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Your father, the American people, or your business ", asked Miriam Meckel, editor of German business magazine Wirtschaftswoche . "Well, certainly not the latter, and I am rather unfamiliar with this role as well, as it is quite new to me", replied Trump, a top adviser to her father.

Naval Forces Korea said in a statement. In a separate statement, the South Korean President's Office said a meeting had been held to discuss the situation. The South Korean military was monitoring the situation and "firmly maintaining readiness". North Korea was referring to the date of North Korea's test of a rocket engine that could be used in the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile.

President Donald Trump could avert the risk of a. Speaking about this possible outcome, Mulvaney said that a shutdown is not a desired end and that the Republicans just want their priorities funded. "The wall's going to get built, folks", Trump told reporters during an executive order signing at the White House. Mr. Trump claimed in his interview Friday with the Associated Press that the wall would stop illegal drugs from entering the country, and that's reason enough to build it.

And we'll continue to ask for more in FY18", he said . Republicans after all control both the executive and legislative branches. U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger was unavailable for comment . Videgaray also said the Mexican government was considering charging a fee for Americans entering the country, though he didn't fully describe the idea or say to whom it might apply.

The independent centrist's qualification on Sunday for the run-off of France's presidential election in two weeks' time will certainly bring a sigh of relief in European capitals and financial markets, as opinion polls suggest he will beat his far-right rival Marine Le Pen easily.

The U.S. lumber industry filed a complaint last fall with the Commerce Department after a year of unsuccessful negotiations between U.S. and Canada following the expiration of a bilateral agreement on softwood lumber. The two countries and Mexico are also preparing to renegotiate the 23-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement. The Canadian Prime Minister has warned of a " thickening border" with the United States as trade tensions continue to escalate.

But what's coming out later Wednesday afternoon are guidelines, not legislation, akin to what would be revealed in a campaign. But the Treasury secretary declined to say there would be no absolute tax cut for the wealthy, a promise he made a year ago during a TV interview .

Vargas is using the looming fight on tax reform to try and remind the president of his days as a class warrior. Even though some have characterized this as a problematic trade war, Trump has actually received praise from both Republicans and Democrats for standing up for the fair treatment of USA industries.

After previous setbacks to his immigration agenda, President Trump on Wednesday criticized a federal judge's ruling Tuesday that the commander-in-chief can not retaliate against so-called sanctuary cities by withholding funds, suggesting he'll take the case to the U.S.

Scott Walker announced Tuesday. We will not stand for this. Who's really going to end up paying for the new Trump tax on Canadian lumber? Ross dismissed the idea that USA home prices would go up exclusively as a result of lumber tariffs, saying that the total cost of a home depends much more on the land than the product used to build the home.

Senate Finance Chairman Orrin Hatch on Monday said that a 15% corporate tax rate would be problematic because it would increase the deficit and run into parliamentary problems if Republicans try to pass their tax bill under a procedure that lets them avoid a filibuster.