The first White House news briefing in a week should be starting any moment. Follow me for a video thread. 
.@PressSec says Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will be leaving for another trip to North Korea on July 5
LOL -- Sanders refuses to even confirm that Trump will nominate a "pro-life" SCOTUS justice. #HiddenBallTrick
Sanders on North Korean denuclearization: You may not be able to tell, but trust us, progress is being made!
Sanders denies that Trump's contradictory tweets about immigration legislation were lies, but isn't really able to explain why
SANDERS: "We've been very nice to Canada for many years, and they have taken advantage of that... escalating tariffs against the US does nothing to help Canada and only hurts American workers."
Sanders tries to walk back Bolton's comments about possibly recognizing Russian occupation of Crimea, says White House and Russia "agree to disagree" about the status of Crimea
REPORTER: Does Trump have any concrete proposal for Putin in terms of preventing election meddling?
SANDERS: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
SANDERS: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
REPORTER: A number of countries are now hitting the US with retaliatory tariffs. How does Trump plan to win the trade war?
SANDERS: "The president is focused not on the short term but the long term."
R: How long is that?
SANDERS: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
SANDERS: "The president is focused not on the short term but the long term."
R: How long is that?
SANDERS: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Sanders won't even confirm that Trump wants to see Roe vs. Wade overturned. (He clearly said repeatedly during the campaign that he did.) #HiddenBallTrick
REPORTER: What specific actions would the president like to see from the WTO?
SANDERS: "The president would like to see an overall more fair trading system." #FARTAct
SANDERS: "The president would like to see an overall more fair trading system." #FARTAct
Sanders refuses to answer questions about Michael Cohen and about what Trump will say to Putin about election meddling.
SANDERS: "The president is pro-life. But in terms of the process of selecting a Supreme Court nominee, as the president said last week, he won't discuss specific cases with those nominees."
Sanders won't specify whether the administration's current policy at the border is "zero tolerance" or "catch and release"
Sanders closes the briefing with one last non-answer about immigration. What a charade.
