7 wild moments from Donald Trump's last 24 hours - from trolling Taylor Swift to global trade chaos

Donald Trump sent the satellite spinning connected his 21st time successful the White House aft helium threatened to slap further tariffs connected countries astir the world.

The Republican person made past arsenic helium became the archetypal sitting President to be the Super Bowl. But the unpredictable President besides made waves successful different areas. On an Air Force One formation to the American Football crippled successful New Orleans, the US President said helium would slap 25% tariffs connected each alloy and aluminium imports entering America. Countries crossed the satellite - including the UK - are present scrambling to get clarity.

During the flight, helium besides repeated his tendency to annex Canada and marque it into America’s “51st state”, ranting astir however the borderline betwixt the US and Canada was drawn “with a ruler” galore years ago. And aft the Super Bowl game, helium started trolling popstar Taylor Swift connected societal media.

Mr Trump made different chaotic comments astir Canada and defended under-fire Elon Musk successful a pre-recorded interrogation with Fox News, which was released during his formation to New Orleans. His information successful the Super Bowl interrogation marked a instrumentality to the contented of Presidents giving a sit-down chat to the web broadcasting the crippled - which is the most-watched tv lawsuit of the year.

Here's a round-up of his wildest moments arsenic we people 3 weeks since Mr Trump returned to the White House.

1. Causing global chaos connected tariffs

In comments connected his mode to the Super Bowl LIX connected Sunday, the US president shocked the satellite erstwhile helium said helium volition enforce 25% tariffs connected "any alloy coming into the United States", adding that aluminium volition besides beryllium taxable to further duties.

He did not connection immoderate details, but did corroborate helium plans to denote connected Tuesday oregon Wednesday different "reciprocal tariffs" connected countries that person their ain duties connected US products. The UK exported 166,433 tonnes of alloy to the US successful 2023, the past afloat twelvemonth for which figures are available.

The UK has truthful acold avoided being deed with tariffs, but officials are present urgently seeking further details connected whether we’ll beryllium deed by Mr Trump’s latest announcement. Home Office curate Dame Angela Eagle this greeting said the Government volition person to "wait and spot whether the president gets much circumstantial astir what helium meant by that comment".

2. Trolling Taylor Swift implicit the Super Bowl

After dipping retired of the Super Bowl crippled early, the erratic President decided to instrumentality to societal media to troll planetary superstar Taylor Swift.

In a bizarre station connected his level Truth Social, Mr Trump shared a video of himself astatine the American shot crippled successful New Orleans wherever cheering and applause could beryllium heard successful the background, alongside a video of an uncomfortable-looking Swift connected the stadium TV surface seemingly being booed. The US President added: “Trump gets monolithic cheers astatine the Super Bowl portion Taylor Swift gets booed.”

In different mocking comment, the attention-seeking Mr Trump wrote: “The lone 1 that had a tougher nighttime than the Kansas City Chiefs was Taylor Swift. She got BOOED retired of the Stadium. MAGA [Make America Great Again] is precise unforgiving!”

Swift was astatine the lucifer supporting her fellow Kansas City Chiefs' Travis Kelce , whose squad mislaid to the Philadelphia Eagles.

3. More obsessing over renaming the 'Gulf of Mexico'

During his formation to New Orleans, Mr Trump signed a proclamation declaring February 9 the archetypal ever “Gulf of America Day" arsenic Air Force One flew implicit the assemblage of h2o that helium renamed by proclamation from the Gulf of Mexico.

Mexico besides yesterday deed backmost mockingly astatine Mr Trump’s obsession implicit renaming , successful a sarcastic comeback to his comments connected the Gulf of Mexico. This had erstwhile been the sanction of the territory successful 1607 connected an historical European map.

Elsewhere Mexican President Sheinbaum past period wrote a missive to Google asking it to reconsider its determination to rename the Gulf of Mexico. For radical utilizing the app successful the US, it volition look with the caller sanction the Gulf of America. Elsewhere crossed the globe it volition support its existent name, which has been utilized for hundreds of years.

4. Saying his Canada 51st authorities imagination 'is a existent thing'

Mr Trump ranted astir however superior is astir wanting Canada to go the 51st authorities successful an interrogation that aired Sunday during the Super Bowl pre-show.

Asked whether his speech of annexing Canada is “a existent thing" by Fox News, the US President said: “Yeah it is. I deliberation Canada would beryllium overmuch amended disconnected being the 51st authorities due to the fact that we suffer $200billion a twelvemonth with Canada. And I’m not going to fto that happen," helium said.

Mr Trump past repeated mendacious claims that the US is subsidising Canada, adding: "Why are we paying $200billion a year, fundamentally a subsidy to Canada?” The US is not subsidising Canada. It buys products from the country, including commodities similar oil. While the commercialized spread has surged successful caller years, it mostly reflects US imports of Canadian energy.

Canadian officials had antecedently dismissed Mr Trump’s thoughts connected a 51st authorities arsenic a joke. But a leaked signaling of Canada's outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told concern leaders helium believes it “is a existent thing” and that Mr Trump mightiness beryllium serious.

5. More ranting astir Canada

Elsewhere, Mr Trump made faint threats that helium would retreat immoderate subject enactment to Canada. He claimed that Canada is "not viable arsenic a country” without U.S. trade, and warned that the founding NATO subordinate tin nary longer beryllium connected the U.S. for subject protection.

“You know, they don’t wage precise overmuch for military. And the crushed they don’t wage overmuch is they presume that we’re going to support them," helium said. “That’s not an presumption they tin marque because… wherefore are we protecting different country?"

After making the comments, Mr Trump past continued to rant astir Canada arsenic a 51st authorities being a “cherished state”. He said the US would beryllium “beautiful” without the borderline betwixt itself and the US. “Somebody drew it galore years agone with a ruler, conscionable a line,” helium said.

6. Fawning implicit 'terrific' Elon Musk

Elsewhere successful Mr Trump’s Fox News interview, helium defended the enactment of his sidekick Elon Musk, whose Department of Government Efficiency - nicknamed DOGE - has been nether fire.

And helium aimed disapproval astatine a national justice who had blocked DOGE from accessing delicate idiosyncratic data. A justice connected Saturday temporarily blocked DOGE’s entree to the US Treasury Department pursuing a lawsuit, hitting retired astatine the hazard of "irreparable harm."

Discussing the ruling, Mr Trump said: "I disagree with it 100%. I deliberation it's crazy. And we person to lick the ratio problem." The US President said Musk, who owns Tesla and Twitter /X, has been “terrific”.

7. Seeing his commercialized warfare with China play out

In the past 24 hours, Mr Trump’s commercialized warfare with China intensified. Beijing announced it has imposed retaliatory tariffs connected America aft the US President decided to slap an further 10% levy connected Chinese products.

It marks a immense escalation successful the commercialized warfare betwixt the 2 biggest economies successful the world. China announced tariffs against the UK minutes aft Mr Trump’s caller levies deed them successful January.

Last week China accused the US of making "unfounded and mendacious allegations" astir its portion successful the fentanyl commercialized to warrant slapping tariffs connected Chinese products. The state lodged a ailment with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) successful which it said the measures were "discriminatory and protectionist" and violated commercialized rules.