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Saturday, April 1 |
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Secretary of Defense Mattis speaks with members of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London.
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Sunday, April 2 |
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Week 11[edit]
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Monday, April 3 |
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After a working lunch with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, President Trump and Vice President Pence walk along the West Colonnade.
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Tuesday, April 4 |
- President Trump delivers a speech to North America’s Building Trades Union (NABTU) at the Washington Hilton, reiterating his intention to remove construction regulations, and highlighting his approval of the new phase of the Keystone Pipeline.[21]
- Following a chemical attack in Syria which kills numerous civilians, President Trump calls the attack “reprehensible” and criticizes the Obama administration for not doing more to regulate chemical weapons.[22]
- North Korea launches a medium range ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan.[23] Secretary of State Rex Tillerson responds by saying the United States has not changed its stance and does not comment further.[24]
- Reed Cordish, Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental and Technology Initiatives, chairs a meeting at the White House for business leaders, attended by President Trump and Vice President Pence.[25]
- President Trump directs emergency grazing on Conservation Reserve Program lands located in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas; the three states most heavily impacted by ongoing wildfires which began on March 6, 2017.[26]
- The Department of Labor responds to Trump’s February 3 memorandum concerning the Fiduciary Duty Rule.[27]
- The Department of State cuts funding to the UN Population Fund, a fund focused on reproductive health and family planning.[28]
- The United States Justice and Labor Departments cancelled quarterly conference calls with LGBT organizations.[29]
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Secretary of State Tillerson with Jordanian King Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein.
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Wednesday, April 5 |
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Defense Secretary Mattis meets with Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
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Thursday, April 6 |
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The USS Ross (DDG-71)fires a tomahawk land attack missile on Syria from the Mediterranean Sea, stationed off of Rota, Spain.
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Friday, April 7 |
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President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump with President Xi Jinping and Madame Peng Liyuan of China.
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Saturday, April 8 |
- President Trump sends a letter of notification to Congress concerning his recent missile strike against Syrian government forces and indicating the possibility of further action.[49]
- President Trump speaks by telephone with the Acting President of South Korea, Hwang Kyo-ahn.[50]
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Sunday, April 9 |
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Week 12[edit]
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Monday, April 10 |
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The swearing in of Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch in the Rose Garden.
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Tuesday, April 11 |
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Wednesday, April 12 |
- President Trump holds a joint press conference at the White House with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, responding to perceived structural changes within the organization by retracting his prior accusations of NATO’s obsolescence.[66]
- Secretary of State Tillerson meets Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow. At a joint press conference, they agree to improve their relations with bilateral dialogue.[67] Tillerson later meets with President Putin at the Kremlin.[68]
- President Trump indicates three major economic policy reversals: that he would no longer label China as a currency manipulator; that he no longer wanted to eliminate the Import-Export Bank; and that he may consider reappointing Janet Yellen as chairwoman of the Federal Reserve.[69]
- President Trump and Budget Director Mulvaney lift the federal hiring freeze.[70]
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President Trump Holds a Joint Press Conference with Secretary General Stoltenberg.
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Thursday, April 13 |
- President Trump states that “North Korea is a problem. The problem will be taken care of”, expressing confidence that Chinese President Xi Jinping will solve the problem.[71] Trump issues a tweet stating that if China fails to resolve the issue, the US and its allies will instead.[72]
- A MOAB bomb is dropped on an ISIS cave complex in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan; the same province where Staff Sergeant Mark De Alencar of 7th Special Forces Group was killed on April 8.[73]
- The Department of the Treasury launches sanctions against ISIS suppliers, and organizations of abusive prisons in Iran.[74][75]
- President Trump signs a bill into law nullifying a pending federal regulation that would have disallowed states to withhold money from abortion providers.[76][77]
- EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt announces sweeping “back-to-basics agenda” at the Harvey Mine in Sycamore, Pennsylvania.[78] The Environmental Protection Agency announces plans to reconsider the ELG rule, which aims to reduce steam electric power plant pollutants.[79][80]
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Friday, April 14 |
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Saturday, April 15 |
- Tax Day March rallies are held throughout the United States.[90] President Trump responds the following day in two tweets, saying “the election is over”.[91][92]
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Tax Day March demonstrators on Minnesota capitol grounds.
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Sunday, April 16 |
- Vice President Pence arrives in South Korea at the start of an Asia-Pacific diplomatic tour. Speaking in Seoul, Pence denounces as a “provocation” a failed North Korean missile test carried out that morning, and reiterates the United States’ commitment to South Korean defense.[93][94]
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Vice President Pence’s diplomatic tour of the Asia-Pacific from April 16–April 23.
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Week 13[edit]
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Monday, April 17 |
- Vice President Pence visits the Korean Demilitarized Zone near the South Korean city of Paju. In a statement to the press, Pence declares an end to the “era of strategic patience” concerning the North Korean missile program and demands that they abandon their nuclear ambitions.[95]
- President and First Lady Trump participate in the White House Easter Egg Roll.[96]
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Vice President Pence with General Leem Ho-Young near the demilitarized zone in South Korea.
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Tuesday, April 18 |
- President Trump visits the headquarters of tool manufacturer Snap-on in Kenosha, Wisconsin, to sign Executive Order 13788, which intends to prevent abuse of the H-1B visa program and to give preference to US-made products.[97]
- Vice President Pence arrives in Tokyo, Japan, as part of an Asia-Pacific tour.[98]
- Secretary of Defense James Mattis travels to Saudi Arabia to discuss security in the region.[99]
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Secretary of Defence Mattis’s tour of the Middle East and Africa from April 18–April 23.
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Wednesday, April 19 |
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Vice President Pence on the USS Ronald Reagan docked in Yokosuka, Japan.
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Thursday, April 20 |
- President Trump signs a memorandum directing the Department of Commerce to begin an investigation on whether steel imports are a threat to U.S. national security, and another which provides initial reports on the implementation of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act.[103][104]
- President Trump holds a bilateral meeting and joint press conference with Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni.
- President Trump’s self-imposed deadline for the production of a full White House report into Russian interference in the 2016 election expires unfulfilled.[105]
- Vice President Pence takes part in a joint press conference with President Joko Widodo at Indonesia’s State Palace in Jakarta.[106]
- Secretary of Defense Mattis travels to Egypt to discuss security in the region and participates in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Unknown Soldier Memorial.[99]
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President Trump Holds a Joint Press Conference with Italian Prime Minister Gentiloni.
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Friday, April 21 |
- President Trump signs one executive order and two memorandums. The executive order directs Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to review the U.S. tax code to recommend unnecessary regulations to remove, and the two memorandums direct the Treasury Secretary to review portions of the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.[107][108]
- On the final leg of his Asia-Pacific diplomatic tour, Vice President Pence is met at Sydney Airport by Australian Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce.[109]
- President Trump appoints Rear Admiral Sylvia Trent-Adams as acting Surgeon General to replace Vivek Murthy.[110]
- Secretary of Defense Mattis visits Israel to meet with President Reuben Rivlin, Prime Minister Netanyahu and Minister of Defense Avigdor Lieberman, and participates in a wreath-laying ceremony at the World Holocaust Remembrance Center.[99]
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Secretary of Defense Mattis meets with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu in Jerusalem.
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Saturday, April 22 |
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The Pence family in Sydney, Australia.
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Sunday, April 23 |
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Week 14[edit]
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Monday, April 24 |
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President Trump talks via video conference with NASA astronauts Commander Peggy Whitson to congratulate her for breaking the record for most time in space of any American astronaut.
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Tuesday, April 25 |
- President Trump speaks at the U.S. Capitol for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum “Days of Remembrance” memorial event.[119]
- Trump signs an executive order, “Promoting Agriculture and Rural Prosperity in America.” The executive order instructs the Secretary of Agriculture to chair an interagency task force to examine legislative, regulatory, and policy changes in support of rural America.[120]
- U.S. District Judge William Orrick III issues a preliminary injunction blocking President Trump’s Executive Order 13768 of 25 January, which ordered the withholding of federal funds from cities which refuse to comply with federal immigration enforcement measures.[121]
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Secretary of Agriculture Perdue attends a Farmer’s Roundtable on his first day in office.
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Wednesday, April 26 |
- President Trump welcomes the Senate to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building prior to their briefing with the Secretary of Defense, State, Director of National Intelligence, and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on the issue of North Korea. Pence and the four officials brief the House of Representatives at the Capitol complex later in the day.[122]
- Steve Mnuchin and Gary Cohn release President Trump’s tax-reform outline plan, the proposals of which include among other items a cut in the rate of business tax from 35% to 15%, a simplification of the tax system by reducing seven existing tax brackets to three, and the elimination of the alternative minimum tax.[123][124]
- Trump signs a pair of executive orders for reviews of national monuments and of public schools.[125][126]
- Secretary of State Tillerson and Secretary of Defense Mattis lead a briefing on North Korea for members of the house and senate.[127]
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President Trump signs the Antiquities Executive Order at the U.S Department of the Interior.
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Thursday, April 27 |
- Speaking at the Oval Office, President Trump praises President Xi Jinping’s diplomacy in respect of North Korea but warns of the continuing possibility of a “major, major conflict.”[128]
- President Trump meets with Argentine President Mauricio Macri at the White House.[129]
- A renewed attempt to secure a Congressional vote on President Trump’s plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act is abandoned.[130]
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President and First Lady Trump with President Macri and First Lady Awanda of Argentina at the White House.
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Friday, April 28 |
- At the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, President Trump delivers the first presidential address to the National Rifle Associationsince 1983, reiterating his guarantee of the Second Amendment.[131]
- Speaking at a meeting of the U.N. Security Council, Secretary of State Tillerson calls for support from the international community to limit the North Korean missile program, warning that the U.S. mainland may soon be in range and that inaction may have “catastrophic consequences”.[132]
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Ambassador Haley and Secretary Tillerson with UN Under-Secretary-General Feltman Before Chairing a UN Security Council Meeting.
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Saturday, April 29 |
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Sunday, April 30 |
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