to the united states. the president, there's been no indication he's backing off of that. people in the white house and around are trying to maintain that. >> shepard: zeke miller and john roberts now in the room. the news conference set to begin live without interruption. >> president trump: thank you very much. thank you. i'm honored to be joined by prime minister lofven of sweden at our first meeting in the white house. sweden is one of our oldest and closest partners. among the first european nations to offer unsoliciteded feety of friendship, in 1783. that's a long time ago. my daughter, ivanka, had a wonderful time watching american and swedish athletes compete in the mean's curling final at the olympics.