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The first week of April was always going to be a big one for Donald Trump with his much-hyped announcement on global tariffs — but that was just one part of another frenetic seven days at the White House.<\/p>\n
Tariffs and penguin memes<\/strong><\/p>\n Unveiling the new tariffs in the White House garden, Donald Trump held up a table of figures that the world strained to read.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Alongside China, India and EU were unexpected names such as the Heard and McDonald Islands, a barren sub-Antarctic Australian territory inhabited by penguins but no humans.<\/p>\n One widely shared meme image showed a penguin in place of Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office during his recent spat with the US president and Vice President JD Vance.<\/p>\n Trump-branded golden visa<\/strong><\/p>\n Donald Trump unveiled the first “gold card,” a residency permit to be sold for $5 million each to attract investors and employers to the United States.<\/p>\n Flying on Air Force One, he showed off a prototype that bore his face and an inscription “The Trump Card” and said the special visa would be available with weeks. “Pretty exciting, huh?” he added.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The president has suggested revenue from the visa could be used to reduce the US national deficit, and that one million cards may be for sale.<\/p>\n A 25-hour anti-Trump speech\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n A Democratic lawmaker shattered the record for the longest speech in Senate history, staying on his feet for 25 hours and 5 minutes to deliver a fiery, if long-winded, protest against Donald Trump.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Senator Cory Booker’s endurance — to hold the floor he had to remain standing and could not even go to the bathroom — beat Strom Thurmond, who filibustered for 24 hours and 18 minutes against the Civil Rights Act of 1957.<\/p>\n “This is a moral moment. It’s not left or right. It’s right or wrong,” Booker said as he wrapped up, adding “I’m going to deal with some of the biological urgencies I’m feeling.”<\/p>\n Musk to return to the day job?<\/strong><\/p>\n Elon Musk made a failed effort — including cash giveaways and personal appearances — to swing a vote to choose a Wisconsin Supreme Court judge.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Elon Musk has led Donald Trump’s efforts to slash federal government, but his days of taking a starring role at cabinet meetings were reported to soon be over as he is set to return to Tesla, SpaceX and his many other interests.<\/p>\n Factors in play could be Tesla’s slumping sales, friction with other Trump officials and his rather public setback in Wisconsin.<\/p>\n ‘Free Le Pen’ says Trump<\/strong><\/p>\n Donald Trump rallied to defend French far-right leader Marine Le Pen after she was found guilty of embezzlement and banned from running for public office for five years.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n She had been seen as a leading candidate in the 2027 presidential election “and now, just before what would be a Big Victory, they get her on a minor charge,” Donald Trump said.<\/p>\n “It is all so bad for France, and the Great French People, no matter what side they are on. FREE MARINE LE PEN!”<\/p>\n (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)<\/i><\/p>\n Washington: The first week of April was always going to be a big one for Donald Trump with his much-hyped announcement on global tariffs — but that was just one part of another frenetic seven days at the White House. 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