Rachel Maddow called out Donald Trump over the reported true cost of his efforts to spruce up the superluxury jumbo jet he’s set to receive from the royal family of Qatar, accusing the president of taking funding from a key nuclear safety program to bankroll the renovations.

Rachel Maddow shares New York Times reporting that Donald Trump has taken nearly a billion dollars from taxpayer money meant for modernizing the U.S. nuclear arsenal, and is instead directing some of those funds to refurbish the Air Force One style plane gifted to him from Qatar,

The Air Force claimed previously the jet would likely cost less than $400 million to renovate, though actual costs appear to be closer to $1 billion.

The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dismissed the U.S.'s intent to resume diplomacy on North Korea’s denuclearization, as she urged Washington to accept her country as a nuclear weapons state and find a new approach to restart talks.

North Korea said on Tuesday the United States must accept that reality has changed since the countries' summit meetings in the past, and no future dialogue would end its nuclear program, state media KCNA reported.

Analyzing Iran's nuclear program, Donald Trump's warnings, and the resulting geopolitical tensions involving Russia, Ukraine, and the Middle East.

Iran, which denies seeking to develop a nuclear weapon, has insisted it will not give up domestic uranium enrichment despite the bombings of three nuclear sites. Trump told reporters that Iran has been sending out "nasty signals" and any effort to restart its nuclear program will be immediately quashed.

"We will do it again, if necessary!" US President Donald Trump warned after Iran's foreign minister said three nuclear facilities had been badly damaged in strikes in June. View on euronews