All this matters to Foreign Policy. Because when we host the summit of democracy early in my administration to rally the nations of the world to defend democracy globally, to push back the authoritarianisms advance, well be much more incredible partner because of these efforts to shore up our own foundations. Theres no longer a bright line between foreign and domestic policy. Every action we take in our conduct abroad, we must take with american Working Families in mind. Advancing a Foreign Policy for the middle class demands urgent focus on our domestic economic renewal. And thats why i immediately put forth the American Rescue plan to pull us out of this economic crisis. Thats why i signed an Executive Order strengthening our buy american policies last week. And thats also why i worked with congress to make farreaching investments in research and development of transformital technologies. These investments are going to create jobs, maintain americas Competitive Edge globally, and ens
Says, President Trumps vision of soldiers marching and tanks rolling down the boulevards of washington is moving closer to reality in the pentagon and white house, where Officials Say they have begun to plan a Grand Military Parade later this year showcasing the might of Americas Armed forces. Trump has long mused publicly and privately about wanting such a parade, but a January 18th Meeting between trump and top generals in the pentagons tank, a room reserved for topsecret discussions, marked a Tipping Point according to two officials briefed on the planning. So theres where we begin. Lets bring in our leadoff panel on a tuesday night. Phillip rucker. White house bureau chief for the Washington Post. Shannon pettypiece for bloomberg news. And the Pool Reporter on duty at the white house today. So, todd, id like to begin with you. Talk about the president s demeanor, the kind of Bluster Index compared to other days
youve spent on the beat and the mood around him in the west wing. It wa
u.s. being at the back of the cue for a free-trade deal if they decided to brexit and this went down poorly in well, here in britain and they don t like hearing presidents weigh in on a democratic decision, whether it is brexit or electing the next leader. whether it is president trump or obama, thank you very much. and perhaps the biggest headline from the news conference, president doubling down on his threats to slap tariffs on mexico unless they help curb illegal immigration. the president said the tariffs will go into effect next week. but he s reportedly already getting pushback from members of his own party. republican lawmakers are talking about blocking the tariffs which could in turn block billions of dollars in border wall funding. just remember, the wall is president trump s number one campaign promise. here is how he s responding to those concerns. and what do you think of republicans who say that they may take action to block you
clear that the priorities facing this country are not going to go be addressed again for another two years. right. and that became crystal clear during stacey abrams democratic response. she talked about a lot of things that we re used to hearing presidents talk about priorities for the american people. she talked about the shutdown, something that the president didn t even talk about. so we re in this point, mike, as we talk about on the show every day and on every show priorities are not being focused on. what s affecting the american people is not being focused on because the president spends all of his time tweeting, picking fights with perceived political enemies and not and focused on own political survival instead of the american people. sam, are we going to have another shutdown?
going to go being addressed again for another two years. right. and that became crystal clear during stacey abram s democratic response. she talked about a lot of things that we re used to hearing presidents talk about. priorities for the american people. she talked about the shutdown. something that the president didn t even talk about. so we re in this point, mike, as we talk about on this show every day and on every show priorities are not being focused on. what s effecting the american people is not being focused on because the president spends all of his time tweeting, picking fights with political enemies and focused on his own political survival instead of the american people. are we going to have another shutdown? yeah. i mean, the wild card is of course if he does an emergency declaration. i m surprised at republicans warning him not to do it,