The US president says he will file a lawsuit against the BBC next week and plans to speak with the British prime minister over the weekend. President Donald Trump stated on Friday that the United States will begin nuclear tests in accordance with other countries and that he is considering a possible deal to provide Saudi Arabia with F-35 fighter fighters. He did not specify whether detonating a nuclear warhead is part of the testing plans. “I don’t want to tell you about that, but we will do nuclear testing like other countries,” Trump said to reporters while traveling to Florida for the weekend on Air Force One.
Last month, while traveling in his Marine One helicopter to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping for a trade-negotiation session in Busan, South Korea, Trump unexpectedly announced on Truth Social that the US military should immediately resume nuclear weapons testing after 33 years. There will soon be an F-35 contract with Saudi Arabia. Additionally, Trump stated on Friday that he is thinking about signing an agreement to provide Saudi Arabia with Lockheed Martin’s F-35 stealth fighter aircraft. Trump said to reporters, “They wanna buy a lot of jets.” “I’m investigating that. I’ve been requested to examine it. They want to purchase a lot of “35s,” but they really want to purchase fighter jets.
The possible sale coincides with Trump’s intention to welcome Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the White House the following week, when they are anticipated to sign defense and commercial agreements. Trump told reporters that the discussions were “more than a meeting, we’re honouring” Saudi Arabia when asked about them. According to a White House official cited by Bloomberg News on Friday, President Trump is anticipated to negotiate an agreement with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman that would let Riyadh to purchase F-35 stealth fighter fighters. According to the story, Trump and the crown prince will sign defense and economic deals on Tuesday when they visit the White House. Reuters was unable to confirm the report right away.
The New York Times reported on Thursday, citing sources familiar with the assessment, that a Pentagon intelligence analysis has raised worries about the possible F-35 trade, warning that China could gain the aircraft’s technology if the sale succeeds. A lawsuit against the BBC On Friday, President Donald Trump informed reporters that he will file a lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation the following week. President Trump received a personal apology from the BBC on Thursday, but it stated that he had no legal grounds to sue the public broadcaster over a program that his attorneys claimed was libelous.
Three segments of Trump’s speech from January 6, 2021, when his supporters stormed the Capitol, were stitched together in the documentary that broadcast on the BBC’s “Panorama” news show just before the US presidential election in 2024. The edit gave the appearance that he had advocated for violence. “While the BBC sincerely regrets the manner in which the video clip was edited, we strongly disagree that there is a basis for a defamation claim,” the BBC stated in a statement. On Sunday, the US president’s attorneys threatened to sue the BBC for up to $1 billion in damages unless it removed the program, expressed regret to the president, and paid him for “financial and reputational harm.”
