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Press Secretary: "For decades, the hardworking men and women of our country... were sold out by selfish, greedy, short-sighted globalists who put our country on a path to economic and cultural ruin... Under President Trump, this national disgrace is over."

Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2025, 3:49 PM To: DL WHO Wranglers  Subject:In town pool report #10: Q + A The president took questions for about 30 minutes.  On Lisa Cook, the president indicated that he was ready for a legal battle. “You always have legal fights,” he said. The president added that he has some “very good people” to replace Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, but didn't give specific names. He added that he was talking with Bessent and Lutnick on the choice. Your pooler asked the president to clarify his policy on Chinese students in the U.S., given Rubio's past statements on revoking such visas. He stressed their importance to keeping American universities afloat.  QUOTE: "It's very insulting to say students can't come here... I like that their students come here. I like that other country's students come here." Trump slammed recent comments from Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Zelensky: "...everybody's posturing. It's all bullshit."

📰 Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2025, 2:11 PM To: [...] Subject: In town pool report #6: cabinet meeting on going   We are now in hour 2 of the cabinet meeting. The president is still going around the table asking each cabinet official to speak on what they are working on. 5 officials left.  The room clapped after Witkoff’s remarks in which he called for the president to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.  Audio from the second hour attached

President Trump: "If somebody kills somebody in the capital — Washington, D.C. — we're going to be seeking the death penalty."

DNI Tulsi Gabbard at the Cabinet meeting: "We've exposed some of the worst examples of the weaponization of Intelligence in the last several weeks. I will continue down that mission and that path — wherever it leads."

Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy takes action against California, New Mexico, and Washington for refusing to follow the Trump Administration’s English Language Proficiency Standards for commercial truck drivers.

📰 Monday, August 25, 2025, 12:43PM To: DL WHO Wranglers  Subject: In-town pool report #7 - Bilat   Pool entered the oval at 12:40.  President Trump and President Lee Jae-myung are sitting in chairs in front of the fireplace, with staff on the couches. Susie Wiles is sitting opposite them, and Steve Witkoff is standing to the side.

Legal Storm: Vienna Judges Endorse Sharia Arbitration A court in Vienna has caused a storm after confirming that a financial ruling based on Islamic law, or Sharia, is legally valid in Austria. Critics say the judgment opens the door to “parallel justice” and undermines the country’s legal system. The case began when two Muslim men agreed that any disputes between them would be settled by an Islamic arbitration panel using Sharia rules. When a disagreement arose, the tribunal ordered one of them to pay €320,000. He refused, arguing that Sharia is open to different interpretations and goes against Austria’s core values. But the Vienna Regional Court dismissed his appeal. Judges said Austrian law allows people to choose arbitration systems for financial and property disputes, as long as the result does not break Austria’s “fundamental legal values.” The court added that it was not its role to examine whether Sharia itself was fair, but only whether the outcome contradicted Austrian law. The ruling has sparked fierce criticism. Manfred Haimbuchner, deputy governor of Upper Austria and a leading figure in the right-wing Freedom Party (FPÖ), warned: Sharia is incompatible with our basic values. This is another example of our legal system being powerless against the creeping influence of Islam. He pointed out that Sharia includes punishments such as stoning and allows the beating of women, saying: “It can never be reconciled with our understanding of law.” Another FPÖ politician, Andreas Bors, called the ruling “absolute madness” and said: Austria is a Christian and Western state under the rule of law. That rule of law must never be undermined by parallel justice or religious legal systems such as Sharia. Even the Turkish Cultural Association (TKG) expressed concern. In a statement, it said the ruling violated EU treaties, and it pointed to a 2003 decision by the European Court of Human Rights, which found that Sharia is incompatible with human rights law. The group argued the Vienna decision could lead to “a strong interference in today’s secular economy, and tomorrow in rules for trade, sales, and services.” Commentators in Austrian media have warned that the case could set a dangerous precedent. The conservative outlet Exxpress called it a “grotesque” symptom of the EU’s failed migration policies, and said the judgment sends the wrong signal about integration. “Austria is not an Islamic state,” the outlet wrote, warning that allowing Sharia in contracts undermines trust in democracy and the rule of law. Although the court said its decision only applies to property disputes, opponents fear it will encourage the wider use of Sharia-based agreements in Austria.

In August 2025, a Vienna court ruled Sharia law can be used for private arbitration in civil disputes (e.g., property, financial) if both parties agree and it aligns with Austria’s legal values. Not national law. https://evrimagaci.org/vienna-court-ruling-on-sharia-arbitration-sparks-fierce-debate-1650

Trump spoke for about an hour in the Oval. In addition to holding the World Cup trophy, Trump was given the "first ticket" to the final to be held in Jersey at MetLife Stadium.    More detailed quotes and the full Otter below.   Re: CBO report on Trump tariffs reducing the deficit by $4T "I was very happy today that the group that does this, a government group, radical left group, announced that Trump was right about something. $4 trillion worth of tariffs."    Re: Chicago being the next city to send national guard "After we do this, we'll go to another location. We'll make it safe, we're going to make our cities very, very safe. Chicago is a mess. You have an imcompetent mayor, grossly incompetent, we're going to straighten that out. Probably that'll be our next one after this, and it won't even be tough. And the people in Chicago, Mr Vice President, they are screaming for us. They're wearing red hats."   Re: Russia/Ukraine “I’m not happy about anything about that war. Nothing. not happy at all. We’ll see what happens. I think over the next two weeks we’re gonna find out which way it’s gonna go. And I better be very happy.”   “A couple of weeks” on how long he’ll give Putin. “It takes two to tango you understand that.” “We’ll see what happens. I think in two weeks we’ll know which way I’m going because I’m gonna go one way or the other and they’ll learn which way I’m going.”   “I think I’ll know the attitude of Russia and frankly of Ukraine, it takes two.”   “Well then I’m going to make a decisions as to what we do. It’s going to be a very important decision. And that’s whether or not it’s massive sanctions or massive tariffs or both. Or do we do nothing and say it’s your fight.”   “I’ll see whose fault it is. If there’s reasons why I’ll understand that, I know exactly what I’m doing.  We're going to see whether or not they have a meeting that will be interesting to see and if they don't why didn’t they have a meeting because I told him to have a meeting, but I'll know in two weeks what what I'm going to do”   Re: morning raid on John Bolton's home “I haven’t spoken to Pam and the group yet but I will be. I saw that just like everybody else.  I try and stay out of that stuff, I'm allowed to be and I'm chief law enforcement officer, believe it or not, you know I don't like to go around saying that but I am that's a position, but I purposely don't want to really get involved in it. I'm not a fan of John Bolton I thought he was sleaze bag actually.  And he's suffers major Trump derangement syndrome, but so do a lot of people and they're not being affected by anything we do.”   Re: Canada removing retaliatory tariffs “Which I though was nice and we’re going to have another call soon." “We want to be very good to Canada. I like Carney a lot. I think he’s a good, good person and we had a very good talk yesterday”    Re: Epstein files being sent to House oversight committee  “People shouldn’t be hurt but I’m in support of keeping it totally open. I couldn't care less. You got a lot of people that could be mentioned in those files that don't deserve to be people because he knew everybody in Palm Beach. I don't know anything about that but I have said to Pam and everybody else give them everything you can give them because it's a it's a Democrat hoax it’s just a hoax.

August 22, 2025 1:46 PM POTUS showed photo from desk of he and Putin sent to him from Putin. When asked about role in negotiations: "I'll know in two weeks what I'm going to do". says Putin has "a couple of weeks" to agree to meeting. Re DC: POTUS "Honored the national guard has done such a fantastic job.” DC becoming “safest place on earth”. Says after DC they will go to other cities. Chicago “will be our next one after this” POTUS added he has had conversations with Mike Johnson and John Thune about getting $2B in funding from Congress to clean up DC. Goes on to say he will declare national emergency to keep troops in DC beyond 30 day limit if needed, but doesn’t want to. During comments on crime in California, POTUS said re: Newsom: "I know Gavin very well. He’s an incompetent guy with a good line of bullshit.”

Friday, August 22, 2025 1:16 PM FIFA president Gianni Infantino hands President Trump the trophy, says "only winners" can hold it. POTUS asks: "Can I keep it?"--says trophy would fit well into new Oval Office deco

Sent: Friday, August 22, 2025 1:07 PM To: [...] Subject: In-town note 14: World Cup draw announcement    POTUS announces World Cup 2026 draw to be held at "Trump-Kennedy Center" on December 5, 2025.   In room: Vance, FIFA President Infantino, Noem, Grenell, and others. ###

DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 2025 […] 12:00 PM                      THE PRESIDENT makes an Announcement Oval Office White House Press Pool ###