The
White House • July 2, 2018
The Day
Ahead
President
Donald J. Trump welcomes Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the
Netherlands to discuss trade, investment, and shared defense
and security goals.
'Six months
ago, we unleashed an economic miracle'
"The
biggest tax cuts in American history," President
Trump said Friday at a celebration of December's Tax Cuts and
Jobs Act. "It's my great honor to welcome you back to the
White House to celebrate six months of new jobs, bigger
paychecks, and keeping more of your hard-earned money where it
belongs, in your pocket or wherever else you want to spend it."
The
results are in: The economy is booming and confidence
is soaring. Fifty-four percent of Americans rate the economy as
good or excellent, the highest ever recorded by CNBC.
Businesses repatriated $300 million held overseas in early
2018—another record.
This
economic miracle gets less press than it should. Why?
Because the tax-cuts boom is proving the President's alarmist
critics flat-out wrong. "What has been sold as a job
creator and wage booster will, of course, do little of either,"
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) claimed. "We
are very probably looking at a global recession, with no end in
sight," liberal economist Paul Krugman said the day after
President Trump's election.
Vice
President Pence: 'This exodus must end'
Vice
President Mike Pence and Second Lady Karen Pence
returned home Friday from a trip last week to South and Central
America. "Productive discussions on isolating Venezuela's
brutal dictatorship and on solving the crisis of illegal
immigration on our southern border," the Vice President
tweeted.
Three
Central American leaders—Presidents Jimmy Morales of
Guatemala, Salvador Sanchez Ceren of El Salvador, and Juan
Orlando Hernandez of Honduras—met with Vice President Pence
Thursday to discuss the burgeoning migrant crisis. "I say
with great respect to the Presidents gathered here: This exodus
must end," Vice President Pence said. "Just as we
respect your borders and your sovereignty, we insist that you
respect ours."
The
Vice President also met with families displaced by the
Volcán de Fuego eruption in Guatemala, pledging America's
continued support for the victims.
Photo of
the Day
Official
White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian
President
Donald J. Trump delivers remarks celebrating the six month
anniversary of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act | June 29,
2018
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