In cabinet meeting, @larry_kudlow says economy of #China "is just heading South...Right now, their economy looks terrible.”
Pool allowed to remain in cabinet meeting for extended time. @POTUS comments: “if you’d like, you can stay. If you’d like, you can leave. Freedom of the press.”
In cabinet meeting @POTUS asks @jeffsessions to look into opioids coming from #China and #Mexico, saying those countries were “sending their garbage and killing our people. .. It’s almost a form of warfare."
Sessions agreed. And @realDonaldTru,p responded:
“I’d be very very firm on that. It’s a disgrace and we can stop it.”
“I’d be very very firm on that. It’s a disgrace and we can stop it.”
Giving update on #DPRK, @SecPompeo says there have been “no additional missile tests.” @POTUS on progress in North Korea adds: “I think it’s been hurt a little by China.”
“I’m in no rush," explains @POTUS on #NAFTA.
“If we don’t have a breakthrough, don’t do the deal," he says to @USTradeRep in cabinet meeting.
“If we don’t have a breakthrough, don’t do the deal," he says to @USTradeRep in cabinet meeting.
Additional sanctions ready on #Turkey if American evangelical Christian pastor not released, says @stevenmnuchin1.
