US President Donald Trump said he intends to offer “gold cards” worth $5 million each to foreigners who want to settle on American soil and create jobs there, Reuters reported, quoted by BTA.
These cards will be a step towards obtaining citizenship as part of a change in the current US visa regime for foreign investors, the world agency said.
The American head of state noted that the immigration program, which he believes is legal, could start within two weeks. He added that it is possible that these “gold cards” to receive Russian oligarchs as well.
On the other hand, the US president indicated that he would sign a deal for access to Russian rare earth elements, after having already negotiated an agreement with Ukraine for its strategic metals, Reuters reported.
The White House said that “his staff will decide” which media outlets will have the right to regularly cover US President Donald Trump live, the Associated Press reported, quoted by BTA.
This is a sharp change in the centuries-old tradition, according to which independent media groups can cover the president’s actions and hold him accountable on behalf of Americans, the AP notes.
White House spokeswoman Caroline Levitt said that the list of media outlets that can cover the events will include some online media at the expense of traditional mass media. She described the change as a modernization and said the move would be more comprehensive and restore “access (to the president) to the American people,” who elected Trump.
“Going forward, journalists accredited to White House events will be determined by the White House media team,” Leavitt said. “No longer will a select group of Washington journalists have a monopoly on journalistic access to the White House.”
Her statement came a day after a federal judge refused to order the White House to immediately restore the Associated Press’s access to events involving the president.
The news agency is suing Leavitt and two other White House officials for barring AP access to the institution over the news outlet’s refusal to call the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of Mexico, as Trump had ordered. The Associated Press said it would continue to use the term “Gulf of Mexico” but would also note Trump’s decision.
