Washington – Amid his eviction and rumors calling for the 25th Amendment on the assault on the U.S. Capitol, President Trump plans to resume some official duties this week, including diplomatic outreach, transitional activities and a planned trip to the U.S. Capitol. Mexico border, a senior administration official confirmed to CBS News.
As of Saturday, the plan remained that the government would have the remaining ten days of Mr. Trump’s tumultuous presidency would ‘drive away’. Three administration sources tell CBS News that Mr. Trump do not plan to resign, and he also does not feel pressured to do so. No plan to 25th amendment was formally submitted by Cabinet to Vice President Mike Pence and removed by accusation is not considered a viable option.
However, the prospect of a second indictment is frustrating for the president, who according to sources has been talking to allies outside the White House in recent days.
In the aftermath of the attack, Mr. Trump given the silent treatment of his most forthcoming allies: Pence.
It’s been almost four days since Pence fled to a bunker in the Capitol on Wednesday to protect himself from a pro-Trump crowd, some of whom hung ‘Mike Pence’.
While Pence was hiding in the bunker, the president did not call the vice president to look after his or his family’s safety, according to a source close to the vice president. The two have not spoken since Wednesday. The president has said nothing in public to take the target off Pence’s back, a silence that stings even the most loyal Trump allies.
The president’s last public remark about his long-serving deputy president was a hate tweet posted during the assault on Wednesday, in which Trump continued to false idea that Pence could overturn the election results instead of certifying them.
Sources tell CBS News that Mr. Trump privately acknowledged that the vice president had reached a “bad deal”. However, the president still accepts no responsibility for the January 6 violence, nor the underlying fact that the election was legal, the certification was inevitable and Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, Peter Navarro and others were wrong to tell him that Pence can take a different course of action.
A number of close Trump advisers are pushing for the president to make public remarks in the coming days. The content of what he would say is unclear.
The public will see the president on Monday for the first time since the uprising with remarks about big technology ‘canceling’ him after he was permanent banned on Twitter and several other social media platforms. Mr. Trump will then appear at the Texas border on Tuesday, a senior official confirmed, and he will resume contact with cabinet secretaries. The plan is for him to work with Pentagon and Acting Secretary of Defense Chris Miller on unspecified ‘transitional issues’.
Mr. Trump also plans to complete a final ‘follow-up to the Abraham agreements’ September agreement formalization of diplomatic relations between Israel and two Gulf states. This diplomatic initiative is likely to involve the son-in-law Jared Kushner, the Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who has just returned from Israel, and possibly foreign leaders. The contact with Mnuchin is remarkable, especially since he openly discussed the possibility of calling the 25th amendment earlier this week with staff, as CBS News reported.
While Trump administration officials were largely silent this weekend, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Vice President are expected to make public remarks as early as Monday. White House officials are well aware that foreign opponents are exploiting US violence for use in their propaganda, and the national security team is monitoring possible threats. As CBS News reported on Thursday, no officials at national level are expected to resign at national level.
CNN reported that White House councilor Pat Cipollone is considering resigning. From Saturday he remained at work.
Cden News, Arden Farhi, reported.