INTERVIEW – SAAGAR ENJETI – White House correspondent, The Daily Caller – discuss the latest White House news.
- Trump rally in Nashville: Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump lambasted “Chuck and Nancy” and told supporters in Tennessee at a rally on Tuesday that Democratic Senate candidate Phil Bredesen would do the bidding of Democratic congressional leaders. Trump was in Nashville to campaign for Bredesen’s Republican opponent, Rep. Marsha Blackburn, in the race to replace the retiring Sen. Bob Corker. “I never heard of this guy, who is he? Who is he?” Trump said of Bredesen. “He’s an absolute, total tool of Chuck — of Chuck Schumer. He’s a tool of Chuck Schumer and of course the MS-13 lover Nancy Pelosi.” Bredesen is, in fact, a popular former Nashville mayor and Tennessee governor, but he last ran for public office in 2006. He has led Blackburn in recent polls. Trump latched Bredesen to Schumer, the Senate minority leader, and Pelosi, the House minority leader, as well as former President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
- Pompeo heading to NYC today to meet with North Korean delegation. (WSJ) — The U.S. moved on three fronts to prepare the ground for a potential summit with North Korea, as officials said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo would head to New York on Wednesday for a meeting with a top North Korean official.
- NYT: Trump Asked Sessions to Retain Control of Russia Inquiry After His Recusal
- Giuliani says Trump won’t sit for Mueller interview unless all FBI source documents can be reviewed. (Washington Post) – President Trump’s lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani said Tuesday that Trump will not agree to an interview with the special counsel until prosecutors allow the president’s legal team to review documents related to the FBI’s use of a source to interact with members of Trump’s 2016 campaign. “We need all the documents before we can decide whether we are going to do an interview,” Giuliani said in an interview with The Washington Post, using Trump’s term “spygate” to refer to the FBI actions, which former officials have said were well within bounds. Giuliani’s latest demand further ratcheted up the pressure that Trump and his lawyers are trying to place on special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s team as his investigation into alleged coordination between Trump’s campaign and Russia reaches a key juncture. Earlier Tuesday, Trump lashed out at the “Rigged Russia Witch Hunt” on Twitter, casting Mueller’s probe as partisan and saying it could amount to “MEDDLING” to the detriment of Republicans in this year’s midterm elections.
