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Last Updated: August 31, 2025, 2:39 PM EDT

President Donald Trump on Thursday revoked the Secret Service detail for former Vice President Kamala Harris that was previously extended by former President Joe Biden.

Meanwhile, fallout continues from the White House's attempt to remove Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez.

Health and Human Services Deputy Secretary Jim O'Neill has been tapped as the interim director of the CDC, a White House official confirmed to ABC News.

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Aug 25, 2025, 1:40 PM EDT

Trump on whether he'd send the National Guard to red states: 'Sure'

ABC News Senior Political Correspondent Rachel Scott pressed President Donald Trump on whether he would send troops to Republican-led states as he debates taking action against Chicago.

"Mr. President, on the National Guard, you've talked a lot about Democratic-run cities and states. Would you also consider sending the National Guard into red states and red cities that are also seeing high crime?" Scott asked.

"Sure," Trump responded. "But there aren't that many of them."

President Donald Trump speaks to the press during a bilateral meeting with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, August 25, 2025.
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Trump contended Democrat-led areas experience more crime and continued to rail against cashless bail policies.Reports show cities with some of the country's highest homicide rates are blue cities in red states, including Jackson, Mississippi, and Memphis, Tennessee.

Aug 25, 2025, 1:15 PM EDT

Trump tells ABC Putin-Zelenskyy meeting will 'be up to them'

ABC News Senior Political Correspondent Rachel Scott pressed President Donald Trump on his phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin last week, during which the White House said Putin promised to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the coming weeks.

"Mr. president, when you met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, how soon did he say that he wanted to sit down with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy?" Scott asked. "Russia, as of now, says there's no meeting on the books and no agenda set."
"Well, that's going to be up to them," Trump said. "It takes two to tango, I always say. And they should meet, I think, before I have a meeting and probably close the deal but I think it's appropriate they meet."

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in the Oval Office of the White House, Aug. 25, 2025, in Washington.
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Trump called it a "concession" for Putin to travel to Alaska to meet earlier this month, saying the Russian leader "wasn't happy" to travel to the U.S. Trump said he "appreciate the fact" Putin came to the U.S. and said he's "always had a very good relationship" with him.

"I don't know that they'll meet," he went on to say about Putin and Zelenskyy. "Maybe they will, maybe they won't. They'd like me to be at the meeting. I said, 'You guys have to work it out. It's between you.'"

Trump was asked how long he was willing to let this play out and whether there would be additional consequences for Russia if Putin doesn't sit down with Zelenskyy. Trump said "we'll see what happens over the next week or two."

Aug 25, 2025, 12:59 PM EDT

Trump meets with South Korea's Lee Jae-myung

President Donald Trump is now meeting with South Korean President Lee Jae-myung in the Oval Office.

Trump said the discussions would center on trade and shipbuilding.

Lee took office in June following political turmoil in South Korea after former President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law and was subsequently impeached. Lee praised Trump and said he wanted the U.S. to play a role in establishing peace on the Korean peninsula.

President Donald Trump welcomes South Korean President Lee Jae Myung at the White House in Washington, August 25, 2025.
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Aug 25, 2025, 12:51 PM EDT

Trump says he'll meet North Korea’s Kim Jong Un 'at some point'

President Donald Trump said on Monday he will meet North Korea's Kim Jong Un "at some point."

"I look forward to it, actually," Trump said.

Trump said he "got along great" with the North Korean leader. They met several times during his first presidency, and Trump was the first sitting U.S. president to step into North Korea.

"I know him better than you do. I know him better than anybody, almost, other than his sister," Trump said of Kim.

President Donald Trump speaks as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Aug. 25, 2025, in Washington.
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