Back on 60 Minutes, President Trump spoke on day 31 of the shutdown, blaming Democrats and urging an end to the Senate filibuster. He touted record markets and tariffs, defended immigration tactics and National Guard deployments, and denied ordering prosecutions of critics as he noted recent indictments and his pardon of crypto executive C.Z. He announced a one-year trade truce with China, pushed for renewed U.S. nuclear testing despite his STRATCOM nominee’s contrary testimony, kept ambiguity on defending Taiwan, defended strikes near Venezuela, claimed credit for an Israel ceasefire and hostage releases, and brushed aside third term talk.

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