MNI POLITICAL RISK - Trump Continues Hawkish Pivot On Russia

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Executive summary:

• President Donald Trump will receive an intel briefing in the morning before hosting a ‘Rose Garden Club’ dinner at 19:00 ET 00:00 BST.
• The White House is vetting Josh Sterling as a potential nominee for CFTC chair. 
• Trump delivered a combative 57-minute speech to the UN General Assembly yesterday, arguing Western nations are collapsing due to poor leadership, uncontrolled immigration, and green energy commitments.
• Trump gave away little regarding foreign policy but signalled a possible route out of his dispute with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
• Secretary of State Marco Rubio will continue UN engagements today with two meetings on Middle East security.
• The EU's chief trade negotiator will meet USTR Jamieson Greer this week to try to restart negotiations on metals tariffs.
• Trump cancelled a meeting with Democratic leaders, leaving no clear offramp to avert a government shutdown on October 1.
• Trump said Kyiv can regain all territory controlled by Russia, a major shift from the Trump administration’s long-held position that Ukraine must accept territorial concessions to facilitate a ceasefire agreement with Russia.
• Trump offered broad support for Argentinian President Javier Milei. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent outlined US measures to stabilise the Argentinian economy.
• Iran’s Supreme Leader threw cold water on Tehran’s last-ditch attempts to avert the reimposition of UN sanctions this weekend.
• Poll of the Day: Trump is most negative on the issues Americans rate as the most important.

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