WATCH LIVE: White House holds the daily press briefing as the U.S. targets Putin's inner circle with new sanctions https://cbsn.ws/2EqiTEs pic.twitter.com/TjkHHPNbW7
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Reporter: What prompted the tariff escalation with China?
@PressSec: "Look, China created this problem & the president is trying to put pressure on them to fix it & to take back some of the terrible actions that they've had over the last several decades." https://cbsn.ws/2EqiTEs pic.twitter.com/ynJL3OC5RQShow this thread -
Reporter: Is President Trump willing to fight a trade war on this?
@PressSec: "We don't want it to come to that. The president wants us to move to a process of fairness to free and fair and open trade." https://cbsn.ws/2EqiTEs pic.twitter.com/uSVVxkCN2KShow this thread -
Reporter: Does President Trump think trade wars are easy to win?
@PressSec: "I think the president feels like, if he is in charge of those negotiations, absolutely. He is the best negotiator at the table." https://cbsn.ws/2EqiTEs pic.twitter.com/gLXY5cUykkShow this thread -
Reporter: Do you think anything POTUS has said or done is attributable to stock market decline? "The actions of the president have certainly strengthened our economy,"
@PressSec says. "We're focused on the long-term economic principles & we feel very confident in where we are."pic.twitter.com/4QV6igbkDiShow this thread -
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@PressSec says President Trump feels Scott Pruitt "has done a good job" at the EPA: "No one other than the president has the authority to hire and fire members of his cabinet. It's a decision that he'll make. Right now, I don't have any personnel announcements."pic.twitter.com/988bxpc4CuShow this thread
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Why do we not see the President with these briefings, I beginning to think she is the President. Trump where are you when Major questions are being asked?! We see more of her than you!
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PUPPET!
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Russia is fine only the media and democrats are keeping the lies going
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Such bs. If trump's sanctions were in any way hurting Russia, we'd be viewing some Pee tapes instead of a liar touting how "tough" she thinks tRump has been. Oh Nay, Mrs. Can'tTellTheTruth Slanders, tRump's sanction actions have been pre-cleared through the Kremlin.
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Aren’t we naive
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This administration says the same thing about China, and you impose tariffs on them. Where's the sanctions to influence Russia's behavior change?
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What we really want is the totality of Trump behavior changed and him removed from office. The only thing he is really doing is padding his pockets with his distractions & smiling like the criminal he is
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Sarah Slanders
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Huh??? God love you Sarah... but as a card carrying evangelical you literally sold your soul to the devil. Ie.
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