“THE MORNING MEETING” DAYBOOK
WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 2025
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DAYBOOK, all Eastern Time unless otherwise noted
DONALD TRUMP
Local times below:
JD VANCE
No known public events at this writing.
CONGRESS
House and Senate are in.
Lots of reconciliation meetings.
10am: Speaker Johnson and leadership hold a press conference.
11:30am: Democratic House leadership holds a press conference.
Lee Zeldin, RFKJ, and others testify at budget hearings.
C-SPAN
From the great Robin Newton:
“The Morning Meeting” topics:
* The Trip (and the Coverage of the Trip).
* Da plane, da plane!
* Ukraine-Russia update.
* Reconciliation update.
* The Tapper-Thompson rollout.
* Buttigieg ’28.
ESSENTIAL READING/VIEWING
* Washington Post on the Trump tariff journey.
* Rodney Dangerfield has Ronald Reagan laughing, with at least one joke that would have been flagged at an MSG rally: