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President Donald Trump holds up a copy of a 2025 National Trade Estimate Report as he speaks at an event at the White House on April 2, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center for a welcoming banquet in Tianjin, China, on August 31, 2025. (Getty Images)
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A worker inspects the form of the shaped steel billets following the press stage in the manufacturing process of 155mm caliber shells at the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant in Pennsylvania on April 16, 2024. (Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump boards Air Force One on September 7, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland. (Getty Images)
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A US Army Patriot Missile System participates in the exercise DEFENDER-Europe 21 in Croatia on May 17, 2021. (US Army)
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US Chief of Protocol Monica Crowley greets European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the White House before a meeting with President Donald Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky on August 18, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee via Getty Images)
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Chinese honor guards participate in a welcome ceremony in Tianjin, China, on August 31, 2025, as Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives to attend a Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit. (Vladimir Smirnov via Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping greet each other during a welcoming ceremony of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Tianjin on August 31, 2025. (Getty Images)
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US Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft sit on the flight line at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida on August 28, 2025. (DVIDS)
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on June 22, 2025. (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)
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