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Truly a must read: you'll get to see what was happening behind the scenes as China was performing "stability".
The Daily: UNGA81, Day 5 of 5
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People Behind The Moment, about the people behind USS Nimitz whom I had the honor of meeting in New York Harbor on July 4, is coming soon.
Today, meet Lt. Hayden Dubois, a U.S. Navy helicopter pilot.
Trump and Vance will unveil America.gov, a new AI-powered tool designed to be a "one-stop shop" for Americans navigating fed gov on Tuesday at an all-day event in DC feat Musk, Huang, Limp, Rubio, Oz. The event will also include panels on AI, energy, health, space, and agriculture.
The tool was built by National Design Studio, led by AirBnB cofounder Joe Gebbia.
Aboard AF1 today:
THE PRESIDENT
Secretary Howard Lutnick
Allison Lutnick
Senator Marsha Blackburn
Senator Bill Hagerty
Representative Tim Burchett
Walt Nauta
Chris Ambrosini
Jim Goyer
Natalie Harp
Taylor Roger’s
US & EU rejected UN declaration by member countries on collaboation and solidarity preparing for future pandemics
US claims it has “divisive ideologies that lack definitional consensus”.
EU says the document crosses red lines on intellectual property protection, claim sharing should be voluntary.
Trump Q&A
On Iran’s proposal
"I reject their proposal."
On Taiwan
"We didn't spend a lot of time talking about Taiwan. He understands how I feel."
On Delcy Rodriguez
“We're spending a lot of money. They spending. Oil companies are going into Venezuela, it’s making a lot of money for its people."
On AI integration:
"We didn't spend that much time talking about it. I would rather not integrate because we're leading by a lot. When you're leading, you don't open it up to each other. We're leading by at least a year and maybe a year and a half. Some people say two years.'"
AI/Xi:
"The United States of America is not going to be putting on bricks. "We had a big talk on SI and he likes the idea of changing the name as I do because it's much more accurate. It's actually much more elegant, but it's much more accurate."
Compares AI fears to global warming - "hoax"
Hormuz:
"They want to make a deal where they open the Strait immediately because they're losing so badly. Massive amounts of oil are coming out of the Hormuz Strait last night, we had 29 ships come out. They want to make a deal and I think that's fine. I like making a deal too."
On Cuba:
"Cuba and us will make a deal. I don't think we'll need the military. Cuba is failing very badly. We want to help Cuba. We want to open Cuba up to our people. We have great Cuban Americans who want to go back. We want to open Cuba up to our people."
On Zelenskyy & Patriots:
"Spoke to him a lot and he's going along, and Putin's going along, and someday, hopefully, they make a deal. We talked about many subjects. But you know what I want them to do? Make a deal. I want them to settle with Putin, and I want Putin to settle with him."
I’ll have the details and the Chinese readouts from the Trump-Xi palooza soon. But almost a 48-hour state visit with only 90 minutes set aside for the actual negotiations already tells us quite a lot.
Diplomatic Note: Mexico’s Foreign Policy Beyond Washington
A conversation with Mexico’s foreign secretary Velasco at the Council on Foreign Relations on trade, Canada, USMCA, the UN and the country’s longer-term foreign-policy priorities beyond Washington.
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From press pool at National Archives
Trump said they were comparing China's documents to America's founding documents. "We're just comparing. Ours goes 250 years. Which is great, and we're proud of. Theirs goes 6,000 years. So there's a little difference between 6,000 and 250. But we're very proud of our 250."
🧵 In a session with Mexico’s FM Velasco at CFR
“We are actually having a strong year in terms of the economic activity (…) despite the challenges we are experiencing.”
🧵 In a session with Mexico’s FM Velasco at CFR
“We are actually having a strong year in terms of the economic activity (…) despite the challenges we are experiencing.”