Share this page!

Enter URL or ID to Unroll

You can paste full URL like: https://x.com/threadreaderapp/status/1644127596119195649
or just the ID like: 1644127596119195649

How to get URL link on X (Twitter) App

  1. On the Twitter thread, click on or icon on the bottom
  2. Click again on or Share Via icon
  3. Click on Copy Link to Tweet
  4. Paste it above and click "Unroll Thread"!
  5. More info at Twitter Help
Jennifer Jacobs Profile picture
@JenniferJJacobs
Oct 2, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
NEWS: Hope Hicks, who traveled with Trump aboard Air Force One to and from the presidential debate on Tuesday, and to his Minnesota rally yesterday, has coronavirus, sources tell me.
White House works to limit COVID-19 exposure “to the greatest extent possible” both on complex and when the president is traveling, spokesman Judd Deere says in a statement, without mentioning by name the aide who has coronavirus.
Scoop: No indication Trump has contracted coronvirus, but inner circle aide Hope Hicks has it, and is experiencing symptoms of the disease. She was in close proximity to him, maskless, in recent days. She was quarantined on AF1 on trip back from Minnesota.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Trump aides wear masks when traveling with him aboard Marine One, and Hope Hicks observed that protocol this week. But some aides worry that his lack of sleep during final campaign stretch could leave him vulnerable to infection. He was out til after midnight Tuesday and Weds.
"So whether we quarantine or whether we have it, I don't know,” @realDonaldTrump tells Hannity when asked about Hope Hicks’ coronavirus diagnosis. “I'll get my test back either tonight or tomorrow morning but, you know I spend a lot of time with Hope and so does the 1st lady."

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
　

Keep Current with Jennifer Jacobs

Jennifer Jacobs Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @JenniferJJacobs

Jennifer Jacobs Profile picture
May 23
Scoop: Security for border czar Tom Homan costs more than $500,000 a month, multiple sources told CBS. Another source said the total — with ~$500k in salaries for agents plus airfare, hotel bills and other travel expenses — actually adds up to around $1 million per month.

Homan, one of the faces of President Trump's pledge to conduct the largest deportation operation in U.S. history, has drawn threats from those who want to cause him harm -- the question is whether he needs as much security as he has requested, sources told @NicoleSganga and me.
cbsnews.com/news/trump-bor…
One admin official described the personnel and money funneled to @RealTomHoman's security as "extravagant." About 30 agents trade off to provide his round-the-clock protection. He at times travels in a 4-vehicle motorcade — more cars than the 2-car package cabinet members typically use, sources told NicoleSganga and me
Read 4 tweets
Jennifer Jacobs Profile picture
Feb 28
🚨🚨 High-level Trump sources tell me the White House is now uncertain if they can get the Russians and Ukrainians to stop fighting because this episode with @ZelenskyyUa raised questions about whether he can move forward toward a peace deal. It also raises questions about whether US will pause aid to Ukraine. But Trump is NOT seeking regime change in Ukraine. No discussions about who in Ukraine might be a better leader than Zelenskyy.

Ukrainian officials have reached out this afternoon to senior White House officials desperate to get the deal back on track. But that will not happen today, I'm told. Trump is unwilling to talk to Zelenskyy further today.

When Rubio and Waltz went into the Roosevelt Room to ask Zelenskyy to leave, Rubio made it clear that any further engagements today would be counterproductive. Waltz told Zelenskyy he had made a tremendous mistake, and it was a grave disservice to Ukraine and to Americans, both.

No phone calls between Trump and Putin have been scheduled. But multiple European officials have called top Trump officials since Zelenskyy left asking how the minerals deal can be salvaged.

Trump fully intended to sign the minerals deal today. Two official binders were prepared -- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and his Ukrainian counterpart and the two presidents were going to sit at a conference table in the East Room and then trumpet their success at podiums.

But there were suspicions before Zelenskyy arrived today that it might fall apart. Because the Trump admin had been pushing for weeks for a minerals deal signing at the ministerial level, and Ukraine had refused. Zelenskyy wanted security guarantees.

US officials thought negotiations would be much harder with **Putin** so today have been been in disbelief that it has been Zelenskyy who has been more difficult, making maximalist demands, sources told me.
NEWS: When asked if the minerals deal is still on the table, multiple top Trump officials said: Not today.

None of this drama premeditated. Trump officials were incredulous that some media outlets suggested it might have been. The greeting with Trump and Zelenskyy was warm, with jokes and a guest book signing in the West Wing lobby. They went straight into the Oval and the vibe was positive. White House wanted this deal done today.

Trump believes that Zelenskyy missed out on a huge opportunity to have the US as a business partner, with US companies helping Ukraine monetize mineral resources such as gas, oil, aluminum, tritrium, gallium and others. Trump viewed it as the 1st step in in a progression towards peace.

France's Macron, the UK's Starmer, the sec general of NATO have all been talking to Trump and his team about troop presence in Ukraine, what the security guarantees would look like. But now US officials believe Zelenskyy has put his country in a terrible position, sources told me.

Instead of leaving with the US as a major business partner and all that that status would mean for Ukraine, Trump officials think Zelenskky left looking foolish, without reassuring Ukraine and without assuring American people they'll get to recoup their hundreds of billions, the officials said.
🚨🚨🚨US military aid to Ukraine could be in jeopardy, sources told @CBSNews. US senators warned Zelenskyy as recently as this morning not to try to litigate with Trump. Teams were already working ahead to get to a more detailed level of agreement for Ukraine after today's minerals deal, but the damage done in Oval Office was serious, sources told me. Trump officials who talked with the Ukrainian team after Zelenskyy left the Oval that some of his circle were dismayed by his behavior.

"He's got to say I want to make peace. I don't want to fight a war any longer," Trump told reporters on South Lawn when asked what @ZelenskyyUa needs to do to save this. "We're going to get this war done ... or let them fight it out."
Read 5 tweets
Jennifer Jacobs Profile picture
Jan 7, 2024
NEW: Biden learned of @SecDef Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization several days after the fact and received no advance notice from Pentagon officials. (Confirming Politico.)

Biden was informed by Jeff Zients and Jake Sullivan, I’m told. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Biden and @SecDef Lloyd Austin hadn’t spoken at all after the president was informed Thursday about Austin’s heath issues and hospitalization, but they just spoke this evening, I’m told.
BIDEN has full confidence in Austin, a US official says. (White House has been getting questions about whether @SecDef, who oversees largest military in world, would be fired for keeping Biden and the national security chain of command in the dark about his hospitalization.)
Read 8 tweets
Jennifer Jacobs Profile picture
Dec 12, 2023
*BIDEN TO ZELENSKIY: I DON'T WANT YOU GIVING UP HOPE Image
Biden in Oval with Zelenskiy says he just signed $200m drawdown for ukraine
ZELENSKIY at White House said he wants to “work faster with the frozen Russian assets,” which is over $300 billion frozen assets “from terrorists.” Wants to use it to protect against Russia’s war, he said. Image
Read 7 tweets
Jennifer Jacobs Profile picture
Feb 3, 2023
BREAKING: Biden admin is weighing whether to postpone or cancel Blinken’s upcoming trip to Beijing after detecting a Chinese surveillance balloon, sources tell @iainmarlow @jendeben @PeterMartin_PCM and me.
🚨Blinken’s trip to China is postponed.

@SecBlinken was to have mtgs in Beijing next week in 1st such visit by top US diplomat in 5 years. But the presence of the balloon—which the Pentagon decided not to shoot down—led officials to decide that going now would send wrong signal.
"I'm not going to answer any questions about anything else,” Biden says at White House after giving remarks about the economy. He ignored questions about China’s surveillance balloon.
Read 13 tweets
Jennifer Jacobs Profile picture
Jan 21, 2023
*DOJ TOOK ANOTHER 6 ITEMS INCLUDING DOCUMENTS FROM BIDEN HOME
Justice Department officials did “a thorough” 12-hour search of Biden’s Wilmington home on Friday; it began at 9:45 a.m. and finished around 10:30 p.m. DOJ found six more “items consisting of documents with classification markings and surrounding materials.”
🚨 It was the FBI that did the search of Biden’s home Friday in Wilmington, sources tell @cstrohm and me.
Read 4 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Don't want to be a Premium member but still want to support us?

Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us!

Send Email!

:(