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Why did Trump change course on Epstein files?

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NBC News’ Hallie Jackson spoke to “Here’s the Scoop” co-host Laura Jarrett about the motivation behind President Trump’s change in tune as it relates to the release of the Epstein files.



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A popular Latino bakery was closed on Monday over fears of Border Patrol activity. Several small businesses in a shopping center also shut their doors Monday after immigration authorities were seen smashing the car window of a Honduran-born U.S. citizen, Willy Aceituno, over the weekend. Aceituno told WCNC he was getting breakfast when he noticed immigration authorities chasing two people. Three vehicles then surrounded his car and agents began asking about his immigration status. “I was scared,” he said. Aceituno, who recorded the incident, is seen on video staying inside his car and telling agents that if they broke the window they’d have to pay for it. An agent ultimately shattered the window and opened Aceituno’s car door and pulled him to the ground. In a social media post, DHS accused Aceituno of “trying to distract officers so others could evade the law.”DHS assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement that those arrested in North Carolina “have all broken the immigration laws of our country.” The deployments in Charlotte are the latest in a string of high-profile immigration enforcement actions targeting specific cities across the nation such as Los Angeles, Portland and most recently Chicago, where hundreds of the people arrested did not have prior criminal history, according to the Chicago Tribune. 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No children were present at the time since programs run in the afternoons, which were canceled for this afternoon as a precaution, the person said.In detailing immigration arrests in Charlotte, McLaughlin said some of the detainees have criminal records including “known gang membership, aggravated assault, possession of a dangerous weapon, felony larceny, simple assault, hit and run, possession of stolen goods, shoplifting, DUI, DWI, and illegal re-entry after prior deportation, a felony.” Staff at the Carolina Migrant Network said they are working on confirming these by tracking down all of those arrested.So far, some of the people detained by Border Patrol agents in Charlotte include workers at a Home Depot parking lot putting up Christmas decorations, a young man who worked at a grocery store and others in the surrounding areas of churches, apartment complexes and stores, according to Siembra NC, another advocacy group that manages an immigration hotline.“This is not about public safety,” said Stefania Arteaga, co-executive director and co-founder of the Carolina Migrant Network, a legal services group for those facing deportation. “We are seeing clear racial profiling on our streets and absolute militarization…This is about causing fear and destroying, really destroying our community.”Among the incidents confirmed by the group was an arrest reported to their hotline by a pastor at the Central United Methodist Church. 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Aboard Air Force One on Friday, Trump said he would subsidize U.S. farmers if he did not reach a deal with China, and that he planned to discuss the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war with Xi, saying he’d like to see China “help us out.”The president also suggested he was angling for a meeting with North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un, even as the White House has said that no meeting is planned. “You know, they don’t have a lot of telephone service,” Trump said, before urging reporters to “put out the word.” In Kuala Lumpur, Trump is scheduled to meet with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim before attending a working dinner of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations leaders. Malaysia, this year’s ASEAN chair, has set “Inclusivity and Sustainability” as the summit theme. The White House said Trump will also join a signing ceremony for a peace agreement between Cambodia and Thailand, whose deadly border conflict he has claimed credit for helping to resolve. During his first term, Trump attended the annual ASEAN summit only once.Sandwiched between the summit in Kuala Lumpur and South Korea’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference, Trump will pay an official visit to Japan, his fourth, for talks with the new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and an audience with Japanese Emperor Naruhito.Takaichi, a conservative protege of the late Shinzo Abe, has pledged to raise defense spending to 2% of GDP by March, two years ahead of schedule, a target likely to draw praise from Trump, who has pressed for allies to spend more. She has also raised the idea of revisiting the U.S.-Japan trade deal announced in July. Trump and Abe forged a close personal relationship during his first term, before Abe’s assassination in 2022. 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Kim says he will negotiate only if the U.S. recognizes North Korea as a nuclear power, and has only further strengthened his weapons programs since Trump’s first term. “I think they are sort of a nuclear power,” Trump seemed to acknowledge as he began his journey to Asia on Friday, perhaps paving the way for a possible meeting. “They’ve got a lot of nuclear weapons. I’ll say that.”Katherine DoyleKatherine Doyle is a White House reporter for NBC News. Carol E. Lee, Jennifer Jett, Peter Guo, Arata Yamamoto and Stella Kim contributed.
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