The White House Daily Chronicle, April 2, 2018
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Presidential Itinerary – the details
President Donald Trump and the First Lady will host the 2018 White House Easter Egg Roll Monday morning [Live Streams]
In the afternoon, the president will meet with incoming National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow.
At the Easter Egg Roll
Exchange between Jim Acosta and POTUS while waiting on Easter Egg Roll:
Acosta: What about the DACA kids? Should they worry about what’s going to happen to them?
POTUS: The Democrats have really let them down. They really let them down. They had this great opportunity.The Democrats have really let them down. It’s a shame. And now people are taking advantage of DACA and thats a shame.
Acosta: Didnt you kill DACA?
POTUS: [No answer]
See all of the president’s daily schedules HERE.
Trump’s Tweets (newest to oldest)
#AutismAwarenessDay #LightItUpBlue pic.twitter.com/JAzSE6yEes
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 3, 2018
“President Trump's approval rate among likely U.S. voters hit 50 percent on Monday, which puts him higher than former President Barack Obama's score at the same point into his first term, according to a new poll.” Via: @Anna_Giaritelli @DCExaminer pic.twitter.com/ZzycNoDCQJ
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 3, 2018
39% of my nominations, including Diplomats to foreign lands, have not been confirmed due to Democrat obstruction and delay. At this rate, it would take more than 7 years before I am allowed to have these great people start working. Never happened before. Disgraceful!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 3, 2018
Honduras, Mexico and many other countries that the U.S. is very generous to, sends many of their people to our country through our WEAK IMMIGRATION POLICIES. Caravans are heading here. Must pass tough laws and build the WALL. Democrats allow open borders, drugs and crime!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 3, 2018
As ridiculous as it sounds, the laws of our country do not easily allow us to send those crossing our Southern Border back where they came from. A whole big wasted procedure must take place. Mexico & Canada have tough immigration laws, whereas ours are an Obama joke. ACT CONGRESS
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 3, 2018
As ridiculous as it sounds, the laws of our country do not easily allow us to send those crossing our Southern Border back where they came from. A whole big wasted procedure must take place. Mexico & Canada have tough immigration laws, whereas ours are an Obama joke. ACT CONGRESS
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 3, 2018
So sad that the Department of “Justice” and the FBI are slow walking, or even not giving, the unredacted documents requested by Congress. An embarrassment to our country!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 2, 2018
Only fools, or worse, are saying that our money losing Post Office makes money with Amazon. THEY LOSE A FORTUNE, and this will be changed. Also, our fully tax paying retailers are closing stores all over the country…not a level playing field!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 2, 2018
So funny to watch Fake News Networks, among the most dishonest groups of people I have ever dealt with, criticize Sinclair Broadcasting for being biased. Sinclair is far superior to CNN and even more Fake NBC, which is a total joke.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 2, 2018
Mexico is making a fortune on NAFTA…They have very strong border laws – ours are pathetic. With all of the money they make from the U.S., hopefully they will stop people from coming through their country and into ours, at least until Congress changes our immigration laws!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 2, 2018
DACA is dead because the Democrats didn’t care or act, and now everyone wants to get onto the DACA bandwagon… No longer works. Must build Wall and secure our borders with proper Border legislation. Democrats want No Borders, hence drugs and crime!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 2, 2018
…Congress must immediately pass Border Legislation, use Nuclear Option if necessary, to stop the massive inflow of Drugs and People. Border Patrol Agents (and ICE) are GREAT, but the weak Dem laws don’t allow them to do their job. Act now Congress, our country is being stolen!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 2, 2018
Mexico has the absolute power not to let these large “Caravans” of people enter their country. They must stop them at their Northern Border, which they can do because their border laws work, not allow them to pass through into our country, which has no effective border laws…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 2, 2018
Official Statements
On the Extradition of* *Yevgeniy Aleksandrovich Nikulin
The United States is grateful to the Czech Republic for the extradition of Yevgeniy Aleksandrovich Nikulin, who allegedly hacked computers belonging to LinkedIn, Dropbox, and Formspring. Nikulin, a Russian citizen, was arrested by Czech law enforcement and has been in Czech custody since October 2016. Bringing criminals to justice is an important aspect of maintaining the reliability of the internet and defending our core values. We applaud the Czech Republic for upholding the principles of accountability and justice in this matter.
On the Meeting with Larry Kudlow and Senior Staff of the National Economic Council
Today, President Donald J. Trump met with senior staff of the National Economic Council (NEC) to discuss his economic growth agenda and to welcome new NEC Director and Assistant to the President for Economic Policy Larry Kudlow. The President is glad to have Director Kudlow on board, following decades of experience in both the private and public sectors, including at the White House under President Reagan. The economy is booming under President Trumps economic agenda: GDP for the fourth quarter was revised up to 2.9 percent from 2.5 percent. Over four million American workers have received pay raises, bonuses, or other benefits from President Trumps tax cuts. Nearly three million jobs have been created since his election. Unemployment has remained steady at 4.1 percent, a sixteen-year low. The number of Americans rating the economy as good to excellent has surged to the highest level in 18 years. Larry and the NEC team look forward to building on the successes of the Presidents economic agenda, raising wages, and creating jobs across the country. The President also thanked outgoing NEC Director Gary Cohn for his service to the hardworking American men and women who are seeing bigger pay checks and brighter futures thanks to the Trump economy.
Participants in the meeting included:
General John Kelly, Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff
Gary Cohn, Assistant to the President
Christopher Liddell, Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Coordination
Larry Kudlow, Assistant to the President for Economic Policy
Shahira Knight, Deputy Assistant to the President for Economic Policy
Everett Eissenstat, Deputy Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs
On “Catch and Release”
The White House put out a press release Monday afternoon detailing what’s known as “catch and release” as it pertains to border enforcement.
Upcoming Meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan
The White House announced that President Trump will host Prime Minister of Japan at Mar-a-Lago in April
Executive Actions
Proclamation of April 2, 2018, as World Autism Awareness Day
President Donald Trump issued a proclamation Monday morning making the day “World Autism Awareness Day.”
Executive Branch Nominations/Designations
- Justin George Muzinich of New York, to be the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
- Duane C. Caneva of Illinois to be Chief Medical Officer of the Department of Homeland Security
Communications with Heads of State and State Officials (readouts often come the day after the conversation)
Call with President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi of Egypt
President Donald J. Trump spoke today with President AbdelFattah Al Sisi of Egypt. President Trump congratulated President Al Sisi on his reelection. The two leaders affirmed the strategic partnership between the United States and Egypt, and noted that they look forward to advancing this partnership and addressing common challenges.
Call with President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation
Monday morning, Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov confirmed to reporters that the president invited Putin to meet at the White House during a phone call. Details on when the call happened have not been made public.
White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shah released a statement saying that the last call between Putin and Trump was on March 20th. During that call, bilateral meetings were discussed.
From the office of the press secretary:
As the President himself confirmed on March 20, hours after his last call with President Putin, the two had discussed a bilateral meeting in the not-too-distant future at a number of potential venues, including the White House. We have nothing further to add at this time. White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders