US politics live: Shock CCTV reveals reality of Trump rule

The American president appears to be fed up with Vladimir Putin, saying he is “very angry, pi**sed off” with the Russian leader, in a new interview.

Welcome to our live coverage of US politics.

US President Donald Trump said Sunday he was “very angry, pi--ed off” with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, NBC reported, marking a sharp change of tone as Washington seeks to end the war in Ukraine.

NBC’s Kristen Welker said Mr Trump had called her to express his fury over Mr Putin questioning Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s future as a leader - something that Mr Trump himself has done.

Ms Welker, on her NBC show “Meet The Press” on Sunday, quoted directly from an early-morning telephone conversation with the president.

“If Russia and I are unable to make a deal on stopping the bloodshed in Ukraine, and if I think it was Russia’s fault … I am going to put secondary tariffs on all oil coming out of Russia,” Mr Trump said.

Mr Trump told Ms Welker that he “was very angry, pi--ed off” over Mr Putin’s recent comments about Mr Zelensky’s credibility and talking about new leadership in Ukraine.

Meanwhile, Mr Trump has threatened that Iran will be bombed if it persists in developing nuclear weapons.

“If they don’t make a deal, there will be bombing,” NBC News said the president told one of its correspondents in an interview late Saturday.

It said he also threatened to punish Iran with what he called “secondary tariffs.”

Elsewhere, Denmark on Saturday said it did not like the “tone” of US Vice President JD Vance’s comments that Copenhagen had not done enough for Greenland, during his visit to the strategically placed, resource-rich Danish territory coveted by Mr Trump.

“We are open to criticisms, but let me be completely honest, we do not appreciate the tone in which it’s being delivered,” Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said in posts on social media.

“This is not how you speak to your close allies, and I still consider Denmark and the United States to be close allies,” he said.

Mr Vance made his comments during a trip to the Pituffik Space Base in northwestern Greenland, viewed by both Copenhagen and Nuuk as a provocation.

“Our message to Denmark is very simple: You have not done a good job by the people of Greenland,” Mr Vance told a press conference.

“You have under-invested in the people of Greenland and you have under-invested in the security architecture of this incredible, beautiful landmass,” he added.

Read on for more updates

Originally published as US politics live: Shock CCTV reveals reality of Trump rule