the policy not ready, but allies are angry and global stocks tumbling. i missed every one of you every stday. that is the chief of staff. he misses his old job. national security adviser appears headed out the door. one of ivanka trump s business deals now under the fbi microsco microscope. a day after appearing about gun reforms, the president has a surprise sit down with the nra. now the president does not want gun control. the president tweeted he had a great meeting with the nra. you don t have a great meeting with the nra telling them you increase the minimum age. welcome to early start. i m dave briggs. i m christine romans. it is 30 minutes past the hour. the big story today, trump tariffs. slapping tariffs on foreign
after slapping on tariffs. i love canada, i love mexico. reporter: canada s prime minister described the tariffs as a betrayal. they are an affront to the long standing securities partnership between canada and the united states and in particular an affront to the thousands of canadians who have fought and died along side their american brothers in arms. reporter: as for that letter from kim jung-un, the white house says the president did finally read it, but the question is not what is in the letter, but what is in a potential deal with north korea. t if the president can reach one. judge being jim acosta, cnn, the white house. james mattis is already in singapore for a previously scheduled event. he said one thing in particular will not be on the table at the upcoming summit, the u.s. troop presence in south korea. any discussion about the number of u.s. troops in the republic of korea is subject to,