President Trump dominates red carpet chatter at "Melania" premiere

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For anyone who whitethorn person wondered if President Trump would springiness up the spotlight and fto the archetypal woman tract each the questions from reporters astatine the premiere of her movie "Melania" Thursday night, the reply was no.

When helium stepped into the gathering that is present called the Trump Kennedy Center, Mr. Trump backed a fewer feet distant from his woman truthful photographers could instrumentality immoderate solo photos of her.

World Premiere Of Amazon MGM's "Melania"

After that, helium dominated their associated quality connected the 90-foot reddish carpet — which was covered with a achromatic runner — making headlines connected the Federal Reserve, Iran and Cuba.

He told CBS News his Fed seat prime was "somebody that could person been determination a fewer years ago." The president announced Friday greeting that he's nominating erstwhile Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh for the post. During his archetypal administration, Mr. Trump considered Warsh for the occupation but yet picked Jerome Powell.

Mr. Trump besides said he's talking with Iran and "it would beryllium great" if helium doesn't person to usage subject force.

He told different reporters that Tulsi Gabbard, the director of nationalist intelligence, went to Georgia due to the fact that she is "working precise hard connected trying to support the predetermination safe" and that "you're going to spot absorbing things hap there." On Wednesday, the FBI executed a hunt warrant astatine an elections bureau successful Fulton County, Georgia, removing ballots successful an probe linked to the 2020 statesmanlike election. Gabbard was spotted extracurricular the elections bureau that day.

Asked if he's trying to choke disconnected Cuba, Mr. Trump said nary — "the connection choke disconnected is awfully tough" — but added that the "failing nation" apt "will not beryllium capable to survive."

The documentary film, produced by Amazon MGM Studios, astir Melania Trump's mentation to beryllium archetypal woman again is an hr and 44 minutes long; it opens Friday successful astir 1,700 theaters successful North America, according to the premiere's nationalist relations team, and volition beryllium released successful 27 countries. Amazon Prime Video has not announced erstwhile it volition statesman streaming the film.

Amazon MGM Studios has faced disapproval that it commissioned the movie to assistance Amazon cofounder Jeff Bezos curry favour with Mr. Trump. The president dismissed a New York Times newsman who asked him astir this allegation arsenic "fake news" earlier saying, "Really, I'm not progressive successful that — it was done with my wife. I deliberation it's a precise important movie."

Melania Trump did immoderate side-by-side interviews with him, her dependable sometimes a small drowned retired by her hubby and reporters. She told CBS News she thinks radical volition link with the wrong look astatine 20 days successful her beingness up of the 2025 inauguration.

"I deliberation you volition spot a batch of emotions, from wit to sadness to grief to celebration, family," she said.

Donald Trump Jr. and Melania Trump's father, Viktor Knavs, were seen astatine the Thursday premiere. Other household members volition presumption the movie Friday oregon this weekend, Mr. Trump said. Barron Trump saw it a mates days agone and "loved it," Mr. Trump said.

"I got to spot it for the archetypal clip the different night. It's truly good. Glamorous — precise glamorous. We request immoderate glamour," the president told reporters.

Other celebrities astatine the premiere included vocalist Nicki Minaj and TV property Dr. Phil. Several U.S. officials were besides there, including Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, FBI Director Kash Patel, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and astir of the remainder of Mr. Trump's Cabinet.

Only successful D.C. red-carpet topics: Government backing deal, Screwworm, Measles, Russia and Ukraine

Screwworm and however to forestall a U.S. infestation was the taxable of a CBS News interrogation with Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, who wore a sparkly achromatic gown.

Rollins said determination was a two-hour gathering astatine the White House Thursday with six Cabinet members and elder unit connected however to incorporate the dispersed of the flesh-eating parasite, which is believed to person originated successful Mexico and has Texas livestock producers crossed the borderline progressively concerned.

"It is surely an each hands connected platform issue," Rollins told CBS News. "If it does extremity up connected our broadside of the border, we're acceptable for that."

On Russia's warfare with Ukraine, peculiar envoy Steve Witkoff told CBS News that "the Ukrainians person said that we're making much advancement than they've seen successful 4 years" with a information protocol statement that is is "basically done," and with a prosperity agreement.

Witkoff declined to remark connected the weeklong cold-weather ceasefire Mr. Trump said Russia agreed to.

Asked astir measles outbreaks, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told CBS News his section is advising radical to get their measles vaccine but that astir of the outreach activities are happening connected the authorities level.

House Speaker Mike Johnson expressed optimism astir passing the Senate authorities backing deal, calling it "a large achievement." He told CBS News, "By Monday, we'll get the House back; we'll walk those bills. We volition person 11 of the 12 appropriations bills funded — that's 96% of national backing for a year." He acknowledged "we'll person to haggle it retired implicit the adjacent mates of weeks" connected DHS backing for the year.

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