MNI POLITICAL RISK-Trump Speaks Again On 'Affordability' In NC
Dec-19 13:09By: Tom Lake
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Executive summary:
- President Donald Trump is due to speak twice today, making an announcement from the White House at 13:00 ET 18:00GMT and then delivering remarks on the economy from Rocky Mount, North Carolina, at 21:00 ET 02:00 GMT. The North Carolina address will be Trump’s second in a short period of time in relation to the economy, and specifically the issue of ‘affordability’.
- In its final day before leaving Washington, D.C., for its Christmas recess, the Senate failed to reach an accord that would start the voting process for a five-bill ‘minibus’ providing FY26 funding for Defense, Labor-HHS, Commerce-Justice-Science, Transportation-HUD, and Interior.
- Two separate bills were introduced on 18 December with the intention of restricting the sale of advanced AI microchips to “countries of concern” in a similar fashion to those restrictions in place for the export of military arms.
- In a phone interview with NBC News, President Trump, asked whether the option of war with Venezuela was on the table, replied, "I don’t rule it out, no". Also asked whether the ‘blockade’ of sanctioned oil tankers going in and out of Venezuelan waters, and the military strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific risked sparking a war, Trump replied that “I don’t discuss it”.
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