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President Donald Trump said he would double duties on steel imports, a move that threatens to deepen his tariff war with US trade partners. DW has more. President Donald Trump has announced a doubling of tariffs on steel imports Friday marked Elon Musk's last day in Washington, where the billionaire had been serving as a top adviser to President Donald Trump Musk's time as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) lasted 129 days Trump held a press conference in the Oval Office bidding farewell to Musk The EU's trade commissioner says the bloc is 'fully invested' in reaching deal to avoid US tariffs Below, you can read a roundup of news from the United States on May 30, 2025: Trump says US will double tariffs on foreign steel to 50% US President Donald Trump said his administration would double duties on steel imports to 50%. He announced the tariff hike while speaking in Pennsylvania at a US Steel plant, where he also touted a "partnership" between the American steelmaker and Japan's Nippon Steel. "We're going to bring it from 25% to 50%, the tariffs on steel into the United States of America, which will even further secure the steel industry," he said. "Nobody's going to get around that." The move puts further pressure on global steel producers and threatens to deepen Trump's trade war and increase market uncertainty over Trump's disorienting tariff regime. Trump bids farewell to Musk at presser US President Donald Trump held a press conference together with billionaire Elon Musk, in which he thanked him for his time as a senior advisor to the administration, leading the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, also known by the internet meme DOGE. Despite its name, DOGE is not a cabinet-level department. Trump praised Musk's work as "fantastic," while calling the world's richest man a "great patriot." The US president said Musk will continue to support his administration even after his time as special advisor is done, which was also echoed by the billionaire himself. "Elon is really not leaving," Trump said. "He's going to be back and forth." Elon Musk said he will continue to support the work done by DOGE "as a friend and an advisor to the president." "It's not the end of DOGE, but the beginning," Musk said, adding that the office's influence will only grow stronger. "I'm confident we'll see trillions of dollars of savings overtime." Supreme Court gives go ahead to Trump administration on legal protection removal The Supreme Court allowed the Trumpadministration to strip temporary legal protections from more than 500,000 migrants from four countries: Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela. This brings the number of people who could be exposed to deportation to almost one million. The Court put on hold a federal judge's order halting the administration's move to end the so-called "parole" granted to 532,000 of the migrants from the four countries by previous US President Joe Biden. EU's trade chief says EU 'fully invested' to find ways of avoiding sweeping trade tariffs EU trade commissioner Maros Sefcovic said the bloc is "fully invested" in reaching a deal with the United States to avoid sweeping tariffs. "Our time and effort fully invested, as delivering forward-looking solutions remains a top EU priority. Staying in permanent contact," Sefcovic said in a post on social media platfrom X after speaking with US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. The EU is seeking an end to 25% tariffs on steel and cars and for Trump to drop his so-called "reciprocal" tariff. It was provisionally set at 20% for the EU but is being held at 10% during a 90-day pause until July. Trump threatened last Friday, but then postponed, to slap EU goods with a huge tariff, in a sign of increasing frustration that talks with the EU were "going nowhere." Musk to say goodbye to Trump administration US President Donald Trump is set to bid farewell to his billionaire adviser Elon Musk with a press event in the Oval Office on Friday. "This will be his last day, but not really, because he will, always, be with us, helping all the way," Trump said in a post on his Truth Social media platform on Thursday. "Elon is terrific! See you tomorrow at the White House," Trump said. Musk has been heading up the Department of Government Efficiency or DOGE that has been behind the drastic federal workforce cuts. Over a month ago, Musk indicated that from May onwards, he would be spending "significantly" less time working as Trump's cost-cutter and focus on his e-car company Tesla, which has posted plunging sales figures. Musk claimed that DOGE had saved taxpayers $160 billion although the numbers have been questioned, with some suggesting that some savings had been double-counted. It hasn't been a smooth 130 days in Washington, with Elaine Kamarck of the Brookings Institution telling AFP news agency the beginning of the end "started (in) mid-March when there were several meetings in the Oval Office and in the cabinet room where basically Elon Musk got into fights." Musk publicly called Trump's trade adviser Peter Navarro "dumber than a sack of bricks." As indicated by Trump in his social media post, this doesn't appear to be the end of things. "I think they genuinely like each other and I think Musk has a lot of money that he can contribute to campaigns if he is so moved. I think there will be a continued relation," Kamarck told AFP. Welcome to our coverage Elon Musk has finished his time as a "special government employee," with US President Donald Trump saying an Oval Office press event is planned for Friday to bid the Tesla billionaire farewell. Musk has claimed his cost cutting measures at the Department of Government Efficiency or DOGE have saved taxpayers $160 billion (€141 billion), although the sum has been questioned. Democrats in particular have argued that Elon Musk and DOGE have no authority to make the spending cuts. We're also following the EU saying its "fully invested" in reaching a deal with the Trump administration to avoid sweeping US tariffs. This blog will keep you updated with these stories plus other news from the United States, along with DW analysis and on-the-ground reporting.