{"id":12602,"date":"2026-05-07T12:28:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T12:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/2026\/05\/07\/trump-administration-live-updates-trump-set-to-meet-with-brazils-president-at-white-house-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T12:28:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T12:28:33","slug":"trump-administration-live-updates-trump-set-to-meet-with-brazils-president-at-white-house-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/2026\/05\/07\/trump-administration-live-updates-trump-set-to-meet-with-brazils-president-at-white-house-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration live updates: Trump set to meet with Brazil\u2019s president at White House &#8211; NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-icid=\"liveBlogCardLink\">\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"12\">Secretary of State\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/world\/pope-leo-xiv\/rubio-expects-frank-meeting-pope-trump-takes-new-potshots-leo-rcna343608\" target=\"_blank\">Marco Rubio<\/a>\u00a0met with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/video\/pope-leo-and-president-trump-clash-over-iran-war-261666885930\" target=\"_blank\">Pope Leo<\/a>\u00a0at the Vatican on Thursday, an audience that follows\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">President Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s criticism of the first American pontiff over the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/world\/iran-war\" target=\"_blank\">Iran war<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"15\">The closed-door meeting was the first between the head of the Catholic Church and a Trump cabinet official in nearly a year.<\/p>\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"18\">It comes at a fraught time between Washington and the Holy See, with relations at a low after weeks of presidential attacks on Leo and the Chicago-born pope\u2019s outspoken responses.<\/p>\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"1b\">Asked by reporters Tuesday if he was going to the Vatican to \u201csmooth things over with the Pope,\u201d Rubio, a practicing Catholic, said the trip had been planned before and \u201cobviously we had some stuff that happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"1e\">He said there was \u201ca lot to talk about\u201d with the Vatican, including humanitarian aid for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/u-s-cuba-relations\" target=\"_blank\">Cuba<\/a>\u00a0and concerns over religious freedom around the world.<\/p>\n<figure data-testid=\"figure-component\" q:key=\"hI_2\"><picture q:id=\"1h\"><source  media=\"(width >= 1000px) and (min-resolution: 2dppx)&#8221;><source  media=\"(width >= 1000px) and (resolution < 2dppx)\"><source  media=\"(width < 1000px) and (min-resolution: 2dppx)\"><source  media=\"(width < 1000px) and (resolution < 2dppx)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/c_fill,g_auto,w_2500,h_1666\/rockcms\/2026-05\/260507-rubio-pope-rs-b733e0.jpg\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"low\" alt q:id=\"1i\"><\/picture>\n<p q:key=\"Gg_6\"><span data-testid=\"caption-decoration\" q:key=\"Gg_0\"><\/span><span data-testid=\"caption-body\" q:key=\"Gg_3\">Pope Leo and Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Vatican today.<\/span><span data-testid=\"caption-suffix-space\" q:key=\"Gg_4\">\u00a0<\/span><span q:key=\"Gg_5\">@VaticanNews \/ via X<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"1o\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/world\/pope-leo-xiv\/marco-rubio-meets-pope-leo-trump-criticism-iran-war-vatican-rcna343991\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Read the full story here. <\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secretary of State\u00a0Marco Rubio\u00a0met with\u00a0Pope Leo\u00a0at the Vatican on Thursday, an audience that follows\u00a0President Donald Trump\u2019s criticism of the first American pontiff over the\u00a0Iran war. The closed-door meeting was the first between the head of the Catholic Church and a Trump cabinet official in nearly a year. 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