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POLITICO The president has been rewarding his allies with such positions in recent weeks. The president named long-time confidant Hope Hicks to be a member of the board overseeing the prestigious Fulbright scholarship. | AP Photo/Andrew Harnik Updated: Link Copied President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced plans to appoint another slate of top allies to various government boards, yet another sign that his time in office is winding to a close. The president named Hope Hicks to be a member of ...

Jacob Magid is The Times of Israels US correspondent based in New York Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner after planting an olive tree at the Jerusalem Grove of Nations on December 21, 2020. (Amos Ben Gershom/ GPO) White House senior adviser Jared Kushner said Monday that US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital yielded an “explosion of peace” in the region. “It turns out Jerusalem is not the cause of the ...

SHARE President Donald Trump spoke with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman on Thursday to discuss the dispute with neighbouring Qatar. “The two leaders discussed regional security and key bilateral issues,” White House spokesman Judd Deere said. “President Trump thanked King Salman for his leadership and expressed his optimism towards resolving the Gulf rift.” Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt cut ties with Qatar in 2017 because of Doha’s support for extremists, its ties to Iran and ...

Problem solver Jared Kushner’s biggest win was Middle East peace Paul Bedard © Alex Brandon/AP White House senior advisers Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, arrive on the South Lawn for a ceremony for the signing of the Abraham Accords, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, at the White House. Of all the problems President Trump threw at senior adviser Jared Kushner, developing a peace plan for the Middle East was the toughest, a win that has eluded administrations for years. For the Jewi...

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The president has asked about the ambassador to germany, richard grenell. the german government has complained about grenells aggressive style but that may be a selling point for president trump. >> other names mentioned, enjvo to iran brian hook. stephen bigan, and marco rubio and tom cotton. would pompeo actually leave? heres what the president and secretary of state have said. >> if he thought there was a chance of losing that seat, i think he would do that and he would win in a landslide bec...

Administration. >> the other main contender is steve mnuchin. but national security officials are concerned about mnuchins positions on china and that could impact his fitness to lead u.s. diplomacy. the president has asked about the ambassador to germany, richard granell. other names mentioned, secretary of the state department envoy to iran, brian hook. steven buyiygan, and marco rubi and tom cotton. >> would pompeo actually leave? heres what the president and secretary of state have said. >> ...

Trump really likes obrien, and has given him increased diplomatic responsibilities since he became the presidents fourth national security adviser back in september. and the other main contender at this point, according to rogin is treasury secretary steve mnuchin. some officials believe he is angling from the job and some say he is simply am contention but not actively lobbying. he is very close to trump personally and has been treasury secretary for almost three years. other names discussed fo...

We asked president trump whether there were discussions with iranian officials in this process over the other americans still in prison in iran. >> i think it was a great thing for iran. its great to show that we can do something. it might have been a precursor as to what can be done. >> negotiations twifnlt s. and iran over wangs arrest intense youified the past three or four weeks. then brian hook left for zurich to meet with iranian officials with a prisoner swap. wang is a graduates student ...

At first the princeton officials tried to handle it very quietly for a while, because the thought was if they made a big deal of this in public, that it would just harden the iranian position. that began to change some. i think earlier this year they became a little more public. this was a big case for robert obrien, who at the time was the hostage negotiator at the state department. is now, of course, the national security adviser, and its interesting that when they did the swap today, they sen...