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White House Producer/Multi-Platform Reporter @CBSNews; @WHCA Board Member; @TakeoutPodcast & “Agent of Betrayal” Producer. DM for Signal/WhatsApp
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Joined March 2012
Trump also talked about Russia-Ukraine peace talks at the turkey pardoning, saying he thinks they're "getting very close to a deal. We'll find out."
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The WH turkey pardoning speech is usually lighthearted and filled with bad puns and jokes. This year’s took a turn — Trump talked about crime in Chicago and wanting to send federal troops in. He called the Mayor “incompetent” and Gov Pritzker a “big fat slob”
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FIRST ON @CBSNews: US Army Sec Dan Driscoll is meeting with Russians in Abu Dhabi, UAE on Ukraine peace talks (via @JimLaPorta, @margbrennan, @CamJourno) https://t.co/FrzCQ6NvfP
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U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is in Abu Dhabi to meet with Russian officials, two U.S. officials and two diplomatic sources who were not authorized to speak publicly told CBS News.
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Asked whether he’d be comfortable living in NYC, Trump says he would feel “very, very comfortable being in New York, and I think much more so after the meeting.”
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Trump says he had threatened to cut off federal funding to Mamdani if they hadn’t gotten along, but “I don’t think that’s going to happen….I expect to be helping him, not hurting him. A big help.” Trump says their meeting today “surprised” him and that they agree on a lot
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Asked about having called Trump a “despot” with a “fascist agenda,”Mamdani says their convo focused not on their differences but on serving New Yorkers. Trump jumped in to say he’s been “called much worse than a despot…it’s not that insulting…I think he’ll change his mind”
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Very big change in tone from Trump about Mamdani following their “very productive” meeting. “I think you’re going to have, hopefully, a really great mayor. The better he does, the happier I am…and we’re going to be helping him…I feel very confident that he can do a good job.”
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But in a video posted today, Zelenskyy said, "Ukraine may find itself facing a very difficult choice: Either loss of dignity, or the risk of losing a key partner. Either a difficult 28 points, or an extremely difficult winter." Zelenskyy spoke with VP Vance about the plan today
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In an interview on @kilmeade, Trump confirms he's set a deadline of Thanksgiving for Zelenskyy to reply to the 28-point peace plan. "I've had a lot of deadlines, but if things are working well, you tend to extend the deadlines. But Thursday is a - we think an appropriate time."
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Vance and Zelensky spoke today about the proposed peace plan, a Ukrainian official confirms to CBS
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NEW: As he prepared for his White House visit, New York Mayor-Elect @ZohranKMamdani and @SenSchumer spoke Thursday about his meeting with President Trump, a person familiar with their call tells @CBSNews. Schumer, the senior senator from New York, is no stranger to high-stakes
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BREAKING: President Zelenskyy addressed Ukrainians from outside his presidencial office in Kyiv and told them the county is facing “one of the most difficult moments in our history” as its biggest ally presses it into a deal with the nation that has fought to destroy it for 11
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While the US briefed Ukraine's Umerov in Miami on the developing plan Dmitriev-Witkoff had worked on, he's stating here that he was not approving the substance of it. "I provided no assessments or, even more so, approvals of any points. This is not within my authority and does
While work with the U.S. delegation continues in Kyiv, various assumptions about the content of the consultations are appearing in the public space. I want to briefly clarify this. During my visit to the United States, my role was technical — organizing meetings and preparing
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Our latest on the Trump administration’s proposed 28-point peace plan for Russia-Ukraine @CBSNews
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Trump administration officials have proposed a 28-point peace plan designed to end the Russia-Ukraine war — a framework that would require Ukraine to give up territory and swear off NATO membership.
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TRUMP says during the U.S.-Saudi investment forum that the U.S. will be involved in trying to settle Sudan: "His majesty would like me to do something very powerful having to do with Sudan. It was not on my, my charts to be involved in that. ... But I just see how important that
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Trump, talking about deductions for buying cars, including Teslas: “You’re so lucky I’m with you Elon. Has he ever thanked me properly?”
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Trump: “The people in this room, they live on deductions. Me too…Middle income people, they don’t know about that. They don’t really have deductions.”
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Trump on Fed Chair Powell: “Scott [Bessent] you’ve got to work on this guy. He’s got mental problems. I gotta be honest; I want to fire his ass…The only thing Scott’s blowing it on is the Fed. Because the rates are too high. And if you don’t get it fixed fast I’ll fire your ass”
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Trump days that per the Dept of Agriculture, turkey is down 33%. “And I’m not talking about the country Turkey. Erdogan is doing fine….He’s a friend of ours. We gotta take care of our friends.”
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Trump calls his chief of staff Susie Wiles the most powerful woman in the world. “She can take out a country - destroy - take out a country with one phone call. That's power. I don't know if I could do that, but she could.”
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