Some of the challenges are self-inflicted, but a fresh set of court rulings questioning the president’s authority to enact tariffs hangs over his trade agenda.

China and the United States are accusing each other of reneging on their tariff truce as tensions rise over rare earths exports, computer chips and student visas.

China said on Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump's accusations that Beijing had violated the consensus reached in Geneva trade talks were "groundless", and promised to take forceful measures to safeguard its interests.

President Donald Trump shared on Truth Social a theory that former President Joe Biden had been “executed in 2020” and replaced by a robotic clone.

Stephen Colbert took a flamethrower to an absurd conspiracy theory that President Joe Biden was executed in 2020 and replaced by a robotic clone. On The Late Show on Monday, Colbert took aim at the president’s Truth Social repost,