In this episode, Jon Decker breaks down the latest on the federal government shutdown and the canceled Trump-Putin summit, examining how political gridlock in Washington is shaping both domestic policy and U.S. foreign relations. Decker explores the growing pressure on Russia over the war in Ukraine, the strategic responses from Senate Republicans and Democrats, and what these developments reveal about America’s role on the global stage. The White House Briefing Room with Jon Decker can be heard daily on the iHeartRadio App, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you find your podcasts.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Welcome to the White House Briefing Room for Wednesday, October
twenty second. I'm John Decker. It's day twenty two of
the federal government shutdown, and President Trump says Republicans are
not to blame for the impast.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Senate Republicans have already voted eleven times to get our
government back and open for business.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
Senate Majority Leader John Thune also at the White House
on Tuesday and said there's nothing to compromise on in
terms of reopening the federal government.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
We have negotiated. I don't know what there is to negotiate.
This is about opening up the government.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
And the Trump Putin summit that was scheduled in just
two weeks has now been canceled and the President explaining
why it's not taking place.
Speaker 4 (00:49):
I don't want to have a wasted meeting. I don't
want to have a waste of times.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
And I'll see what happened, but we begin with the
federal government shutdown, which shows no signs of ending anytime soon.
It was a beautiful day in terms of weather in Washington,
d C. On Tuesday, and Senate Republicans headed over to
the White House to meet with President Trump over lunch.
In the newly refurbished Rose Garden. There they discussed day
(01:14):
twenty one of the government shutdown, and they presented a
unified front to call for Democrats to vote to extend
the funding to pass that continuing Resolution which would fund
the government through November the twenty first. The President said,
Republicans and his words will not be extorted into giving
(01:34):
in to democrats demands. And that's an indication that clearly
any end to the shutdown remains far off. Every Republican
in the Senate, with the exception of Rand Paul from Kentucky,
attended that cheeseburger lunch in the Rose Garden on Tuesday,
and the President, when he had an opportunity to address
those Senate Republicans, blamed Senate Democrats for the ongoing impact
(02:00):
that has kept the government closed. Let's listen to the
president right here.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
Unfortunately, in a craven and pointless active partisan spite, Chuck Schumer,
who have known for a long time and the radical
left Democrats are holding the entire federal government hostage to
appease the extremists in their party.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
It's not clear yet who this government shut down is
hurting more Republicans or Democrats. I think they're both being
hurt by this, actually, But in any case, the President,
during his remarks to those Senate Republicans, implored Democrats in
the Senate to reopen the federal government.
Speaker 4 (02:37):
They've never done this before, nobody has. You always vote
for an extension.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Chuck Schumer and the Senate Democrats need to vote for
the clean by partisan CR and reopen.
Speaker 4 (02:47):
Our Government's going to be reopened right now.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
Democrats are insisting that before they pass that continuing resolution,
there must be a provision contained in the CR which
extends expiring Obamacare subsidies they're due to expire at the
end of this year. The President, however, gave his take
as to why Democrats are taking the approach that they've taken.
Speaker 4 (03:11):
They are the obstructionists.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
The reason they're doing it is because we're doing so well.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
The President pointed out that the position taken by Democrats
on insisting for this additional provision contained in the clean
CR the Continuing Resolution is at odds with their approach
that they've taken in the past. Let's listen to the president.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
Right Hereder Biden, Democrats voted thirteen times for continuing resolutions
to keep the government open, and all we want is
simply to ask them to do it. Once again, they
always voted for it, they never voted against it.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
Nobody votes against it.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
Now, after that lunch concluded, Senate Republican leaders came out
and addressed the press corps and they gave their update
in terms of where things stand regarding negotiations and possibly
reopening the federal government. Senate majority of Leader John Thune
was with other Senate Republican leaders saying that the GOP
(04:09):
is unified in terms of their approach concerning the government shutdown.
Let's listen to John Thune right here.
Speaker 3 (04:18):
We just had a great opportunity to meet with the
President and talk about something that unifies all Republicans.
Speaker 5 (04:26):
Senate Republicans, House Republicans.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
And the President of the United States are all in
favor of reopening the federal government. In fact, so much
so that we've now all voted eleven times to reopen
the federal government.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
Senator Thun acknowledged that this shutdown the longer it goes on,
the longer it has an impact on every American in
some way or another. Let's listen to Senator Thune right here.
Speaker 5 (04:52):
But the longer the federal government's face closed.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
The more the impacts are being felt, travel delays, benefit delays.
You know, farmers are being impacted, millions of people going
without paychecks. That's what this government shut down, Democrat government
shut down is bringing to the American people.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
Leaderun, however, expressed optimism that a deal could possibly be
reached soon. That's despite the fact there are no talk
schedule between Thun and his Senate counterpart, Senate Minority Leader
Chuck Schumer from New York.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
So we're hopeful that this will be the week when
we break out of this and the Democrats come to
their senses and decide to open up the government.
Speaker 5 (05:35):
We're going to give them several opportunities, as you know,
to do that.
Speaker 3 (05:37):
We'll have another vote on the Continuing Resolution tomorrow, which
is sitting at the desk of the Senate, could be
sent down here to the White House sign in law.
Speaker 5 (05:44):
The government would open up immediately. We're also going to vote.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
On a Ron Johnson, a resolution that essentially would pay
anybody who's currently working.
Speaker 5 (05:53):
So we'll see how the Democrats react to that.
Speaker 1 (05:55):
As for what comes next, Thune said, the onus is
on Senate Democrats, but the.
Speaker 3 (06:02):
Truth of the matter is, you have a bunch of
people here, a united team. The belize profoundly that we
need to get our government open. And if the Democrats
want to talk about subjects unrelated to the government getting
the government open again, we're happy to have those conversations.
But we've repeatedly now gone through this and at some
point the Democrats are going to have to say yes
(06:23):
for an answer.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Despite that meeting in the Rose Garden over lunch between
the President and Senate Republicans, President Trump has largely refrained
from getting involved in negotiations. There was, of course, that
one meeting that happened at the White House with congressional
leaders before the shutdown took place, but there hasn't been
one since. And Senator Thunne was asked if the President
(06:47):
has given Republicans any guidance at all in terms of
how to approach dealing with Democrats in terms of ending
this government shutdown.
Speaker 5 (06:57):
I think he wants the Democrats to take yes for
an answer.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
We've offered them a lot of the things they were
asking for, a normal appropriations process, an opportunity to get
a vote on some of the things that they want
to be voted on. With respect to the expiring Obamacare
enhanced subsidies, but that can't happen until the openupan government.
So I think the President is prepared to sit down
and have conversations with the Democrats, but he knows that
(07:23):
before that can happen, we've got to have five Democrats
who have a little backbone and a willingness to take
on their leadership and do.
Speaker 5 (07:29):
The right thing for the contry.
Speaker 1 (07:30):
Now, after that lunch concluded, Senate Republicans headed to the
other end of Pennsylvania Avenue to figure out next steps.
As for next steps, the next vote in terms of
reopening the federal government is set for Wednesday. On Monday,
the Senate failed for the eleventh time to advance that
House passed measure to fund the government until November the
(07:51):
twenty first. House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader
John Thune both said on Tuesday that the November twenty
first funding deadline in that Republican bill that's already passed
might need to be extended if this shutdown drags on.
The other big news on Tuesday was news that affects
(08:13):
the president's foreign policy, and that news being that that
planned summit between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin
is now off. There are no immediate plans for a
summit between President Trump and President Putin concerning the war
in Ukraine, and that confirmation came from the White House
(08:35):
as the administration is assessing that Russia is unlikely to
sign a peace deal in the near future. What we
learned on Tuesday was that there was a call that
took place on Monday between Secretary of State Mark Arrubio
and his counterpart, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, and that
(08:56):
call revealed that Russia is clinging to its long held positions,
namely that Ukraine handover control of the entire don Bas
region as part of any settlement. And after that phone call,
Rubio had a discussion with President Trump and informed him that,
based upon his conversation with Lavrov, an imminent summit with
(09:21):
President Putin would unlikely yield positive results in terms of
peace negotiations. Lavrov also spoke with reporters and he said
that he believes that American officials have concluded that Russia's
position has remained largely unchanged over time. What Lavrov said
(09:44):
was that Russia prefers a comprehensive peace agreement rather than
a cease fire, and that issue really has upset the
president and it's led to this planned summit in less
than two weeks time in Budapest, Hungary be called off.
The President in the Oval office on Tuesday said that
what he wanted was a ceasefire before having that meeting
(10:08):
with President Putin. Let's listen to the president right here.
Speaker 6 (10:11):
He said, go to the line, go to the line
of battle. The battlefield lives, and you pull back and
you go home. And everybody takes some time off because
you have two countries that are killing each other, two
countries that are losing five to seven.
Speaker 4 (10:27):
Thousand soldiers a week. So we'll see what happens. It's
we haven't made a deceminus.
Speaker 5 (10:32):
Now.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
President's position concerning the war in Ukraine has changed. It's
shifted a bit over the course of the last few weeks.
In recent weeks he's blamed Russia for prolonging the war.
He even considered deliveries of long range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine.
That was a sign that the president's patience was wearing
(10:55):
thin with President Putin. But then President Trump had a
phone call Thursday of last week with President Putin and
his approach seemed to change, and that was a day
before President Trump met with President Zelenski at the White House.
In that meeting with President Zelenski at the White House,
the President told President Zelenski that his main priority was
(11:19):
that the war ends. He urged a freeze of the
conflict at the current battle lines. That's a position that
Ukraine has previously endorsed, but it's not clearly what Russia wants.
The President also informed President Zelenski during that meeting that Ukraine,
at least for now, will not be receiving those long
(11:42):
range Tomahawk missiles that can strike deep inside Russian territory.
Also on Tuesday, more pressure being brought to bear, this
time from European leaders. European leaders from Britain, France, Germany,
Italy Land, as well as top EU officials, They signed
(12:03):
a joint statement they backed President Trump's proposal for a
cease fire along the existing line of contact ahead of
any talks, and the statement also expressed skepticism about Russia's
negotiating efforts over the past nine months and its interest
in ending the conflict. The statement said Russia's stalling tactics
(12:26):
have shown time and time again that Ukraine is the
only party serious about peace. It went on to say,
we can all see that Putin continues to choose violence
and destruction. When Senator Thun addressed reporters after that lunch
at the White House on Tuesday, I asked Senator Thune
(12:47):
about continued pressure that could be brought to bear on Russia.
Let's listen to the question that I asked Senator Thun
and the answer that he provided me.
Speaker 2 (12:59):
Now, all on hold for now.
Speaker 4 (13:01):
Do you see Putin as the impediment to peace?
Speaker 5 (13:04):
And is your Russia sanctions build.
Speaker 1 (13:06):
Something that you tend to put on We said it
floor within the next month.
Speaker 3 (13:10):
We want to put it on the floor when the
White House believes it's useful to them to get Putin
to the table and to get a deal that ends
the war. So we're prepared to act. We work closely
with Lindsay Graham. Lindsay, as you know, as a lead sponsor.
He's got eighty five co sponsors in the Senate, Republican
and Democrat. So we want we want to do everything
we can to support the President, his team's efforts and
(13:33):
the efforts of our allies to bring this the bludshet
to an end and in.
Speaker 5 (13:36):
A peaceful conclusion that war.
Speaker 1 (13:39):
That Russia sanctions bill would certainly provide more pressure on Russia,
more pressure on President Putin. It would essentially punish any
country that purchases Russian oil, and of course it is
that Russian oil that funds the war effort by Russia
against Ukraine and keeps the Ukraine War going. But as
(14:01):
Senator Thun indicated to me in his answer, he is
taking his marching orders from President Trump. He is waiting
to see when would be the best time in terms
of putting forward that sanctions bill to apply additional pressure
on President Putin and provide an additional element of leverage
(14:25):
that President Trump can apply towards ending the war in Ukraine.
As for Wednesday, the war in Ukraine will likely be
the primary focus of the President's day, and that's because
there's just one item on the President's schedule for Wednesday.
At four pm Eastern Time in the Oval Office, the
(14:46):
President will participate in a meeting with the Secretary General
of NATO, Mark Ruda. Ruda and the President get along
very well, and Ruda has been a stalwart supporter of
Ukraine and as stalwart supporter of President Selensky. I'll be
in the pool today, so hopefully that meeting at four
pm opens up to the press and it will give
(15:09):
me and others an opportunity to ask the President and
the Secretary General about their latest thoughts concerning the war
in Ukraine. That's the White House Briefing Room for Wednesday,
October twenty second. I'm John Dekker.
Speaker 2 (15:24):
Have a good work,
Welcome to the White House Briefing Room for Wednesday, October
twenty second. I'm John Decker. It's day twenty two of
the federal government shutdown, and President Trump says Republicans are
not to blame for the impast.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Senate Republicans have already voted eleven times to get our
government back and open for business.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
Senate Majority Leader John Thune also at the White House
on Tuesday and said there's nothing to compromise on in
terms of reopening the federal government.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
We have negotiated. I don't know what there is to negotiate.
This is about opening up the government.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
And the Trump Putin summit that was scheduled in just
two weeks has now been canceled and the President explaining
why it's not taking place.
Speaker 4 (00:49):
I don't want to have a wasted meeting. I don't
want to have a waste of times.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
And I'll see what happened, but we begin with the
federal government shutdown, which shows no signs of ending anytime soon.
It was a beautiful day in terms of weather in Washington,
d C. On Tuesday, and Senate Republicans headed over to
the White House to meet with President Trump over lunch.
In the newly refurbished Rose Garden. There they discussed day
(01:14):
twenty one of the government shutdown, and they presented a
unified front to call for Democrats to vote to extend
the funding to pass that continuing Resolution which would fund
the government through November the twenty first. The President said,
Republicans and his words will not be extorted into giving
(01:34):
in to democrats demands. And that's an indication that clearly
any end to the shutdown remains far off. Every Republican
in the Senate, with the exception of Rand Paul from Kentucky,
attended that cheeseburger lunch in the Rose Garden on Tuesday,
and the President, when he had an opportunity to address
those Senate Republicans, blamed Senate Democrats for the ongoing impact
(02:00):
that has kept the government closed. Let's listen to the
president right here.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
Unfortunately, in a craven and pointless active partisan spite, Chuck Schumer,
who have known for a long time and the radical
left Democrats are holding the entire federal government hostage to
appease the extremists in their party.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
It's not clear yet who this government shut down is
hurting more Republicans or Democrats. I think they're both being
hurt by this, actually, But in any case, the President,
during his remarks to those Senate Republicans, implored Democrats in
the Senate to reopen the federal government.
Speaker 4 (02:37):
They've never done this before, nobody has. You always vote
for an extension.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Chuck Schumer and the Senate Democrats need to vote for
the clean by partisan CR and reopen.
Speaker 4 (02:47):
Our Government's going to be reopened right now.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
Democrats are insisting that before they pass that continuing resolution,
there must be a provision contained in the CR which
extends expiring Obamacare subsidies they're due to expire at the
end of this year. The President, however, gave his take
as to why Democrats are taking the approach that they've taken.
Speaker 4 (03:11):
They are the obstructionists.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
The reason they're doing it is because we're doing so well.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
The President pointed out that the position taken by Democrats
on insisting for this additional provision contained in the clean
CR the Continuing Resolution is at odds with their approach
that they've taken in the past. Let's listen to the president.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
Right Hereder Biden, Democrats voted thirteen times for continuing resolutions
to keep the government open, and all we want is
simply to ask them to do it. Once again, they
always voted for it, they never voted against it.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
Nobody votes against it.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
Now, after that lunch concluded, Senate Republican leaders came out
and addressed the press corps and they gave their update
in terms of where things stand regarding negotiations and possibly
reopening the federal government. Senate majority of Leader John Thune
was with other Senate Republican leaders saying that the GOP
(04:09):
is unified in terms of their approach concerning the government shutdown.
Let's listen to John Thune right here.
Speaker 3 (04:18):
We just had a great opportunity to meet with the
President and talk about something that unifies all Republicans.
Speaker 5 (04:26):
Senate Republicans, House Republicans.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
And the President of the United States are all in
favor of reopening the federal government. In fact, so much
so that we've now all voted eleven times to reopen
the federal government.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
Senator Thun acknowledged that this shutdown the longer it goes on,
the longer it has an impact on every American in
some way or another. Let's listen to Senator Thune right here.
Speaker 5 (04:52):
But the longer the federal government's face closed.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
The more the impacts are being felt, travel delays, benefit delays.
You know, farmers are being impacted, millions of people going
without paychecks. That's what this government shut down, Democrat government
shut down is bringing to the American people.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
Leaderun, however, expressed optimism that a deal could possibly be
reached soon. That's despite the fact there are no talk
schedule between Thun and his Senate counterpart, Senate Minority Leader
Chuck Schumer from New York.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
So we're hopeful that this will be the week when
we break out of this and the Democrats come to
their senses and decide to open up the government.
Speaker 5 (05:35):
We're going to give them several opportunities, as you know,
to do that.
Speaker 3 (05:37):
We'll have another vote on the Continuing Resolution tomorrow, which
is sitting at the desk of the Senate, could be
sent down here to the White House sign in law.
Speaker 5 (05:44):
The government would open up immediately. We're also going to vote.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
On a Ron Johnson, a resolution that essentially would pay
anybody who's currently working.
Speaker 5 (05:53):
So we'll see how the Democrats react to that.
Speaker 1 (05:55):
As for what comes next, Thune said, the onus is
on Senate Democrats, but the.
Speaker 3 (06:02):
Truth of the matter is, you have a bunch of
people here, a united team. The belize profoundly that we
need to get our government open. And if the Democrats
want to talk about subjects unrelated to the government getting
the government open again, we're happy to have those conversations.
But we've repeatedly now gone through this and at some
point the Democrats are going to have to say yes
(06:23):
for an answer.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Despite that meeting in the Rose Garden over lunch between
the President and Senate Republicans, President Trump has largely refrained
from getting involved in negotiations. There was, of course, that
one meeting that happened at the White House with congressional
leaders before the shutdown took place, but there hasn't been
one since. And Senator Thunne was asked if the President
(06:47):
has given Republicans any guidance at all in terms of
how to approach dealing with Democrats in terms of ending
this government shutdown.
Speaker 5 (06:57):
I think he wants the Democrats to take yes for
an answer.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
We've offered them a lot of the things they were
asking for, a normal appropriations process, an opportunity to get
a vote on some of the things that they want
to be voted on. With respect to the expiring Obamacare
enhanced subsidies, but that can't happen until the openupan government.
So I think the President is prepared to sit down
and have conversations with the Democrats, but he knows that
(07:23):
before that can happen, we've got to have five Democrats
who have a little backbone and a willingness to take
on their leadership and do.
Speaker 5 (07:29):
The right thing for the contry.
Speaker 1 (07:30):
Now, after that lunch concluded, Senate Republicans headed to the
other end of Pennsylvania Avenue to figure out next steps.
As for next steps, the next vote in terms of
reopening the federal government is set for Wednesday. On Monday,
the Senate failed for the eleventh time to advance that
House passed measure to fund the government until November the
(07:51):
twenty first. House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader
John Thune both said on Tuesday that the November twenty
first funding deadline in that Republican bill that's already passed
might need to be extended if this shutdown drags on.
The other big news on Tuesday was news that affects
(08:13):
the president's foreign policy, and that news being that that
planned summit between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin
is now off. There are no immediate plans for a
summit between President Trump and President Putin concerning the war
in Ukraine, and that confirmation came from the White House
(08:35):
as the administration is assessing that Russia is unlikely to
sign a peace deal in the near future. What we
learned on Tuesday was that there was a call that
took place on Monday between Secretary of State Mark Arrubio
and his counterpart, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, and that
(08:56):
call revealed that Russia is clinging to its long held positions,
namely that Ukraine handover control of the entire don Bas
region as part of any settlement. And after that phone call,
Rubio had a discussion with President Trump and informed him that,
based upon his conversation with Lavrov, an imminent summit with
(09:21):
President Putin would unlikely yield positive results in terms of
peace negotiations. Lavrov also spoke with reporters and he said
that he believes that American officials have concluded that Russia's
position has remained largely unchanged over time. What Lavrov said
(09:44):
was that Russia prefers a comprehensive peace agreement rather than
a cease fire, and that issue really has upset the
president and it's led to this planned summit in less
than two weeks time in Budapest, Hungary be called off.
The President in the Oval office on Tuesday said that
what he wanted was a ceasefire before having that meeting
(10:08):
with President Putin. Let's listen to the president right here.
Speaker 6 (10:11):
He said, go to the line, go to the line
of battle. The battlefield lives, and you pull back and
you go home. And everybody takes some time off because
you have two countries that are killing each other, two
countries that are losing five to seven.
Speaker 4 (10:27):
Thousand soldiers a week. So we'll see what happens. It's
we haven't made a deceminus.
Speaker 5 (10:32):
Now.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
President's position concerning the war in Ukraine has changed. It's
shifted a bit over the course of the last few weeks.
In recent weeks he's blamed Russia for prolonging the war.
He even considered deliveries of long range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine.
That was a sign that the president's patience was wearing
(10:55):
thin with President Putin. But then President Trump had a
phone call Thursday of last week with President Putin and
his approach seemed to change, and that was a day
before President Trump met with President Zelenski at the White House.
In that meeting with President Zelenski at the White House,
the President told President Zelenski that his main priority was
(11:19):
that the war ends. He urged a freeze of the
conflict at the current battle lines. That's a position that
Ukraine has previously endorsed, but it's not clearly what Russia wants.
The President also informed President Zelenski during that meeting that Ukraine,
at least for now, will not be receiving those long
(11:42):
range Tomahawk missiles that can strike deep inside Russian territory.
Also on Tuesday, more pressure being brought to bear, this
time from European leaders. European leaders from Britain, France, Germany,
Italy Land, as well as top EU officials, They signed
(12:03):
a joint statement they backed President Trump's proposal for a
cease fire along the existing line of contact ahead of
any talks, and the statement also expressed skepticism about Russia's
negotiating efforts over the past nine months and its interest
in ending the conflict. The statement said Russia's stalling tactics
(12:26):
have shown time and time again that Ukraine is the
only party serious about peace. It went on to say,
we can all see that Putin continues to choose violence
and destruction. When Senator Thun addressed reporters after that lunch
at the White House on Tuesday, I asked Senator Thune
(12:47):
about continued pressure that could be brought to bear on Russia.
Let's listen to the question that I asked Senator Thun
and the answer that he provided me.
Speaker 2 (12:59):
Now, all on hold for now.
Speaker 4 (13:01):
Do you see Putin as the impediment to peace?
Speaker 5 (13:04):
And is your Russia sanctions build.
Speaker 1 (13:06):
Something that you tend to put on We said it
floor within the next month.
Speaker 3 (13:10):
We want to put it on the floor when the
White House believes it's useful to them to get Putin
to the table and to get a deal that ends
the war. So we're prepared to act. We work closely
with Lindsay Graham. Lindsay, as you know, as a lead sponsor.
He's got eighty five co sponsors in the Senate, Republican
and Democrat. So we want we want to do everything
we can to support the President, his team's efforts and
(13:33):
the efforts of our allies to bring this the bludshet
to an end and in.
Speaker 5 (13:36):
A peaceful conclusion that war.
Speaker 1 (13:39):
That Russia sanctions bill would certainly provide more pressure on Russia,
more pressure on President Putin. It would essentially punish any
country that purchases Russian oil, and of course it is
that Russian oil that funds the war effort by Russia
against Ukraine and keeps the Ukraine War going. But as
(14:01):
Senator Thun indicated to me in his answer, he is
taking his marching orders from President Trump. He is waiting
to see when would be the best time in terms
of putting forward that sanctions bill to apply additional pressure
on President Putin and provide an additional element of leverage
(14:25):
that President Trump can apply towards ending the war in Ukraine.
As for Wednesday, the war in Ukraine will likely be
the primary focus of the President's day, and that's because
there's just one item on the President's schedule for Wednesday.
At four pm Eastern Time in the Oval Office, the
(14:46):
President will participate in a meeting with the Secretary General
of NATO, Mark Ruda. Ruda and the President get along
very well, and Ruda has been a stalwart supporter of
Ukraine and as stalwart supporter of President Selensky. I'll be
in the pool today, so hopefully that meeting at four
pm opens up to the press and it will give
(15:09):
me and others an opportunity to ask the President and
the Secretary General about their latest thoughts concerning the war
in Ukraine. That's the White House Briefing Room for Wednesday,
October twenty second. I'm John Dekker.
Speaker 2 (15:24):
Have a good work,
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I’m Jay Shetty host of On Purpose the worlds #1 Mental Health podcast and I’m so grateful you found us. I started this podcast 5 years ago to invite you into conversations and workshops that are designed to help make you happier, healthier and more healed. I believe that when you (yes you) feel seen, heard and understood you’re able to deal with relationship struggles, work challenges and life’s ups and downs with more ease and grace. I interview experts, celebrities, thought leaders and athletes so that we can grow our mindset, build better habits and uncover a side of them we’ve never seen before. New episodes every Monday and Friday. Your support means the world to me and I don’t take it for granted — click the follow button and leave a review to help us spread the love with On Purpose. I can’t wait for you to listen to your first or 500th episode!
Ruthie's Table 4
For more than 30 years The River Cafe in London, has been the home-from-home of artists, architects, designers, actors, collectors, writers, activists, and politicians. Michael Caine, Glenn Close, JJ Abrams, Steve McQueen, Victoria and David Beckham, and Lily Allen, are just some of the people who love to call The River Cafe home. On River Cafe Table 4, Rogers sits down with her customers—who have become friends—to talk about food memories. Table 4 explores how food impacts every aspect of our lives. “Foods is politics, food is cultural, food is how you express love, food is about your heritage, it defines who you and who you want to be,” says Rogers. Each week, Rogers invites her guest to reminisce about family suppers and first dates, what they cook, how they eat when performing, the restaurants they choose, and what food they seek when they need comfort. And to punctuate each episode of Table 4, guests such as Ralph Fiennes, Emily Blunt, and Alfonso Cuarón, read their favourite recipe from one of the best-selling River Cafe cookbooks. Table 4 itself, is situated near The River Cafe’s open kitchen, close to the bright pink wood-fired oven and next to the glossy yellow pass, where Ruthie oversees the restaurant. You are invited to take a seat at this intimate table and join the conversation. For more information, recipes, and ingredients, go to https://shoptherivercafe.co.uk/ Web: https://rivercafe.co.uk/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/therivercafelondon/ Facebook: https://en-gb.facebook.com/therivercafelondon/ For more podcasts from iHeartRadio, visit the iheartradio app, apple podcasts, or wherever you listen to your favorite shows. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
The Joe Rogan Experience
The official podcast of comedian Joe Rogan.