Earlier this evening President Donald Trump had an extensive phone interview with Fox News host Lou Dobbs. WATCH:
[Home for laundry, errands and catching up before quick turnaround]… Earlier today White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany holds a press conference. [Video and Transcript Below]
Earlier today President Trump met with the family of service member SPC Vanessa Guillen who was brutally murdered. President Trump promised to deliver justice for the 20 year-old who was found dismembered and burned after last being seen in a parking lot at Fort Hood, where she was stationed, on April 22.
A courageous & stunning conversation in the oval office [Video and Transcript Below]
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[Transcript] MRS. GLORIA GUILLÉN: (As interpreted.) Thank you for having us. Thanks you for receiving us.
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much.
MRS. GLORIA GUILLÉN: (As interpreted.) It’s an honor to be here.
Today at approximately 4:20pm ET, President Trump is scheduled to deliver remarks in Midland, TX, on the topic of restoring energy dominance in the Permian Basin. [Livestream Links Below]
White House Livestream – RSBN Livestream Link – Alternate Livestream Link
Chopper pressers are the best pressers. On his way to Texas, President Trump stopped for a brief press conference with the media prior to departure. [Video and Transcript]
[Transcript] THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. We have a lot of things going on. As you know, we’re heading out to Texas right now.
But Portland — I’ll give you a little report on Portland: We have the courthouse very well secured. Our people have done a fantastic job. You hear all sorts of reports about us leaving. We’re not leaving until they’ve secured their city. We told the governor, we told the mayor: “Secure your city.” If they don’t secure their city soon, we have no choice — we’re going to have to go in and clean it out. We’ll do it very easily. We’re all prepared to do it.
Not sure if this will start on time… President Trump has a 5:00p ET press conference scheduled for today. Livestream links below:
WH Livestream Link – Fox News Livestream – Alternate Livestream
President Trump, Vice-President Mike Pence and the COVID-19 taskforce hold a press briefing from the White House. Anticipated start time 5:00pm ET
White House Livestream – Fox News Livestream – Alternate Livestream
Earlier today White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany, the best ever, held a press briefing from the Brady room. [Video below, transcript will follow]
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Al Jazeera White House correspondent Kimberly Halkett is back pushing the Russia interference narrative; the media suites appear to be positioning ahead of Durham. Goal = justification retention.
Earlier today President Trump announced there will be a restart of direct briefings from the White House. Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany gives an interview to discuss the latest developments. [WATCH]
Earlier today President Trump held a press availability in the oval office sharing updates on a legislative “phase-4” coronavirus relief package being developed by the House and Senate. Additionally, President Trump and Vice-President Mike Pence provided updates on the latest COVID-19 mitigation efforts along with Treasury Secretary Mnuchin.
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[Transcript] – THE PRESIDENT: Okay, well, thank you very much. You’ve asked to see what’s going on at our meetings, so I figured let you come in. You’ll look and you’ll see we have a lot of — a lot of good things happening. We have tremendous progress on vaccines and therapeutics. We’re getting reports. We’re studying the reports very closely. I think people are going to be very pleasantly surprised with what’s going on on the vaccine front and the therapeutic front. And that, to us, is always the first topic.