Trump’s new website honours ‘magnificent legacy’ – follow live

Donald Trump suggested he had “saved the entire world” but that Anthony Fauci and Deborah Birx put “millions of lives at risk” in a rambling new statement on Monday.

The ex-president went on a tirade against his former top Covid advisers the day after CNN aired preview comments made about the pandemic by the health experts.

In his latest outburst Mr Trump claimed that he ignored both officials while in the White House and that he was responsible for getting vaccinesdeveloped quickly and approved for use.

“Based on their interviews, I felt it was time to speak up about Dr Fauci and Dr Birx, two self-promoters trying to reinvent history to cover for their bad instincts and faulty recommendations, which I fortunately almost always overturned,” said Mr Trump.

Donald Trump has launched his official new website to promote his legacy.

The 45office.com website features a lengthy ‘About’ section which gushes over the former president’s “inspiring, groundbreaking campaign” that got him elected and the “magnificent legacy” of his administration.

“Through civic engagement and public activism, the Office of Donald J Trump will strive to inform, educate, and inspire Americans from all walks of life as we seek to build a truly great American Future,” it states.

It was not immediately clear when the website went live.

In an interview with Fox News earlier this month, Jason Miller, a spokesman for Trump‘s 2020 campaign, said Trump will launch his own social media platform in two to three months.

The Biden administration has said it is considering “additional actions” that the United Nations might take to respond to North Korea‘s recent missile tests. 

Linda Thomas-Greenfield, US Ambassador to the United Nations, was not specific about what those actions might entail, but noted that the UN Security Council had met last week and renewed the mandate of experts who monitor sanctions against the North.

The council is also expected to hold closed-door discussions on North Korea on Tuesday. “We’re looking at additional actions that we might take,” Ms Thomas-Greenfield said of the US and others Security Council members. 

Joe Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan will be meeting in Washington soon with his counterparts from Japan and South Korea to discuss North Korea strategy as the administration finalises a review of how to approach the country.

Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, who recently returned from Tokyo and Seoul, said the three countries are united in dealing with the challenges posed by Pyongyang. 

“What we’re seeing from Pyongyang in terms of these provocations does nothing to shake the resolve of our three countries along with allies and partners around the world to approach North Korea from a position of strength in order to diminish the threat that it poses to the region and beyond,” Mr Blinken said. 

On Monday, North Korea accused the UN of a “double standard” over its reaction to the launches, which violate UN sanctions, warning of serious consequences. 

Last week, North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea in a defiance of UN resolutions that ban such launches by North Korea. Some experts say North Korea‘s missile launches, the first of their kind in a year, were aimed at applying pressure on the Biden administration.