The dollar was lower, but its decline, after Trump said he’d prefer not to impose new tariffs on China could prove limited, as he is still likely to implement tariffs and his other policies including tighter immigration and tax cuts,

The dollar fell to a one-month low against a basket of currencies on Friday after US President Donald Trump called for interest rates to fall and suggested a potentially softer stance on tariffs against China.

Trump declared dozens of times that he would have a deal in place between Ukraine and Russia on his first day in office, if not before. His advisers now concede the war will take months to resolve. "I really would like to be able to meet with President Putin soon to get that war ended,

Asked if a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine is on the horizon, President Trump told members of the World Economic Forum, “you’re going to have to ask Russia.” Trump also stated the war would not have started had he been in office.