PoliticsLIVE: Trump makes announcement with Commerce Secretary Lutnick
President Trump is making an announcement with Commerce Secretary Lutnick at the White House, with NBC News providing live coverage.

President of the United States
President of the United States (2017–)
| Born | 1946-06-14 · Queens |
|---|---|
| Party | Republican |
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| Education | University of Pennsylvania (BS) |
| Occupation | Politician, Businessman, Media personality |
The latest five surveys as each pollster published them, compiled by VoteHub (CC BY 4.0) and retrieved 2026-09-30. We only display them — no calculation, weighting or editing. A single survey often reports all adults and registered voters separately, so the same pollster and dates can appear twice; where approve and disapprove add up to less than 100%, the rest were unsure or did not answer.
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Approve | Disapprove |
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| TIPP Insights2026-08-25 – 2026-08-28 adults · 1,461 | 2026-08-25 – 2026-08-28 | adults · 1,461 | 38% | 52% |
| Ipsos2026-08-21 – 2026-08-24 registered voters · 951 | 2026-08-21 – 2026-08-24 | registered voters · 951 | 37% | 63% |
| Ipsos2026-08-21 – 2026-08-24 adults · 1,215 | 2026-08-21 – 2026-08-24 | adults · 1,215 | 33% | 65% |
| YouGov2026-08-21 – 2026-08-24 registered voters · 1,379 | 2026-08-21 – 2026-08-24 | registered voters · 1,379 | 40% | 57% |
| YouGov2026-08-21 – 2026-08-24 adults · 1,536 | 2026-08-21 – 2026-08-24 | adults · 1,536 | 36% | 57% |
What this person said on the record, as reported, newest first.

President Donald Trump said Taiwan was discussed during his meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping this week, while declining to repeat Washington’s decades-old position on the self-governing island.
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Bloomberg News

U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday that he rejected an Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and bring fighting in the Middle East to an end.
CCBC News

US President Donald Trump says he turned down an Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end hostilities. Iran said the initiative was sent to Washington through Qatari mediators and could stop the fighting within seven days, while Trump claimed Tehran was seeking a deal because its revenue was being cut off.
DDW

US President Donald Trump says he has rejected Iran’s latest proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, calling it “unacceptable.”
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CNN

Donald Trump rejected Iran’s proposed seven-day peace deal aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
TTRT World

US President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s seven-day proposal, submitted through Qatar, to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and resume nuclear talks. Tehran’s plan called for lifting the naval blockade, waiving oil sanctions, releasing frozen Iranian assets and observing a regional ceasefire. Trump said the proposal was unacceptable.
AAl Jazeera

President Donald Trump predicted on Saturday that the United States and Cuba would reach an agreement, adding that he did not believe military action would be necessary.
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Reuters

Trump has reportedly rejected an Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Friday that, if the necessary conditions are met, the strait could reopen and normal maritime traffic resume within seven days.
Eeuronews

The Wall Street Journal reports that Trump rejected Iran’s conditional ceasefire proposal and expects the U.S. to resume bombing Iran after the midterm elections. Saudi-backed forces meanwhile intercepted incoming projectiles.
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CNBC

Xi Jinping said he expects to meet Donald Trump twice more this year. The leaders of the world’s two largest economies discussed contentious issues including Taiwan, artificial intelligence, trade and the war in Iran. Trump praised the meeting, saying the two countries had made important progress.
TTRT World
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President Trump is making an announcement with Commerce Secretary Lutnick at the White House, with NBC News providing live coverage.

The “morally binding” Joint Commitment On Frontier Responsibilities, announced by President Trump, has been signed by leaders from Google, Anthropic, Meta, OpenAI, xAI, and Nvidia. It calls for internal safety controls, independent evaluations, and board oversight, but sets no penalties for violations and says the measures could eventually become law or regulation.

U.S. equity futures fluctuate ahead of personal consumption expenditures inflation data and Micron’s earnings. JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs say Middle East oil flows are returning toward pre-war levels despite ongoing shipping risks. President Trump supports independent audits of AI systems under an accord with technology executives.

The Trump administration is seeking to direct more than $175m from the State Department’s flagship human rights fund toward projects including a $40m anti-communist grant, support for white Afrikaner rights in South Africa and campaigns against Brazil’s supreme court. Critics say 43 awards worth $176.9m would bolster rightwing causes and redefine what qualifies as human rights.

President Trump says he and leading technology executives signed an agreement on AI regulation that is morally binding. Despite mounting pressure to address risks to humanity, he maintains that AI companies should police themselves, arguing this is essential for the US to stay ahead of China. University of Innsbruck scholar Matthias Kettemann provides analysis.

State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin claimed Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election through fraud. He accused the United States of abandoning genuine elections by using mail-in voting and said Russia’s democracy was genuine.
Taiwanese analysts say the Trump-Xi summit produced no apparent change in U.S. policy toward Taiwan. Deputy Foreign Minister François Wu said Beijing wants the world to treat Taiwan as a domestic Chinese issue, while analysts cautioned that any private understanding over Taiwan may only become visible in the coming months.

US President Donald Trump signs a voluntary artificial intelligence pact with several major technology companies. The roundup also reports US forces leaving bases in Iraq, a Flydubai flight bound for Israel diverting to Saudi Arabia after a fight between its pilots, and a new champion in Fat Bear Week.

The US Court of International Trade is set to hear a challenge on Wednesday to President Donald Trump’s tariffs on goods from 60 trading partners. Trump accuses them of failing to stop imports made with forced labor, while opponents say the policy restores unchecked tariff authority that the Supreme Court struck down in February.
President Donald Trump is hosting a Hispanic Heritage Month celebration at the White House in a live event.
