balevic

    WHO IS MARK MEADOWS?

    Mark Meadows, 61, is the White House’s Chief of Staff.

    He previously served as a representative to North Carolina's 11th congressional district from 2013 to 2020.

    Additionally, he was the chair of the House Freedom Caucus for three years, ending the role in 2019. 

    Meadows was appointed chief of staff in March of 2020.

  • Katie Balevic

    WHAT ARE THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EMAILS?

    New documents that described how Trump officials allegedly were pressured to change the results of the 2020 presidential election were released Tuesday.

    Democrats on the House Oversight and Reform Committee released the documents.

    They show Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows tried to get investigators to look at allegations in a YouTube video by a former intelligence officer named Brad Johnson.

    He alleged individuals in Italy were manipulating votes in the United States through satellites, Politico reported.

    Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen said Johnson was collaborating with Trump lawyer and former mayor Rudy Giuliani.

  • Katie Balevic

    TRUMP SPENT HIS BIRTHDAY FUMING AGAINST 'ELECTION SCAM'

    Donald Trump celebrated his 75th birthday on Monday by issuing a statement blasting the 2020 election as a “scam” and fuming at Republican lawmakers for standing against him.   

    The former president put pressure on Pennsylvania Republicans as he accused them of being “stupid, corrupt, or naive” and acting like a “radical left Democrat” by refusing to back his allegations of election fraud. 

  • Katie Balevic

    TRUMP SUPPORTERS GATHER TO CELEBRATE TRUMP'S BIRTHDAY

    Donald Trump fans celebrated the former president's 75th birthday on Sunday with a "Trumparilla MAGA Fest" boat parade in San Diego.

    Organizers said that 200 people took to the water to mark Trump's birthday in boats covered in MAGA and Blue Lives Matter flags.

    Videos posted to social media showed about 20 boats sailing around San Diego Bay.

    A lead super yacht offered supporters an open bar and music over the four-hour cruise before fans sang happy birthday to Trump as they disembarked.

  • Katie Balevic

    TRUMP'S ANNOUNCEMENTS COME ON THE HEELS OF NEW DOCUMENTS ON 2020 ELECTION

    Trump's announcements come on the heels of the revelation that Trump officials and Mark Meadows pressured the Justice Department to overturn the results of the election Trump lost, according to new documents.

    The docs were released by Democrats on the House Oversight and Reform Committee and include interviews like one with former White House chief of staff Meadows, who reportedly pressured the Justice Department to investigate claims of election fraud that were unfounded, according to CBS News.

    For Trump's 75th birthday this week, Trump's PAC urged donors to "surprise" the former president with donations on his birthday.

    The move also comes after Republican Tom Rice launched a blistering attack on Trump over the weekend. 

    Rice told The Washington Post that Trump launched "a frontal assault on the Constitution."

  • Katie Balevic

    TRUMP WILL HOLD CLEVELAND RALLY ON JUNE 26

    Trump will hold a rally in Cleveland, Ohio on June 2, USA TODAY confirmed.

    He is expected to rally support for his 2022 midterm endorsements, including White House aid Max Miller and coal lobbyist Mike Carey.

    The former president has not yet made an endorsement for the Ohio Senate race, USA TODAY found.

  • Katie Balevic

    TRUMP SLAMS BIDEN ADMINISTRATION

    "The Biden Administration inherited from me the strongest, safest, and most secure border in US history and in mere weeks they turned it into the single worst border crisis in US history.

    "It's an unmitigated disaster zone," he continued.

    The former president said that the US went from having "border security that was the envy of the world" to a "lawless border" that is pitied around the world.

    He went on to slam Biden and Kamala Harris for not visiting the Southern border or the "ICE heroes risking their lives to defend our Nation at a time when the White House is doing everything it can to make their jobs totally impossible."

  • Katie Balevic

    TRUMP IS HEADING TO THE US-MEXICO BORDER

    Donald Trump said that he accepted an invitation to visit the nation's "decimated" southern border at the end of the month.

    "I have accepted the invitation of Texas Governor Greg Abbott to join him on an official visit to our Nation's decimated Southern Border on Wednesday, June 30, 2021," the statement says.

    "The Biden Administration inherited from me the strongest, safest, and most secure border in US history and in mere weeks they turned it into the single worst border crisis in US history.

    "It's an unmitigated disaster zone," he continued.

    The former president said that the US went from having "border security that was the envy of the world" to a "lawless border" that is pitied around the world.

  • Julia Fields

    MEADOWS TRIED TO HAVE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT LOOK INTO ALLEGED SIGNATURE ISSUES

    Emails made public on Tuesday by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee show former Trump administration Chief of Staff Mark Meadows asked then-acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen to have acting Civil Division chief Jeffrey Clark look into “allegations of signature match anomalies" in Fulton County, Georgia.

    “Can you believe this? I am not going to respond to message below,” Rosen wrote in an email to Donoghue, according to Politico.

    "At least it’s better than the last one," Donoghue replied. "But that doesn’t say much."

  • Julia Fields

    WHAT DID JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS SAY IN EMAILS?

    The US Justice Department rejected efforts by then-President Donald Trump’s administrative officials to get DOJ lawyers and the FBI to investigate election fraud claims.

    Former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows tried to get investigators to look at allegations in a YouTube video about individuals in Italy manipulating votes in the US via satellites, Politico reported.

    “Pure insanity,” then-acting Deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue wrote in response to an email about that theory.

  • Julia Fields

    TRUMP ALLEGEDLY DISPATCHED ATTORNEY TO PUSH FALSE ELECTION CLAIMS

    The emails released by the House Oversight and Reform Committee also show that former President Trump dispatched an "outside attorney pushing false election claims" to work with the Justice Department's highest-ranking officials, according to CBS News.

    The attorney was reportedly dispatched to work with people like acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, acting Solicitor General Jeffrey Wall, and John Moran, Rosen's chief of staff, to attempt to challenge the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.

  • Julia Fields

    GIULIANI WORKED WITH YOUTUBE CONSPIRACY THEORIST, JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EMAILS SHOW

    Emails made public by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee show Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows tried to get investigators to look at allegations in a YouTube video by a former intelligence officer named Brad Johnson.

    He alleged individuals in Italy were manipulating votes in the United States through satellites, Politico reported.

    Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen said Johnson was collaborating with Trump lawyer and former mayor Rudy Giuliani.

  • Julia Fields

    WHEN WERE THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EMAILS RELEASED?

    New documents that described how Trump officials allegedly were pressured to change the results of the 2020 presidential election were released Tuesday.

    Democrats on the House Oversight and Reform Committee released the documents.

  • Julia Fields

    WHO IS MARK MEADOWS?

    Mark Meadows, 61, is the White House’s Chief of Staff.

    He previously served as a representative to North Carolina's 11th congressional district from 2013 to 2020.

    Additionally, he was the chair of the House Freedom Caucus for three years, ending the role in 2019. 

    He is married to Debbie, who he met in highs school, and the couple have two children, Blake and Haley.

  • Julia Fields

    WHEN DID MARK MEADOWS BECOME CHIEF OF STAFF?

    Meadows was appointed chief of staff in March of 2020.

    He succeeding Acting Chief Mick Mulvaney, who had held the position since the departure of John F Kelly.

    Kelly stepped down in January 2019.

  • Julia Fields

    WHEN WAS DONALD TRUMP'S BIRTHDAY?

    Trump was born June 14, 1946. He will celebrate his 75th birthday this year.

    At the time of his election he was the oldest president to take office.

    He was born in New York City at Jamaica Hospital in Queens to Frederick Christ Trump and Mary Anne MacLeod.

    Trump has four siblings, Maryanne, Fred Jr., Elizabeth, and Robert.

    The former president has five children, Donald Jr., Eric, Ivanka, Tiffany, and Barron.

  • Julia Fields

    WHAT IS TRUMP'S NET WORTH?

    Trump has an estimated net worth of $2.1 billion, according to Forbes.

    In 2015, NBC News reported that Trump claimed in a press release that he was worth more than $10 billion but that has yet to be verified.

    The New York Times published information from Trump's tax returns on but that did not provide any details about his net worth.

  • Julia Fields

    IS THE TRUMP THE OLDEST PRESIDENT TO TAKE OFFICE?

    Trump was born June 14, 1946,  in New York City at Jamaica Hospital in Queens to Frederick Christ Trump and Mary Anne MacLeod.

    Trump had been the oldest president to take office before Joe Biden replaced him.

    Biden will turn 79 years old in November.

  • Julia Fields

    PAST BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS FOR TRUMP END IN DISASTER

    The birthday celebration was smaller than previous Trump boat parties in California where hundreds have attended.

    It was also smaller than a Trump Memorial Day parade in Florida last month.

    Last year, several vessels sank during a Trump Boat Parade in Texas.

    On Lake Travis, Trump supporters reported "many boats in distress" during a parade in his honor.

    Cops said at least four boats sank on the parade route, which passed through several popular spots on the Austin area lake – notorious for being tough to navigate.

  • Julia Fields

    BIRTHDAY WISHES FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT

    Donald Trump Jr. shared a birthday message for his dad on Twitter on Monday but was mocked as the elder Trump has been banned from the platform and can't see it.

    "Happy Birthday President Trump #HappyBirthday," Don Jr tweeted.

    "You know he can't see this right," The Daily Show replied.

    Congressman Madison Cawthorn was also among those sharing birthday wishes to the former president.

    "Happy Birthday to President Trump!" he wrote in a tweet alongside a photo of the two of them shaking hands.

  • Julia Fields

    PARENTS OF WOMAN SHOT AT CAPITOL RIOT ATTEND TRUMP'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS

    The parents of Ashli Babbitt, the Trump supporter who was fatally shot by a cop as she stormed the US Capitol with a mob of MAGA loyalists on January 6, were reportedly among the attendees.

    They distrubuted flyers claiming that Babbitt was murdered by the Capitol officer and calling for justice.

    Last week they sued for the records of the officer who shot her.

    The Department of Justice announced it would not pursue criminal charges against the officer, who has not been named by officials.

    The birthday celebration was smaller than previous Trump boat parties in California where hundreds have attended.

  • Julia Fields

    FOUNDERS OF TRUMPARILLA

    The original Trumparilla was founded in Tampa by Cliff Gephart and Dion Cini.

    "We all know tomorrow is flag day but it is also Donald Trump’s birthday," organizer Erroll Webber told the crowd.

    "Donald Trump, thank you very much for everything you do for the American people," he added as the group broke into chants of "We love Trump" and "USA."

  • Julia Fields

    TRUMP SUPPORTERS GATHER TO CELEBRATE TRUMP'S BIRTHDAY

    Donald Trump fans celebrated the former president's 75th birthday on Sunday with a "Trumparilla MAGA Fest" boat parade in San Diego.

    Organizers said that 200 people took to the water to mark Trump's birthday in boats covered in MAGA and Blue Lives Matter flags.

    Videos posted to social media showed about 20 boats sailing around San Diego Bay.

    A lead super yacht offered supporters an open bar and music over the four-hour cruise before fans sang happy birthday to Trump as they disembarked.

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