The
White House • July 16, 2018
The Day
Ahead
President
Donald J. Trump is holding a joint press conference with
President Vladimir Putin of Russia in Helsinki, Finland. Watch
live.
American
leadership takes center stage
As
President Trump meets with Russian President Putin today,
he does so with America’s role as a tough world leader more
secure than it has been in years.
At
last week’s NATO summit, President Trump made clear
that our allies must honor their financial obligations—a move
that will both strengthen the transatlantic Alliance and look
out for American taxpayers at home. “I am pleased to report
that we have received substantial commitments from members to
increase their defense spending and to do so in a much more
timely manner,” the President said after the summit. Ahead of
his meeting with President Putin this morning, President Trump
tweeted that “NATO is now strong & rich!”
The
special bond between America and Great Britain was on
full display during President Trump’s trip to the United
Kingdom. “The United Kingdom and the United States are bound
together by a common historic heritage, language, and heroes,”
President Trump said, standing alongside British Prime Minister
Theresa May. “The traditions of freedom, sovereignty, and the
true rule of law were our shared gift to the world.”
Broad
support for Judge Kavanaugh pours in
Last
week, President Trump nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh
to succeed Justice Anthony Kennedy on the U.S. Supreme Court.
The diverse and widespread support that has poured in for Judge
Kavanaugh since shows that President Trump made the right
choice.
Eighteen
of Judge Kavanaugh’s female law clerks, 26 state
Attorneys General, and more than 160 members of the Yale
University community have signed letters praising his
unsurpassed qualifications for a seat on the Court. “In our
view, the Judge has been one of the strongest advocates in the
federal judiciary for women lawyers,” his former clerks
wrote. “I look for the best,” Judge Kavanaugh said at the
White House last week. “We are proud that so many of those
hires have been talented women.”
The
letter from a majority of our Nation’s state
Attorneys General sums up the case for Judge Kavanaugh clearly
and concisely: “Throughout his career, Judge Kavanaugh has
demonstrated an abiding commitment to the principles and
freedoms on which our country was founded, and an unshakable
respect for the proper role of the courts within our
constitutional structure.”
Photo of
the Day
Official
White House Photo by Andrea Hanks
President
Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump with President
Sauli Niinistö and Jenni Haukio of the Republic of Finland |
July 16, 2018
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