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Kristopher Rivera retweeted
‼️ White House on President Trump visit to Philippines and China: President Trump will conclude his visit to China with a trilateral meeting between the President of the United States, the President of the People's Republic of China, and the President of the Russian Federation.
Full details here :
President Trump will depart the White House early Monday morning to travel to Manila, where he will land Tuesday evening local time. In Manila, the president will participate in a multilateral meeting with Quad leaders to discuss shared interests of peace, prosperity, and security in the Indo-Pacific region. Under President Trump's leadership, the Quad has demonstrated that it is a partnership of action, tackling the region's toughest challenges and driving opportunities to ensure a free and open Indo-Pacific. Following the Quad leaders' meeting, President Trump will sign a trade deal with Thailand, participate in the U.S.-ASEAN special summit, and then he will be the guest of honor at a dinner with ASEAN and other regional leaders. On Wednesday morning local time, President Trump will travel to the presidential palace for a state visit welcome ceremony with the president of the Republic of the Philippines, followed by a bilateral meeting between the two leaders and a lunch banquet. President Trump will conclude his two-day visit to the Philippines with commercial deals and strategic investments that strengthen American security and prosperity while cementing American leadership in a free and open Indo-Pacific. These actions will open new markets for American aviation, defense, energy, and technology companies, and support American jobs at home. He will depart Wednesday afternoon for Shenzhen, China, where he will join the APEC leaders dinner on Thursday morning local time. President Trump participates in a multilateral meeting with the APEC leaders. Both the U.S. G20 host year and China's APEC host year have focused on championing economic growth and have highlighted the new horizons of prosperity that SI presents to all of our economies. APEC has been a vital platform for the United States to broaden markets for U.S. exports in the Asia-Pacific region. In 2026, President Trump has worked with APEC leaders to secure support for policies that will lead to a more balanced and fair trade for American businesses, farmers, and workers. President Trump will continue to advance his America First agenda, securing wins for the American people on trade, energy, and economic growth. On Thursday afternoon, President Trump will participate in a bilateral meeting and working lunch with the President of the People's Republic of China. The President participated in historic state visits with President Xi this year, both in Beijing in May, where he negotiated a sweeping package of commitments from China that drive high-paying jobs here in the U.S. and open new markets for U.S. goods, and here in Washington D.C. in September, where the president advanced the U.S.-China relationship and operationalized the boards of trade and investment. Under President Trump's leadership, U.S.-China relations have been refocused on what matters most: rebuilding the safety, security, and prosperity of Americans. And as President Trump has said, much has been and will be accomplished between the two leaders. President Trump will conclude his visit to China with a trilateral meeting between the President of the United States, the President of the People's Republic of China, and the President of the Russian Federation. The President has made it clear that, among other topics, he will discuss the reduction of nuclear weapons in the world, whose proliferation President Trump believes, is very dangerous. President Trump looks forward to his first visit to the Philippines in his second term and his second visit to China this year, where the president will secure historic wins for the American people and advance America's interests in the Indo-Pacific.
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NEW from me: Former CIA Director John Brennan's son was arrested and charged for allegedly possessing child porn, a law enforcement source told the Daily Caller.
Brennan's son Kyle was arrested by the FBI Friday and is facing a felony charge for "knowingly transporting child pornography using a means or facility of interstate or foreign commerce."
@DailyCaller
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A government source tells CNN that the communication issue behind the nationwide ground stop started in the Northeast before spreading across the country.
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Mitt Romney pulled Biden aside at the WH. “Pump your arms,” Romney told him.
“Excuse me?” Biden responded.
“You’re holding your hands stiffly by your side when you walk. Pump your arms and you’ll look more energetic and confident,” Romney instructed, advice Biden tried to take. theatlantic.com/politics/202…
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A second FAA employee that I just spoke with on the phone said this is impacting centers, which are air traffic control facilities that specifically monitor flights once they are in the air, all the way up to the highest altitude that they will go. So what they’re doing right now is rerouting those planes in the air to the next closest operating center that has not been impacted.
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The US Secretary of Homeland Security says the cause of the nationwide ground stop is "just a telecommunication outage."
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Scoop: President Trump will meet with Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping next Thursday in Shenzhen
Trump's primary goal is discussing nuclear arms control
nypost.com/2026/11/13/us-new…
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Four sailors who spoke to Military Times said they were assigned tasks not fitting their positions, such as clipping lawmakers' toenails and making overnight deliveries. navytimes.com/news/2026/11/1…
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“It was politics that triggered Mr. Huang’s downfall. He convinced the president to lift export restrictions on Nvidia chips to China, and this put him in conflict with the more hawkish elements on the president’s staff — especially Secretary of State Marco Rubio, whose sharp criticisms of China at one point got him barred from that country. It was Rubio who oversaw the memo that exposed Huang.”
nytimes.com/2026/11/12/opini…
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NEWS: National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett is expected to depart his role at the White House in the coming weeks, me and @ShelbyTalcott are told.
It's been almost exactly two years since Trump tapped Hassett to serve as his top economic adviser. semafor.com/article/11/13/20…
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Great reporting by @nytimes. The US Commerce Dept was approving sales of Nvidia chips to companies in China which either did not exist, were on the sanctions list, and/or had ties to China's military. A brief visit by journalists in China found that two of the offices were just empty shells.
Was Jensen Huang a "victim" of a honey trap or was he just trying to make as much money as possible? Was his $25 million donation to Trump's ballroom the price of pay to play? In the US - China tech competition, has the Commerce Dept been co-opted by other interests? Here is a gift article which raises deeply troubling questions.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. nytimes.com/2026/11/07/busin…
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Iraq is trucking 120,000 to 150,000 barrels of crude daily through Syria to the Mediterranean port of Baniyas, according to Basra Oil Company. The alternative export route bypasses Strait of Hormuz disruptions, with about 1.6 million barrels loaded since late October.
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At President Trump's direction, @SEPeaceMissions and Jared Kushner have worked extensively with both sides of the Russia-Ukraine War to end this conflict for good.
This week, they held a historic second round of trilateral negotiations in Abu Dhabi, met with Presidents Zelenskyy and Putin, ensured that European partners are included in future discussions, and began working towards what would be the largest prisoner exchange of the war.
Encouraging progress towards peace! 🕊️
Today concluded three days of intense diplomacy aimed at ending the horrible war between Russia and Ukraine.
Following detailed trilateral negotiations with the Russian and Ukrainian delegations in Abu Dhabi, we traveled to Moscow for direct discussions with President Putin, then to Dublin to meet with President Zelenskyy. We concluded the day consulting with National Security Advisors from Ukraine, Germany, Italy, EU, France, Ireland, and Poland.
A tremendous amount of work has gone into restarting direct negotiations after many months. We have made meaningful progress in understanding both sides’ concerns, identifying possible solutions, and establishing a path forward.
Both sides have now agreed to expand the next round of negotiations to include our European partners. This will allow us to address the broader postwar European security arrangements alongside the territorial issues between Ukraine and Russia. A lasting end to the fighting requires credible security guarantees, deconfliction mechanisms, and reciprocal de-escalation commitments that reduce the risk of future conflict.
We agreed with President Zelenskyy to remain in close contact with him and his team, and reaffirmed that no broader European security arrangements will be finalized without addressing Ukraine’s security concerns. We will begin discussing these interconnected issues in parallel, with the understanding that, apart from humanitarian measures, nothing will be finalized until a comprehensive agreement is reached.
We are also working toward what would be the largest prisoner exchange of the war, potentially reuniting thousands of people with their families. Many people’s lives have been devastated by this war and we hope both sides will demonstrate the good will and seriousness necessary to complete this important step.
We expect to announce the negotiating tracks, schedule, and additional details shortly.
President Trump is determined to end this horrible war. Significant differences remain, but we are encouraged by the progress made. We will undertake whatever hard diplomatic work is necessary to find a breakthrough that ends the fighting and creates the foundation for lasting peace, a sovereign, secure, and prosperous Ukraine, and a more stable Europe.
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz urged President Trump to avoid unexpected concessions in planned talks with Vladimir Putin in China next week, Reuters reports.
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"You know what I got to say, Joe, is F the Iranian leadership," Scott Bessent tells CNBC of being forced to move from his home to a military base amid Iranian threats against him.
"I'm not going to be cowered that they have initiated death threats against me. The other members of the cabinet were not going to be cowered. And it means what we are doing with operation economic outcast is working. And, you know, why am I going to be afraid when our the brave military personnel in the gulf, president trump constantly received death threats?"
"The IRGC, they're like a dangerous, cornered animal. So I follow the secret service instructions and have moved from my home to a military base"
He also blames the WSJ for sharing photos of him hosue
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Treasury Secretary Bessent makes clear here there were, in fact, four agencies versus Commerce (Howard Lutnick and his team) that advocated for Megaspeed to be put on the entity blacklist.
He says that the battle between Lutnick, Bessent and others in these agencies over this issue has been going on for “months.”
NEW: President Trump’s Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is under scrutiny from Trump officials because of his efforts to stall restrictions on chip exports, his longstanding relationship with the outgoing Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang and his pre-existing tensions with some members of the administration.
Some are now trying to encourage Trump to oust Lutnick.
Huang is on tape saying in front of Lutnick that the Commerce secretary is the person he talked to the most in the administration.
Story w/ @meridithmcgraw and @jdawsey1
wsj.com/politics/policy/lutn…
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Bessent:
Chinese AI models are dangerous because they don't have guardrails on them.
I predict you're probably going to see a big incident somewhere in the world.
I don't know who here saw the refrigerators in 150 grocery stores in France that got turned off. That was a Chinese model.
Probably the worst of all worlds: the Iranians using a Chinese model.
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Scott Bessent is accusing the Commerce Department of a delay in labeling Nvidia customer Megaspeed a possible national security threat
Bessent tells CNBC a wide swath of the Trump administration — including the Treasury, State, the Pentagon & USTR — favored placing Megaspeed on an export blacklist.
He said it was the Commerce Department, led by Lutnick, that had failed the follow through.
“Commerce…has the pen. You would have to ask them about their internal processes"