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President Arrived

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Mark Knoller ‏

Pres takes stage at campaign rally at the Warren County Fairgrounds in Lebanon, Ohio. His 4th in Ohio and 32nd since taking office.

...2h....At the airport, Pres doing a fundraiser for the re-election of GOP @RepSteveChabot, facing a challenge from Democrat @AftabPureval. Pres was looking for Chabot to join him greeting a crowd at the airport, but couldn't find him. "Where the hell is he," @POTUS was heard to say.,br>

As for the fate of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Pres Trump says he'll be calling Saudi King Salman "pretty soon" to discuss the matter. He says of the mystery, "nobody’s been able to put it all together." But he calls Khashoggi's disappearance "a terrible thing."
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...2h....Pres Trump says Pastor Brunson's plane has cleared Turkish air space, after a Turkish court convicted him on terror charges, but released him from house arrest and permitted him to leave the country. He's expected in the US on Saturday and will meet with Pres Trump at the WH.
"We got him out," says Pres Trump of Pastor Brunson, though also says there was no deal made with Turkey. "I hear he's in very good shape," the pres told press pool on the tarmac at Cincinnati Municipal Lunken Airport.
"I hear he's in very good shape," says Pres Trump of Pastor Andrew Brunson, now on his way to the US by way of Germany for a medical checkup. Now in Cincinnati, @POTUS says he expects Brunson to arrive in DC on Saturday and come to the WH to meet with him.