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AXIOS (Andrew Pantazi) - 5 key moments from Trump's cut-short "Meet the Press" interview

President Trump abruptly ended a wide-ranging "Meet the Press" interview Sunday after defending potential payouts for people prosecuted over Jan. 6 and warning slow Iran talks could restart U.S. military action. Why it matters: The NBC interview captured two fights likely to follow Trump this week: the scope of his Iran operation, and whether taxpayer money should go to people he casts as victims of political prosecutions. - Trump's conversation with Kristen Welker put the president on the record defending the idea of Jan. 6 payouts, even after his administration said it had dropped plans for the nearly $1.8 billion fund. 5 key moments from Trump's "Meet the Press" interview 1. Jan. 6 payouts - Trump said many people prosecuted over…

President Trump abruptly ended a wide-ranging "Meet the Press" interview Sunday after defending potential payouts for people prosecuted over Jan. 6 and warning slow Iran talks could restart U.S. military action. Why it matters: The NBC interview captured two fights likely to follow Trump this week: the scope of his Iran operation, and whether taxpayer money should go to people he casts as victims of political prosecutions. - Trump's conversation with Kristen Welker put the president on the record defending the idea of Jan. 6 payouts, even after his administration said it had dropped plans for the nearly $1.8 billion fund. 5 key moments from Trump's "Meet the Press" interview 1. Jan. 6 payouts - Trump said many people prosecuted over…Open

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Harrison Berger) - Ceasefire Day 61: Against Trump’s Stated Wishes, Israel Bombs Beirut

State of the Union: The president had demanded both publicly and reportedly privately that Israel not bomb the Lebanese capital.  The post Ceasefire Day 61: Against Trump’s Stated Wishes, Israel Bombs Beirut  appeared first on The American Conservative .

Israel bombed Beirut’s southern suburbs on Sunday, despite a US public and additionally reported private request last week not to attack Lebanon’s capital, as a tenuous ceasefire to the Iran War entered its 61st day. In an interview aired on NBC’s Meet the Press Sunday, which was recorded on Friday, President Donald Trump said that he “would like to see a more surgical attack against Hezbollah. I think it should be more surgical.” Ebrahim Rezaei, the spokesman for Iran’s Parliament Commission on National Security, said that Iran would “deliver a decisive and painful response” to Israel’s attack on Dahiyeh, Beirut, saying that “rabid dogs must be disciplined and put back in their place.” Rezaie added, “look at…Open