Sarah sanders took additional questions. Mostly focused on the president s tweets about msnbc morning joe host. Good afternoon. I would like to have a treasury secretary, steve nomination up to speak first and take a few questions regarding the recent announcement on sanctions. As always i will be back after to answer your questions. Thank you today, the Trump Administration is continuing efforts against the government of north korea. Despite multiple Un Security Council resolutions imposing international sanctions, the government of north korea continues its nuclear and Ballistic Missile programs. Today, treasurys Financial Crimes Enforcement Network has found the bank of dan dont to be a Foreign National institution a primary laundering concern under section 311 of the usa patriot act. This bank has served as a gateway for north korea to access the u. S. And International Financial systems. Facilitating millions of dollars of transactions for Companies Involved in north Koreas Nuclea
We will leave the ceremony at the white house to go to todays White House Press briefing by treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin and Principle Deputy sar Sarah Huckabee sanders just getting underway. Thank you. Today the Trump Administration is continuing its efforts against the government of north korea. Despite multiple u. N. Security council resolutions, imposing international sanctions, the government of north korea continues its nuclear and Ballistic Missile programs. Today treasurys Financial Crimes Enforcement Network has found the bank of dandong to be a Foreign Financial Institution of primary Money Laundering concern under section 311 of the usa patriot act. This bank has served as a gateway for north korea facilitating millions of transactions for Companies Involved in north Koreas Nuclear and Ballistic Missile programs. The United States will not stand for such action. This will require u. S. Banks to ensure that the bank of dandong does not access the u. S. Financial system d
Ban, but we begin with john roberts who is live inside the briefing room. Lets start with the g20 summit. Reporter one of the seemingly rare on camera briefings that the white house has. Some news made here just a short time ago when white house officials announced that the president next week at the end of next week in germany will be meeting on the sidelines of the summit with the russian president vladamir putin. This is a chance were told. A bilateral but not an official sitdown type of thing. Bilateral polacide is what theyre billing it as. No specific agenda for the meeting. The white house officials saying the president will speak with the russian president about anything that comes to his mind. Clearly there are a lot of very important issues on the agenda. Sarah Huckabee Sanders will likely get a couple questions on that. What she will, as you eluded to, probably get a lot of questions on are the tweets the president sent out viciously attacking the host of msnbcs morning joe
To repeal and replace obamacare. So, when the president woke up this morning, he could have tweeted about any of the above. Issues that affect americans. Every day. Issues that landed him in the white house. Instead, he chose to viciously insult a female journalist. Here is what the president of the United States tweeted today about the hosts of msnbcs morning joe. I heard poorly rated morning joe, thats their program, speaks badly of me, dont watch anymore, then how come low iq crazy mika along with psycho joe came to maralago three nights in a row around new years eve and insisted on joining me. She was bleeding badly from a facelift. I said no. Just a note here. If the ceo of any Major Business in this country tweeted something similar, theyd be fired. Period. And remember, sean spicer says the president s tweets should be considered official statements from the white house. Today, this is how our white house chooses to speak about women. Lets begin with our senior White House Corre