Hugo Lowell
@hugolowell
Trump White House newsletter anchor @WIRED. Email: hugo.lowell@condenast.com
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Hearing lots of anger from inside Trump’s orbit about how GOP is getting killed over the Iran war, including this from one source close to White House:
“If any good comes out of tonight for the Republican Party, it’s that no Republican president will ever listen to imbeciles like Mark Levin and Marc Thiessen again”
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NEW @WIRED: Federal prosecutors have been weighing a possible perjury and obstruction case against Cassidy Hutchinson — though charges likely will not come until at least after the midterms, per people familiar
Prosecutors have been comparing Hutchinson’s J6C transcripts against her Jack Smith transcript, and whether her testimony led to probes against others
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NEW: Trump says he will soon appoint a new AI czar to lead an “AI Force”
Trump’s former AI czar David Sacks left the White House earlier this year but has continued to have outsized influence with Trump over AI policy
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Asked why Trump keeps polling people for who should be 2028 nominee, JD Vance jokes it’s like the Apprentice —
@WIRED reported today Trump has told aides that donors tend to favor Rubio but his base prefers Vance
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NEW: Trump has done several snap polls on 2028 in recent weeks, per person familiar. When Trump polled donors, they favored Rubio. But Trump has noticed when he polled a group perhaps more representative of regular voters, they favored Vance. @WIRED
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