MNI POLITICAL RISK - Trump Acknowledges Special Election Risk

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Executive summary:

• President Donald Trump is expected to hold a call with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney this morning before departing for Mar-a-Lago.
• Vice President JD Vance will depart on a trip to Greenland today that belies the geostrategic importance of the Arctic. 
• Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will travel to Tokyo for meetings with Japanese officials on Sunday as he continues his first Indo-Pacific tour.
• DHS Secretary Kristi Noem will meet President Claudia Sheinbaum in Mexico City today. Sheinbaum may offer additional concessions on border security and drug enforcement to bolster prospects of a tariff deal.
• Elon Musk and his DOGE team gave a first group interview.
• Federal agencies are preparing to cut between 8 and 50 percent of their employees, according to an internal memo.
• House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) said a vote on a compromise budget resolution may not come before the two-week Easter recess. 
• Trump has withdrawn Rep Elise Stefanik (R-NY) from consideration as his UN Ambassador, amid concerns over the GOP majority in the House. 
• Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Venezuela against aggressive posture towards Guyana. Rubio indicated that some sanctions Russia is pushing to be dropped “belong to the European Union,” acknowledging that Europe will be central to ceasefire negotiations.
• US airstrikes against the Houthi rebels appear "more extensive” than those during the Biden administration.
• Poll of the Day: More Americans say Trump's performance has been worse rather than better than they expected.

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