President Trump wraps up his trip abroad on a personal note on Tuesday morning, opening a new golf course that honors his mother, who was born in Scotland.
After a dedication ceremony and a round of golf, Trump returns to Washington, where he’ll face four days of economic reports, meetings and potential trade deals. White House trade talks are intensifying ahead of a Friday deadline for “reciprocal” tariffs, and there will be a Wednesday decision on interest rates from the Federal Reserve.
Sure to follow him home is discussion over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. On Monday, Trump broke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the situation, with Trump acknowledging there was “real starvation” happening.
The Jeffrey Epstein saga also continues to dominate. Epstein’s accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell has appealed her conviction to the Supreme Court, and Maxwell’s attorney has appealed to Trump for a pardon. Trump pushed back on reports that he had a closer than previously known relationship with Epstein. And Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) is demanding that the Justice Department turn over all recordings, transcripts and notes from its interviews with Maxwell.
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