US President Donald Trump waits for the arrival of Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, DC on November 18, 2025.
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White House denies that Trump threatened lawmakers with execution

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt denied that Trump was calling for lawmakers to be executed, after Democrats urged service members and intelligence officials to disobey illegal orders. Leavitt, however, also argued that members of Congress with national security backgrounds should not encourage anyone to defy orders from the administration.

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