MNI POLITICAL RISK - Trump Wades Into GOP Budget Dispute

Executive summary:

• President Donald Trump will deliver two speeches this morning and then meet with Republican lawmakers at the White House to discuss a budget resolution to unlock the reconciliation process. 
• Senate Republicans, cognizant that time is tight and a government funding deadline is rapidly approaching, appear set to pull the trigger first on a budget resolution.
• At around 19:00 ET 00:00 GMT, the Senate will confirm Russell Vought to head the OMB, one of the most consequential Trump Cabinet officials. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) will obfuscate as much as possible but won’t have the votes to prevent Vought’s confirmation.
• USTR nominee Jamieson Greer will appear before the Senate Finance Committee at 10:00 ET 15:00 GMT.
• Thousands of federal workers have until midnight to accept a deferred resignation offer from the Trump administration. 
• Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and Secretary of State Marco Rubio softened Trump’s suggestion that the US would take control of the Gaza Strip.
• Iran may be positioning itself for negotiations with the Trump administration.
• Trump's Ukraine and Russia envoy is expected to put forward his plan to end the war in Ukraine at next week’s Munich Security Conference.
• Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that a Canada-US Economic Summit will take place in Toronto on February 7.
• Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will meet Trump at the White House on Friday.
• Poll of the Day: Support “remains mixed” for President Trump’s executive orders and actions.

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