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Trump admin live updates: Gov. says 'no need' after Trump directs troops to Portland
Portland's mayor said he has not asked for an increase in federal officers.
President Donald Trump announced that he ordered federal troops to Portland, Oregon, due to what he alleged were threats from domestic terrorists.
Portland Mayor Keith Wilson, however, chastized the president and stressed that city leaders did not make any request to Washington.
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Trump comments on Comey probe
President Donald Trump was asked about a potential criminal charge against former FBI Director James Comey.
The president claimed he didn't have any knowledge about the investigation but praised Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche and newly appointed acting Attorney General of the Eastern District of Virginia Lindsey Halligan.
"They're going to make a determination. I'm not making that determination. I – I think I'd be allowed to get involved if I want, but I don't really choose to do so," he said.
Blanche and Halligan both served as Trump's private attorneys and Halligan was appointed last week after Erik Siebert resigned his position amid pressure from Trump administration officials to bring a criminal case against New York Attorney General Letitia James.
Trump went on to slam Comey who he called a "bad person" and a "sick person."
Trump says he and Erdogan will discuss potential sale of F-35 jets
President Donald Trump said he and Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan will discuss the potential sale of American fighter jets to Turkey.
"We're going to discuss the F-35 ... And I think he'll be successful with buying the things he'd like to buy, Trump said, adding the U.S. needed "certain things" as well.
br/>The president was wearing a fighter jet pin on his lapel.
Trump says he could lift sanctions on Turkey, if he has a good meeting
President Donald Trump was asked by a Turkish reporter whether he is considering lifting sanctions issued on the country since 2020.
The president said, "It could be very soon."
"If we have a good meeting almost immediately," he added.
Trump tells Erdogan to stop buying Russian oil
President Donald Trump, sitting alongside Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Oval Office, said he wanted Turkey to cut off purchases of Russian oil.
"I'd like to have him stop buying any oil from Russia while Russia continues this rampage against Ukraine," Trump said. "And they've been fighting, they've lost millions of lives already, and for what? You know, for what? Disgraceful."
Trump has ramped up pressure on other nations to stop buying Russian oil and energy products. At the United Nations General Assembly this week, Trump said Europe had to halt purchases and criticized China and India as the main funders of Russia's war on Ukraine.