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Trump denies Marjorie Taylor Greene’s claims that her attacks endangered him
Hello, welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and I’ll be bringing you the latest news over the next few hours.
We start with this news President Donald Trump doubled down on his attacks on Republican lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene on Sunday, even as he reversed his stance on resisting the release of the Epstein files.
He continued to deny the suggestion that the criticism put him in danger and said he did not believe anyone was targeting him. Greene said Saturday that Trump’s online criticism had sparked a wave of threats against her.
He told CNN on Sunday morning that Trump calling him a traitor was the “most hurtful” part of his remarks. Trump repeated the insult hours later.
“Marjorie ‘Traitor’ Greene,” he said, referring to the congressman. “I don’t think his life is in danger… I don’t think anybody cares about him,” the president told reporters Sunday night before boarding Air Force One from his Mar-a-Lago social club in Florida to return to Washington, D.C.
Greene, a U.S. House member from Georgia who has long been known as a Trump loyalist, has recently taken positions at odds with the president. He said that private security firms contacted him on Saturday and warned him about his security, and that harsh attacks against him had previously resulted in death threats.
The public outcry came as Trump urged his fellow Republicans in Congress to vote to release files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, reversing his earlier resistance to such a move.
Trump’s post on Truth Social comes after House speaker Mike Johnson previously said he believed a vote to release justice department documents in the Epstein case would help dispel allegations that “his” [Trump] It has something to do with it.”
“House Republicans must vote to release the Epstein files because we have nothing to hide,” Trump wrote on the Truth Social platform on Sunday.
“And it’s time to give up on this Democrat Hoax perpetrated by Radical Left Crazies to distract from the Great Success of the Republican Party, including our recent victory in the ‘Shutdown’ of the Democrats,” he said.
Although Trump and Epstein were photographed together decades ago, the president said the two men had a falling out before Epstein’s conviction. Emails released by a House committee last week showed that the disgraced financier, who died by suicide in prison in 2019, believed Trump “knew about the girls,” but it was unclear what that statement meant.
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The United States carried out another attack on an alleged drug-smuggling boat in the eastern Pacific on Saturday, killing three people on board, the Pentagon said Sunday. In the statement made by the US Southern Command, it was said: “Intelligence confirmed that the ship was involved in illicit drug smuggling, transited a known drug smuggling route and was carrying narcotics.” post on social media.
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Trump said he could begin talks with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who faces growing pressure from Washington amid a massive U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean. “We may be having some discussions with Maduro, and we’ll see how that plays out. They want to talk,” the US president said Sunday, in one of the first signs of a possible path toward de-escalating the increasingly tense situation in the region.
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Trump on Sunday brushed aside concerns that conservative commentator Tucker Carlson’s recent interview with a far-right activist known for his anti-Semitic views had sparked division within the Republican party. Trump defended Carlson, saying the former Fox News host “has said good things about me over the years.” Carlson said “people have to decide” if they want to interview Nick Fuentes, whose followers see them as trying to protect America’s white Christian identity. Trump did not criticize Carlson or Fuentes.
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Trump said he plans to meet with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on Sunday and say they will “figure something out,” in what could be a détente for the Republican president and Democratic political star who see each other as political obstacles. Trump criticized Mamdani for months, falsely labeling him a “communist” and predicting the destruction of his hometown of New York if the democratic socialist was elected.
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A group of 17 transgender U.S. air force members has sued the Trump administration for denying them early retirement pay and benefits. complaintThe lawsuit, filed in federal court, calls the government’s move against them “unlawful and invalid.”
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Trump says he plans to meet with New York Mayor Mamdani
President Donald Trump said he plans to meet with New York City’s mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on Sunday and “they’ll figure something out,” the AP reported.
Trump criticized Mamdani for months, falsely labeling him a “communist” and predicting the destruction of his hometown of New York if the democratic socialist was elected. He also threatened to deport Mamdani, who was born in Uganda and is an American citizen, and to withdraw federal money from the city.
Mamdani went from an unknown state lawmaker to a social media star and symbol of resistance to Trump during the mayoral campaign. He campaigned on a set of progressive policies and a message of sharp opposition to the aggressive, anti-immigrant agenda put forward by Trump in his second White House term.
The 34-year-old appealed to a broad cross-section of New Yorkers and defeated former governor Andrew Cuomo, one of New York’s political heavyweights, by nearly 9 percentage points.
In his victory speech on election night, Mamdani said he wanted New York to show the country how to defeat the president. But the next day, as he talked about his plans to “protect” New York from Trump when he takes office in January, the new mayor said he was willing to work with anyone, including the president, if it could help New Yorkers.
Trump denies Marjorie Taylor Greene’s claims that her attacks endangered him
Hello, welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and I’ll be bringing you the latest news over the next few hours.
We start with this news President Donald Trump doubled down on his attacks on Republican lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene on Sunday, even as he reversed his stance on resisting the release of the Epstein files.
He continued to deny the suggestion that the criticism put him in danger and said he did not believe anyone was targeting him. Greene said Saturday that Trump’s online criticism had sparked a wave of threats against her.
He told CNN on Sunday morning that Trump calling him a traitor was the “most hurtful” part of his remarks. Trump repeated the insult hours later.
“Marjorie ‘Traitor’ Greene,” he said, referring to the congressman. “I don’t think his life is in danger… I don’t think anybody cares about him,” the president told reporters Sunday night before boarding Air Force One from his Mar-a-Lago social club in Florida to return to Washington, D.C.
Greene, a U.S. House member from Georgia who has long been known as a Trump loyalist, has recently taken positions at odds with the president. He said that private security firms contacted him on Saturday and warned him about his security, and that harsh attacks against him had previously resulted in death threats.
The public outcry came as Trump urged his fellow Republicans in Congress to vote to release files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, reversing his earlier resistance to such a move.
Trump’s post on Truth Social comes after House speaker Mike Johnson previously said he believed a vote to release justice department documents in the Epstein case would help dispel allegations that “his” [Trump] It has something to do with it.”
“House Republicans must vote to release the Epstein files because we have nothing to hide,” Trump wrote on the Truth Social platform on Sunday.
“And it’s time to give up on this Democrat Hoax perpetrated by Radical Left Crazies to distract from the Great Success of the Republican Party, including our recent victory in the ‘Shutdown’ of the Democrats,” he said.
Although Trump and Epstein were photographed together decades ago, the president said the two men had a falling out before Epstein’s conviction. Emails released by a House committee last week showed that the disgraced financier, who died by suicide in prison in 2019, believed Trump “knew about the girls,” but it was unclear what that statement meant.
Read the full story here:
In other developments:
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The United States carried out another attack on an alleged drug-smuggling boat in the eastern Pacific on Saturday, killing three people on board, the Pentagon said Sunday. In the statement made by the US Southern Command, it was said, “Intelligence confirmed that the ship was involved in illicit drug smuggling, was transiting a known drug smuggling route, and was carrying narcotics.” post on social media.
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Trump said he could begin talks with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who faces growing pressure from Washington amid a massive U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean. “We may be having some discussions with Maduro, and we’ll see how that plays out. They want to talk,” the US president said Sunday, in one of the first signs of a possible path toward de-escalating the increasingly tense situation in the region.
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Trump on Sunday brushed aside concerns that conservative commentator Tucker Carlson’s recent interview with a far-right activist known for his anti-Semitic views had sparked division within the Republican party. Trump defended Carlson, saying the former Fox News host “has said good things about me over the years.” Carlson said “people have to decide” if they want to interview Nick Fuentes, whose followers see them as trying to protect America’s white Christian identity. Trump did not criticize Carlson or Fuentes.
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Trump said he plans to meet with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on Sunday and say they will “figure something out,” in what could be a détente for the Republican president and Democratic political star who see each other as political obstacles. Trump criticized Mamdani for months, falsely labeling him a “communist” and predicting the destruction of his hometown of New York if the democratic socialist was elected.
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A group of 17 transgender U.S. air force members has sued the Trump administration for denying them early retirement pay and benefits. complaintThe lawsuit, filed in federal court, calls the government’s move against them “unlawful and invalid.”
